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Alexis Tsipras: "Anti-Austerity Politics in Greece, Europe and Beyond"

A talk by the leader of Greece's leading Left Party Coalition, on recorded on Jan. 25, 2013 at The City University of New York, in a program sponsored by CUNY's Center for the Study of Culture, Technology, and Work.

Alexis Tsipras, a member of the Hellenic parliament, president of the Synaspismos political party since 2008, head of the SYRIZA parliamentary group since 2009, and leader of the Opposition since June 2012. SYRIZA currently leads in Greek opinion polls.

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"The Rogue World Order: Connecting the Dots Between Trump, Flynn, Bannon, Spencer, Dugin Putin," by Anna Manzo (GlobalHealing), Daily Kos, Feb. 13, 2017

"Widespread Resistance Begins to Trump's Muslim Travel Ban at U.S. Airports," by Anna Manzo (GlobalHealing), Daily Kos, Jan. 28, 2017

"MSNBC Editor: Women's March is a Revival of the Progressive Movement," by Anna Manzo (GlobalHealing), Daily Kos, Jan. 24, 2017

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chomsky Noam Chomsky on the Occupy Wall Street movement
Noam Chomsky is linguistics and philosophy professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Author of nearly 100 books, Chomsky is one of the world's most widely read progressive dissident intellectuals. He talks about his new book, "Occupy," about the Occupy Wall Street movement and the wider issues of class warfare in the America today.
Listen to this interview (June 6, 2011)

MP3: Nathan Schneider (www.wagingnonviolence.org) has been reporting on the OWS movement from its first days in August, 2011. In this April 3, 2012 interview, Richard Hill asks him to assess the on-going debate in the movement between those espousing a strict adherence to non-violence principles and practices and those advocating a 'diversity of tactics', Interview conducted by Richard Hill, WPKN

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"MP3 Audio of Four Panel Discussions from the Left Forum", produced by Scott Harris, March 20, 2010, Pace University, New York, NY

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This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: Jan. 19, 2015

FBI Whistle Blower Coleen Rowley: Post-Charlie Hebdo Massacre Rush to Double Down on Warrantless Surveillance a Mistake

Interview with Coleen Rowley, retired FBI agent who wrote a critical memo and testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the FBI's pre 9-11 failures
Coleen Rowley assesses the international response to the massacre of journalists at Charlie Hebdo magazine in France with a focus on how the recent terrorist attacks there and elsewhere could derail efforts to reform the NSA's warrantless surveillance program -- and other threats to privacy and civil liberties.

An excerpt of this interview was featured on the nationally syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine show. See the BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio

Minority Communities Excluded or Marginalized from U.S. Banking System

Interview with Mike Leyba, director of communications with the group United for a Fair Economy
Mike Leyba discusses UFE's just released Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day annual report, of which he is the principal author, titled, "State of the Dream 2015: Underbanked and Overcharged," which sheds light on the racial aspects of the 93 million unbanked and underbanked adults and children in the U.S.

An excerpt of this interview was featured on the nationally syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine show. See the BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio

Five Years After SCOTUS 'Citizens United' Ruling, Coalition Vows to Overturn with Constitutional Amendment

Interview with Jonah Minkoff-Zern, co-director of Public Citizen’s Democracy Is for People campaign
Jonah Minkoff-Zern talks about the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United and McCutcheon rulings; the ongoing campaign to overturn it via a constitutional amendment; and the SCOTUS decision's impact on the flood of unlimited and unaccountable money in the 2014 mid-term election.

New Bills Proposed in CT Legislature Both Strengthen and Weaken State's Post-Sandy Hook Firearm Reform Laws

Interview with Ron Pinciaro, executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence
Ron Pinciaro discusses the nearly one dozen bills being proposed in the Connecticut legislature this year related to either strengthening or weakening the state's regulation of firearms.

