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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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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.
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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

 

"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: Feb. 23, 2015

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Recent Shows

February

Feb. 16, 2015

• Matthew Hoh:  As Obama Pushes for Congressional War Authorization, Peace Activists Push Back
• Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou:  Black Lives Matter Movement Forges New Generation of Civil Rights Leaders
• James Henry:  Leaked Documents Reveal HSBC Bank's Dirty Dealings with Tax Dodgers, Drug Traffickers and Arms Dealers
• Ritt Goldstein:  An American's Fight for Police Accountability Compels Him to Seek Political Asylum in Sweden

Feb. 9, 2015

• Lev Golinkin:  As War Hawks Circle in Washington, Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern Ukraine Invisible in U.S. Media
• Jennifer Loewenstein:  Americans Know Little of Colonial Middle East History that Created ISIS
• Michael Copps:  As FCC Readies New Net Neutrality Rules, Telecom Giants Prepare Legal and Legislative Offensive
• David Eisenstein:  New Progressive Super-PAC Formed to Counter Right-Wing Agenda

Feb. 2, 2015

• Blair Bertaccini:  Many Greeks Are Hoping Newly-Elected Syriza Party will End Their Nation's Subjugation
• Ali Al-Ahmed:  White House and Most U.S. Officials Silent on Saudi Arabia's Dismal Human Rights Record
• Mel Goodman:  Netanyahu's Attempt to Derail Iran Nuclear Talks Signals Need to Re-Evaluate U.S.-Israeli Relations
• Greg Guma:  Independent Burlington, VT Mayoral Candidate Advocates Affordable Housing, Controlled Development & Opposes Basing F-35 Fighter Jets

January

Jan. 26, 2015

• Kennette Benedict:  Unchecked Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons Modernization Moves the 'Doomsday Clock' Two Minutes Closer to Midnight
• Richard D. Wolff:  Leftist Syriza Party Victory in Greece Strengthens Anti-Austerity Movement Across Europe
• Jill Stein:  U.S. Green Party Responds to President Obama's State of the Union Address
• Mike Alewitz:  Art Under Attack: Labor History Mural Censored at Museum of the City of New York

Jan. 19, 2015

• Coleen Rowley:  FBI Whistle Blower Coleen Rowley: Post-Charlie Hebdo Massacre Rush to Double Down on Warrantless Surveillance a Mistake
• Mike Leyba:  Minority Communities Excluded or Marginalized from U.S. Banking System
• Jonah Minkoff-Zern:  Five Years After SCOTUS 'Citizens United' Ruling, Coalition Vows to Overturn with Constitutional Amendment
• Ron Pinciaro:  New Bills Proposed in CT Legislature Both Strengthen and Weaken State's Post-Sandy Hook Firearm Reform Laws

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

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