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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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Listen to Scott Harris Live on WPKN Radio

Counterpoint is broadcast live every Monday evening from 8 to 10 p.m. ET, and can be heard worldwide at www.WPKN.org (Follows the 5-7 minute White Rose Calendar.)

The two hour show in its entirety is archived after midnight ET Monday nights, and is available for at least a year following broadcast in WPKN Radio's Archives.

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Scott also is executive producer of a weekly radio newsmagazine, "Between The Lines," heard on 50 community radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. Between The Lines' podcasts, interview transcripts and program summaries can be found at www.btlonline.org.

Scott's most recent Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists Award 2011:
Reporting / In-Depth Series; Radio
First place: "Occupy Wall Street: The birth of a movement for the 99%; Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine; Scott Harris


Between The Lines Blog  BTL Blog

"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

"Cornering Trump," by Reginald Johnson, Jan. 19, 2017

"Free Leonard Peltier," by Reginald Johnson, Jan. 6, 2016

"For Natives, a "Day of Mourning"by Reginald Johnson, November 23, 2016

"A Bitter Harvest" by Reginald Johnson, Nov. 15, 2016

Special Programming Special Programming

chomskyNoam 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


Progressive Resources

A compilation of activist and news sites with a progressive point of view

This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: Feb. 2, 2015

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Many Greeks Are Hoping Newly-Elected Syriza Party will End Their Nation's Subjugation

MP3 Interview with Blair Bertaccini, longtime Connecticut labor activist, who just returned from a trip to Greece
Blair Bertaccini reports on the victory of the progressive, anti-austerity party Syriza in last week's Greek parliamentary election.


White House and Most U.S. Officials Silent on Saudi Arabia's Dismal Human Rights Record

MP3 Interview with Ali Al-Ahmed, director, Institute for Gulf Affairs
Ali Al-Ahmed assesses the situation in Saudi Arabia after the death of King Abdullah, and the appointment of one of the late King's younger brothers, Crown Prince Salman as his successor, U.S. relations and the movement for democracy in the oil-rich kingdom.

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


Netanyahu's Attempt to Derail Iran Nuclear Talks Signals Need to Re-Evaluate U.S.-Israeli Relations

MP3 Interview with Mel Goodman, director of the National Security Project at the Center for International Policy and adjunct professor, Johns Hopkins University
Mel Goodman discusses his recent article, "Benjamin Netanyahu: the Anti-American Obstructionist," the need to change the U.S. relationship with Israel, as well as providing an assessment of the P-5 +1 nuclear talks with Iran.

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


Independent Burlington, VT Mayoral Candidate Advocates Affordable Housing, Controlled Development & Opposes Basing F-35 Fighter Jets

MP3 Interview with Greg Guma, Burlington, Vermont mayoral candidate, author, former editor of Toward Freedom magazine and past executive director of the Pacifica Radio Network
Greg Guma discusses some of the local, regional and national issues he's campaigning on.


 

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