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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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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.
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Show date: April 6, 2015

Yemen's Civil War Triggered by Local Issues, Draws Saudi and Iranian Intervention

Interview with William Picard, executive director of the Yemen Peace Project
William Picard discusses the current escalating civil war in Yemen between forces aligned with the Houthi movement and former president ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Saleh on one side, and Yemen’s recently-ousted president ‘Abdu Rabu Mansur Hadi, where Saudi Arabia, with U.S and other Gulf states support, has intervened with airstrikes and the threat of a ground invasion.

GOP and Israel Work to Kill International Iran Nuclear Deal

Interview with Paul Kawika Martin, political director with Peace Action
Paul Kawika Martin talks about the framework of the international Iran nuclear agreement announced last week, assessing the details of the accord, as well as efforts by Congressional Republicans and Israel to derail the agreement, in the face of recent public opinion polls finding a majority of Americans support a nuclear deal with Iran.

President Obama Urged to Issue Executive Order Mandating Political Spending Disclosure by Federal Contractors

Interview with Aquene Freechild, co-director of Public Citizen’s Democracy Is For People campaign
Aquene Freechild talks about the campaign by a coalition of advocacy groups across the country that are calling on President Obama to issue an executive order requiring federal government contractors to disclose their political spending. Dozens of rallies advocating such action were held across the country on April 2nd, the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s McCutcheon ruling, which greatly expanded the amount of money that can be donated to federal politicians.

Firestorm over Indiana's Religious Freedom Act Portends Larger Fight over Protection of LGBT Civil Rights

Interview with Peter Montgomery, Senior Fellow at People For the American Way
Peter Montgomery discusses the recent controversy and widespread opposition to the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" bills recently passed by the Indiana and Arkansas state legislatures. He examines the Republican party's history with regard to the promotion of intolerance and discrimination against the LGBT community, as well as racial and ethnic minorities which stands in stark contrast to the direction of majority American public opinion.

Recent Shows

March

March 30, 2015

Patrick Woodall: Leaked Secret TPP Chapter Reveals Corporate Rights that Undermine Democracy
Robert Parry: Ukraine Oligarchs Battle Each Other for Power and Money
George Woodliff-Stanley and Sarah Dobbs: Swarthmore Students' Fossil Fuel Divestment Sit-In Inspires Other Activists Nationwide
Louis Burch: Campaign to Ban Environmentally Hazardous Microbeads Launched in New York and Connecticut

March 23, 2015

Dave Johnson: Congressional Progressive Caucus' 'People's Budget' Takes on Issue of Income Inequality
Josh Ruebner: Israel's Election Outcome Confirms the Death of a Two State Solution, Demands New U.S. Middle East Policy
Tom B. K. Goldtooth: 2015 World Social Forum Draws 70,000 Progressive Activists to Tunisia This Week
Aaron Romano: CT Supreme Court Ruling Allows Residents Convicted of Simple Possession of Marijuana to Apply for Erasure of Criminal Record

March 16, 2015

Jim Lobe: Neo-Con Funders Cultivated Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, the GOP's New Leader, Trying to Derail Iran Nuclear Talks
Eva Golinger: Venezuelan President Responds to U.S. Declaration That His Country Poses 'National Security Threat'
Lizz Brown: Department of Justice Report on Pervasive Racism in Ferguson Police and Courts Ignites Calls for Accountability
David Swanson: Cubans Welcome Process of Normalizing Relations with U.S., But Some Fear Washington Will Continue to Push for Regime Change

March 9, 2015

Khalilah L. Brown-Dean: 50 Years After Selma March, New Report Finds Party Politics Increasingly Polarized by Race
Tory Russell: Department of Justice Report: Ferguson's Police and Court Practices Both Reflect and Exacerbate Existing Racial Bias
Ellen Schwartz & Anja Rudiger: Despite Setbacks, Vermont Grassroots Movement Pushes for First in Nation Single Payer Health Care System
John Santa: Malta Justice Initiative Campaigns for Connecticut Criminal Justice Reforms

March 2, 2015

Robert Naiman: Netanyahu Speech Goal: Pressure U.S. Congress to Choose War with Iran Over Negotiations
Nadia Kayyali: Latest Edward Snowden Documents Reveal U.S. and British Spy Agencies Stole Encryption Keys to Millions of Cell Phones
Craig Aaron: After Winning Historic Victory, Net Neutrality Activists Must Defend Against Coming Industry Attacks
Matthew Rothschild: Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker Pursues Anti-Union Agenda at Home as He Prepares for White House Run

February

Feb. 23, 2015

Mark Weisbrot: Greek Syriza Party Makes Progress Challenging Austerity Policies in Talks with Eurozone Officials
Phyllis Bennis: Understanding the Origin and Warped Theology of ISIS Terrorists
Catherine Ruetschlin: Walmart's Wage Increase Affirms Effectiveness of Nationwide Worker Living Wage Campaign
Ebong Udoma: After Nation's Election Postponed Nigerian Army Launches Offensive Against Boko Haram Terrorists

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