Recent Shows

January

Jan. 12, 2015

Marcy Wheeler: Freedom of the Press is a Key Issue in Trial of Former CIA Officer Jeffrey Sterling
Alisa Simmons: Opponents on Left and Right Oppose Fast Track Authority for Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement
Paul Buchheit: Tax Avoidance by America's Rich and Powerful Shocks the Conscience
Victor Pickard: New Book Recounts Past Battle for Media Reform and Opportunity for Reform Today

December

Dec. 29, 2014

Dave Johnson: The Good News for Progressives in 2014
Arun Gupta: The Nationwide Movement Confronting Police Violence, Another Chapter in the Black Freedom Struggle
Steve Schnapp: Near Record Levels of Economic Inequality in the U.S., a Product of Deliberate Government Policies
John Humphries: Activist Coalition Challenges Steep Connecticut Electric Utility Rate Hike

Dec. 22, 2014

Peter Kornbluh: After 55 Years, Obama Acknowledges U.S. Cuba Policy was a Dismal Failure
Jamie McIntyre: Taliban Attack on School that Killed 132 Children, Further Destabilizes a Grief-Stricken Pakistan
Paul Engler: From Occupy to Ferguson, New Movements are Merging to Confront Broken U.S. Political and Economic System
Mike DeRosa: Report on Connecticut Green Party November Election Campaign, 2015 Legislative Agenda

Dec. 15, 2014

Michael Ratner: U.S. Defies Obligation Under UN Convention Against Torture to Prosecute Officials Who Ordered and Carried Out CIA Torture Program
Isaiah Poole: Citibank Literally Writes Budget Bill Provision that Reinstates Tax Payer-Funded Bailouts for Risky Wall Street Derivative Trading
Paul Gunter: NRC Ignores Lessons from Fukushima Meltdown, Declining to Order Safety Enhancements to U.S. Nuclear Plants
Frank and Paula Panzerella: Without Public Hearings, Connecticut Regulators Approve Large Increases in CL&P and UI Electric Rates

Dec. 8, 2014

Glen Ford: Coast To Coast Explosion of Protest Confronts Police Violence in Communities of Color
Matthew Hoh: America's Longest War Just Got Longer: President Obama Reverses Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan
Ellen Brown: G-20 Pushes New Banking Rule That Could Confiscate Deposits and Pensions in Future Financial Crisis
Robert E. Halstead: Bridgeport CT City Councilman Fights to Protect Two Community Gardens from Housing Development

Dec. 1, 2014

Torry Russell: Injustice Seen in Ferguson is Rallying Cry to Address Police Violence Across the U.S.
Philip Weiss: With Two State Solution Dead, Will Palestinians Launch a Third Intifada?
Robert Borosage: President Urged to Issue More Executive Orders to Circumvent Obstructionist Congress
Nicolai Petro: Miscalculations by Western Powers and Russia in Ukraine Could Revive the Cold War

November

Nov. 24, 2014

Daniel Altschuler: Obama Executive Order Provokes GOP Rage, Inspires Activists to Agitate for Comprehensive Reform
Debbie Barker: GMOs: Corporate Techno-Food
Rev. Peter Morales: Ferguson Streets Explode in Anger After Grand Jury Votes Not to Indict Darren Wilson
Marina Marchese: Bees, Agriculture's Indispensable Pollinators, Threatened by Pesticides Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder

Nov. 17, 2014

Karen Orenstein: New U.S.-China Carbon Targets Fall Short of Reductions Needed to Avert Climate Change Disaster
Craig Aaron: Six Years After 2008 Campaign Pledge, President Obama Pushes for Net Neutrality
Paul Kawika Martin: White House Plans to Double Number of U.S. Troops in America's Third Iraq War
Drew Spencer: 2014 House Election Results Affirm Need for Corrective Action in Electoral System Bias

Nov. 10, 2014

Joel Bleifus: After the Democrats' Midterm Election Rout, Progressives Need to Lead
Sam Pizzigati: Candidates of Both Parties Avoid Debate on Rising Economic Inequality in 2014 Election Campaign
Karthik Ganapathy: As GOP Takes Over U.S. Senate, Climate Change Activist Groups Adjust Strategy
Curt Ries: 18-Day Fast to Protest Unregulated Money in U.S. Elections, to be Followed by Civil Disobedience Actions

Nov. 3, 2014

Sam Jewler: Covert Corporate Cash Funneled Through U.S. Chamber, Tops List of Dark Money Donors in 2014 Congressional Campaigns
Greg Palast: Investigation Reveals Jim Crow Era Voter Disenfranchisement Alive and Well in U.S. Elections
Paul Bass: Tour of Major Issues Connecticut Voters Will Decide in Election 2014
Dr. Helen Caldicott: Hiroshima, Fukushima & Beyond

