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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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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: June 8, 2015

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Civil Liberties Advocates Say USA Freedom Act Reforms But Does Not End Dragnet NSA Surveillance

MP3 Interview with Sue Udry, Bill of Rights Defense Committee acting director and executive director of the Defending Dissent Foundation
Sue Udry shares her views on the strengths and weaknesses of the recently congressionally passed USA Freedom Act and the work she believes still needs to be done to reform the NSA's surveillance programs.


GOP Voter Suppression Laws Challenged in Advance of 2016 Presidential Election

MP3 Interview with Jennifer Clark, counsel for the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program
Jennifer Clark assesses the effect new voter suppression laws in states across the U.S. may have on the 2016 presidential election and campaigns being waged to challenge restrictive voter ID and registration rules, as well as parallel efforts to expand voting rights.


Debt, Bankruptcy and Poverty Not Adequately Addressed at G7 Summit Meeting

MP3 Interview with Eric LeCompte, executive director of Jubilee USA Network
Eric LeCompte discusses the debt, tax and international trade issues which are the focus of the G7 summit meeting in Germany, June 7-8, 2015. Jubilee USA Network represents a coalition of 75 U.S. member organizations and 400 faith communities that work with 50 Jubilee global partners


Police Violence Triggers Birth of Militant Black Lives Matter Movement

MP3 Interview with Glen Ford, executive editor of Black Agenda Report
Glen Ford delivered a speech at a plenary session titled, "Indicting and Transforming the Systems of State and Capitalism: From Ferguson to Baltimore and Beyond," recorded at the annual Left Forum conference in New York City on May 30, 2015. The Black Agenda Report provides news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective


 

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