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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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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


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This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: March 16, 2015

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Neo-Con Funders Cultivated Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, the GOP's New Leader, Trying to Derail Iran Nuclear Talks

MP3 Interview with Jim Lobe, Washington bureau chief of the international news agency, Interpress Service and editor and publisher of the Lobelog.com
Jim Lobe discusses the firestorm of criticism responding to the letter sent to Tehran by 47 Republican senators and the links between the letter's initiator, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and neo-con pundit Bill Kristol and big money GOP donors Paul Singer and Sheldon Adelson.


Venezuelan President Responds to U.S. Declaration That His Country Poses 'National Security Threat'

MP3 Interview with Eva Golinger, Venezuelan-American attorney, author of the best-selling book, “The Chavez Code,” and founding editor of the Venezuelan newspaper Correo del Orinoco International
Eva Golinger discusses the current status of U.S.-Venezuelan relations, including evidence cited by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of a foiled Washington coordinated coup plot and the Obama administration's recent imposition of sanctions.


Department of Justice Report on Pervasive Racism in Ferguson Police and Courts Ignites Calls for Accountability

MP3 Interview with Lizz Brown, St. Louis-based attorney, political analyst and columnist
Lizz Brown discusses the recent U.S. Department of Justice report identifying endemic racism as the trigger for much of the anger and protests that erupted last summer after the police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old African-American Michael Brown, the city's response and the recent shooting of two police officers and subsequent arrest of a suspect in the case.


Cubans Welcome Process of Normalizing Relations with U.S., But Some Fear Washington Will Continue to Push for Regime Change

MP3 Interview with David Swanson, author, activist and host of Talk Nation Radio
David Swanson discusses his recent trip to Cuba with a delegation organized by Code Pink. He talks about how the Cubans he spoke with are reacting to the move toward normalization with the U.S., including concerns about opening the island nation to U.S. corporate investment and the possible future loss of Cuba's social contract: i.e., universal healthcare and education.


 

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