October

Oct. 27, 2014

Karen Orenstein: EU Falters on Agreement to Reduce Green House Gas Emissions, Outlook Bleak for Future International Climate Treaty
Beau Grosscup: Recent Attacks Targeting Canadian Soldiers Offers Neo-Con Politicians Rationale to Boost Security Policies and Erode of Civil Liberties
Bill McKibben and Victor Menotti: Techno Utopianism Conference Warns Against Misplaced Faith in Technology as Panacea to Address Planetary Crises
Ed Heflin: Connecticut Green Party State Senate Candidate Advocates Establishing a Public Bank

Oct. 20, 2014

Peter Kornbluh: New Book Chronicles 50 Years of Covert U.S-Cuba Relations, Current Opportunity for Normalization
Leigh Phillips: Private Profit Trumps Public Health in Research for Ebola Vaccine
Chris Donovan: Question #1 on Connecticut Ballot this November Would Permit Early Voting in Future State Elections

Oct. 13, 2014

Nick Schou: New Movie Documents Corporate Media's Role in Suppressing Investigative Reporting Exposing CIA Links to Crack Cocaine Sales in U.S. Cities
Kevin Alexander Gray: 'Ferguson October' Protests, Civil Disobedience Target Police Violence in Communities of Color Nationwide
Norman Soloman: U.S. Government's Prosecution of Investigative Reporter James Risen Constitutes a Threat to Journalists and Freedom of the Press

Oct. 6, 2014

Jonathan Brater: Supreme Court Allows Ohio to Reduce Early Voting Hours as GOP Legislatures Nationwide Declare War on Minority Voters
Peter Hart: In a Now Familiar Pattern, U.S. Corporate Media Cheerleads New U.S. War in Iraq and Syria
Timothy Kuhner: New Book Examines the Damage to Democracy by Supreme Court Rulings that Struck Down Campaign Spending Limits
Katherine Emery: Connecticut Establishes Benefit Corporation Status for Enterprises Dedicated to Societal Good

September

Sept. 29, 2014

Angela Davis: Angela Davis Speech at Left Forum: Imagining a World with Transformative Justice: Reform and/or Revolution Today
Heidi Boghosian: Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder's Legacy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Connor Gibson: Billionaire Koch Brothers Investing Heavily in Climate Change Denial University "Research"
Jonathan Pelto: Former Legislator Charges Connecticut Gov. Malloy's Education Reform Agenda Aims to Privatize and Corporatize Public Education

Sept. 22, 2014

Ali Al-Ahmed: Saudi Arabian Monarchy Linked to ISIS and Other Islamist Terrorist Groups
Luke Herrine: Occupy Wall Street's Strike Debt Group Abolishes Nearly $4 Million in Student Debt
Rachel Smolker: Will the Massive Peoples Climate March be a Catalyst for Building an Effective International movement?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., & Dennis Kucinich: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Former Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Others Charge U.S. Political System Unresponsive to Climate Crisis

Sept. 15, 2014

Michael T. McPherson: U.S. Veterans Say a New American-Led War in Iraq, Syria Will Only Inflame Violence in a Region Wracked by Ethnic Conflict
Karen Jamoc: Ray Rice NFL Scandal Opens National Debate on Domestic Violence Issues Often Avoided
Matt Nelson: After the Media Spotlight Faded Anti-Police Violence Organizing Continues in Ferguson and Across the U.S.
Jay O'Hara: Criminal Charges Resulting from Direct Action Confronting Climate Change Are Dropped in Surprising Victory
Beatrice Anderson & Naima Penniman: Grassroots Development Project Brings Agriculture, Health and Art Skills-Sharing to Earthquake-Ravaged Haitian Community

Sept. 8, 2014

Robert Parry: As NATO Pursues New Cold War with Russia, U.S. Media Continues to Distort Ukraine Conflict
Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Effort to Overturn SCOTUS Citizens United Ruling Launched in U.S. Senate
Catherine Reutshlin: Low Wage Workers Employ Civil Disobedience in Escalating Campaign for Increased Minimum Wage
Stanley Heller & Elaine Ward: Local Climate/Pollution Issues Rally Citizens for Major New York City Peoples Climate March

Sept. 1, 2014

Raed Jarrar: Renewed U.S. Intervention in Iraq Won't Solve the Nation's Many Internal Ethnic Conflicts
Leslie Cagan: Veteran Progressive Activist Leslie Cagan Organizing Historic New York City Climate Change Protest
Heather White: New Documentary Film Exposes Toxic Work Conditions Endangering Chinese Cell Phone Factory Workers' Health
Michael Zweig: In Major Breakthrough, Labor Unions Helping Organize New York City's Sept 21st Peoples Climate March

August

Aug. 25, 2014

Vernellia Randall: Could Public Outrage at Michael Brown Shooting Death and Widespread Police Brutality Inspire New Civil Rights Movement?
Dahr Jamail: Widening U.S. Military Intervention Targeting ISIS Forces in Northern Iraq Could Expand Into Syria
David Kotz: Rising Tensions Between Russia and Ukraine Could Draw U.S. and NATO Into Dangerous Conflict
John Humphries: Connecticut Labor, Environmental and Religious Groups Form Coalition in Support of Historic Sept. 21st NYC People's Climate March

Aug. 18, 2014

Kevin Alexander Gray: The Police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson Exposes the Wider Issue of America's Culture of Racism and Violence
Rebecca Sanchez: A Broad Coalition of Hundreds of Groups Prepare for Historic NYC Climate Change Protest on September 21
Gregg Leslie: Journalists Rally to Support Reporter and Author James Risen, Facing Imprisonment for Not Revealing his Sources
Sass Brown: New Trend in EcoFashion: A Positive Response to Industry Waste and Exploitation

Aug. 11, 2014

Naomi Dan: Gaza War Civilian Death Toll Has Provoked Rising Tide of Jewish Opposition to Israeli Policy
Phyllis Bennis: President Obama's Order for U.S. Air Strikes Targeting ISIS in Iraq Could Make A Bad Situation Worse
Rebecca Wilkins: Corporations Exploit Loophole to Engage in Overseas "Inversions" to Avoid Paying U.S. Taxes
Mike DeRosa: Green Party Fields Candidates for Local, State and Federal Offices in this November's Election
Lindsay Farrell: Connecticut Working Family Party Campaigning for Candidates in Primary Contests Tuesday, August 12th

Aug. 4, 2014

Josh Ruebner: Accountability Demanded for U.S. Role in Supplying Munitions and Support for Israel's Bloody War in Gaza
Melvin Goodman: In Major Breach of the Separation-of-Powers, CIA Admits it Spied on Senate
Phineas Baxandall: Legislation Would Expose Government Deals That Allow Corporate Tax Deduction of Federal Fines
Peter Mathews: New Book Documents Corrupting Influence of Big Money on U.S. Politics and Public Policy

July

July 28, 2014

Tom Hayden: The U.S. and NATO Actions in Ukraine Predictably Provoke Russia and Could Trigger a New Cold War
Rania Khalek: International Medical Workers in Gaza Witness Israeli Bombs Destroying Hospitals, Killing Palestinian Civilians
Tony Corbo: Proposed New USDA Rules Would Severely Weaken Poultry Inspection, Endangering Human Health
Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Shares His Views on Gaza Conflict and Discusses New Book, "Unstoppable"

July 21, 2014

Vijay Prashad: Obama Administration Backing for Israeli Gaza Attack Makes U.S. Complicit in Rising Civilian Death Toll
Dana Frank: Washington Support for Post-Coup Government in Honduras Linked to Flood of Child Refugees at U.S. Border
Tyson Slocum: Activists Oppose U.S. LNG Export Terminals Based on Concern Over Environmental and Economic Consequences
Natalie McClellan: NYC Climate Convergence Conference Planned to Coincide with UN Climate Summit in September

July 14, 2014

Robert Dreyfuss: As Israel Accused of Disproportionate Attack on Gaza, International Community Calls for Cease Fire
Peter Kornbluh: Chilean Court Finds U.S. Complicit in Murder of Two Americans During 1973 Chile Coup
Kevin Gosztola: Latest Revelations of NSA Surveillance Shows Archiving of Personal Information and Targeting of Prominent Muslim Americans
Carolyn and Rand Barthel: Protest Raises Alarm About Environmental Consequences of Tar Sands Pipeline from Montreal to Maine

July 7, 2014

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Only Diplomacy and Negotiations Can Resolve Iraq's Current Crisis, Not Further U.S. Military Intervention
Jeanne Atkinson: Flood of Immigrant Children at U.S. Border Demands Action to Reform Failed U.S. Immigration Policies
Arthur Stamoulis: Fair Trade Coalition Stands United in Opposition to Proposed TPP & TTIP Free Trade Treaties
Ray McGovern: What We Know about NSA Surveillance One Year After Edward Snowden Revelations

June

June 30, 2014

Fred Clarkson: Supreme Court Ruling Allows For-Profit Corporations to Impose Their Religious Beliefs on their Employees
Tomas Lopez: One Year after Supreme Court Dismantles Voting Rights Act, 22 States have Adopted New Voting Restrictions
Blair Bertaccini: World Cup Protests Express Brazilians' Anger Over Government Spending Priorities
Suzanna Walters: Despite Gains on Gay Marriage, Equality for LGBT Americans Has Not Yet Been Won
Brendan Fischer: GOP Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is at Center of Major Campaign Finance Scandal

June 23, 2014

Matt Southworth: U.S. Iraq War Veteran Warns Against New American Military Intervention in Current Iraq Crisis
Adam Crowther: Recent High Court Rulings on Campaign Finance Opens Door to Big Money Influence in Local Elections
Eric LeCompte: Vulture Funds' Court Victory against Argentina Poses Danger to World's Poor Nations
Melinda Tuhus: Connecticut's Governor Impedes Indian Tribes' Pursuit of Federal Recognition
Thomas Paine: Thomas Paine, Who Inspired American Revolution, Offers Guidance to Today's Progressive Activists

June 16, 2014

Peter Van Buren: Current Sunni vs. Shiite War in Iraq: Legacy of the 2003 U.S. Invasion
Rachel Tabachnick: Right-Wing Anti-Government Violence is Growing Threat to Democracy
Jim Dean: Eric Cantor's Primary Defeat Signals GOP's Move Further Right, Marginalizing the Party from Most Voters
Harry Belafonte: Entertainer and Social Justice Activist Harry Belafonte Imagines a World with Transformative Justice

June 9, 2014

Mitch Jones: Environmentalists: Obama Administration Carbon Regulations Welcome, But Don't Go Far Enough
J. Kirk Wiebe: New Website Provides a Safe Harbor for Future Whistleblowers
Steve Ellner: As Venezuelan Opposition Protests Dissipate, Government Works to Mend Economy
Angela Davis: Angela Davis Speech at Left Forum: Imagining a World with Transformative Justice: Reform and/or Revolution Today

June 2, 2014

Mark Weisbrot: Ukraine's New President Faces Challenges of a Divided Nation and EU-IMF Austerity Policies
Po Murray: Newtown Gun Safety Activists Respond to Latest Mass Shooting Incident in Santa Barbara
Anand Gopal: U.S. Collaboration with Violent, Corrupt Afghan Warlords Endangers Prospects for Peace
Kshama Sawant: Seattle's Socialist City Council Member Wins Battle for $15.00 Minimum Wage, A First in the Nation

May

May 26, 2014

Harley Geiger: House Removes Key Provisions of Bill Originally Drafted to End NSA Bulk Collection of Americans' Communication Data
Michael McPhearson: Veterans Administration Scandal Involving Coverup of Delays Providing Critical Health Care Began with U.S. Wars
Medea Benjamin: Code Pink Co-founder Medea Benjamin on the Roots of Her Peace Activism
Nancy Alderman: Connecticut Legislation Imposes Three-Year Moratorium on Storage and Disposal of Fracking Waste

May 19, 2014

Richard Heinberg: Fracking and Natural Gas Not the Environmentally-Safe and Supply Panacea Sold by the Fossil Fuel Industry
Deepa Kumar: Students and Faculty Pressure Former Bush Secretary of State Condi Rice to Withdraw from Rutgers University Commencement Address
Seth Adler: Annual Left Forum Conference Theme: "Reform and/or Revolution: Imagining a World with Transformative Justice"
Erika Eichelberger: Fast Food Workers Worldwide Strike for Higher Pay, Dignity in the Workplace