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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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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.
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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Show date: June 15, 2015

Former NSA Official Warns that Without Major Changes, the U.S. is Establishing a 'Surveillance State'

Interview with William Binney, former high-level National Security Agency intelligence official
William Binney retired in 2001 after 30 years with the NSA and blew the whistle on NSA surveillance programs. His outspoken criticism of the NSA during the George W. Bush administration made him the subject of FBI investigations that included a raid on his home in 2007. Long before Edward Snowden’s NSA whistleblowing, Binney publicly revealed that the NSA had access to telecommunications companies’ domestic and international billing records.

Free Trade Opponents Claim Victory in Defeating Fast Track, But Face Second Vote this Week

Interview with Sarah Anderson, director of the Institute for Policy Studies’ Global Economy Project
Sarah Anderson discusses the fight by labor, environmentalists and consumer advocates to block fast track and the Trans Pacific Partnership free trade agreement examined in her recent article, "Supporting NAFTA Was the Kiss of Death for Democrats --Why Dems Should Think Twice About Voting for TPP," with a focus on the issues of trade, democracy and corporate power.

Federal Court Upholds Texas Law that will Shutter Most of the State's Abortion Clinics

Interview with Miranda Blue, senior researcher for special projects with People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation
Miranda Blue assesses the impact of the recent Fifth Circuit Court decision upholding a Texas law that threatens to close down all but a few of the state's abortion clinics. Blue's recent article on the court ruling is titled, "The Texas Abortion Decision and the Right's 'Women's Health' Gambit."

The Main Architect of Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage, Sees Her Campaign Go National

Interview with Kashama Sawant, election to the Seattle City Council in 2013 made history as the first socialist elected in Seattle in 100 years. As a councilmember, she delivered on her campaign promise to make Seattle the first major American city to pass a $15/hour minimum wage.
Kashama Sawant discusses the fight for the $15 minimum wage, which was ratified by the Seattle City Council on June 2, 2014, and the ongoing campaign to bring the $15 minimum wage to other cities across the nation, including San Francisco and Los Angeles where both municipalities recently passed their own $15 minimum wage law. This interview was recorded May 31st 2015 at the annual Left Forum conference in New York City.

Recent Shows

June

June 8, 2015

Sue Udry: Civil Liberties Advocates Say USA Freedom Act Reforms But Does Not End Dragnet NSA Surveillance
Jennifer Clark: GOP Voter Suppression Laws Challenged in Advance of 2016 Presidential Election
Eric LeCompte: Debt, Bankruptcy and Poverty Not Adequately Addressed at G7 Summit Meeting
Glen Ford: Police Violence Triggers Birth of Militant Black Lives Matter Movement

June 1, 2015

Jean Ross: Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders Champions Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street
Susan Eastwood: Polluting Industries Attack New EPA Clean Water Regulations that protect U.S. Streams and Wetlands
Lisa Gilbert: Former Securities & Exchange Commissioners Push SEC to Mandate U.S. Publicly Traded Companies to Disclose Political Spending
Medea Benjamin: Women's Peace Walk Across Demilitarized Zone Advocates Peace Treaty Between North & South Korea
Kshama Sawant: Seattle City Councilperson Who Led Effort for $15 Minimum Wage, Sees Idea Spread Nationwide

May

May 25, 2015

Adam Johnson: U.S. Media Buries the Lead in Special Forces Assault Inside Syria
Peter Jenkins: Obama Administration Falls Short in Plan to Protect Honey Bees and Other Pollinators
John Nichols: As Senate Approves Fast Track, Battle Over Proposed Free Trade Agreements Moves to House
Seth Adler: "No Justice, No Peace: Confronting Capitalism's and Democracy's Crisis" is Focus of This Year's Left Forum Conference

May 18, 2015

Kevin Zeese: Opponents Say Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Deal Will Impose Defacto Corporate Governance
Costas Panayotakis: Eurozone Fears Spread of Resistance, If Greece Wins Concessions on Austerity
Nicole Ramirez: Seattle "Kayactivists" Stage Ocean Protest Opposing Shell Arctic Drilling Rig
Michel Lee: Opponents Say Explosion and Fire at Indian Point Nuclear Plant, Another Reason to Close this Hazardous Site

May 11, 2015

Russ Choma: One Percent of the One Percent Cast a Long Shadow on U.S. Electoral Politics
Shahid Buttar: Federal Appeals Court in Landmark Ruling Finds NSA Bulk Collection of Americans' Phone Data Illegal
Steve Ellner: Shortage of Basic Goods and Lower Oil Prices Damage Venezuela's Economy
Ben Martin: May 31 Connecticut Climate March To Call for Policies That Support Climate Justice

May 4, 2015

The Rev. Brad Braxton: Seeds of Hope Found in the Ashes of Baltimore's Eruption of Anger Provoked by Police Violence
Doug Sutherland: Going Down to the Wire, Opponents of Fast Track Pressure Legislators to Vote No
Pratap Chatterjee: U.S. Drone Warfare Pilots Resigning En Masse
Greg Guma: Will Bernie Sanders' Run for the White House Help Build a National Progressive Movement Beyond 2016 Campaign?

April

April 27, 2015

Chris Toensing: Saudi Airstrikes, Naval Blockade Exacerbates Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
Sophia Cope: As Patriot Act Expires, Campaign Pushes for Reform of Dragnet Government Surveillance
David Lindorff: Routine Abusive Police Behavior Linked to Death of Freddie Gray and Baltimore Unrest
John Humphries: Connecticut Gov. Malloy Forms New Council on Climate Change

April 20, 2015

Sarah Jaffe: Low-Wage Workers Movement Organizes Largest Nationwide Protest Ever to Push for $15 Minimum Wage
Emma Lui: While California Moves to Cut Urban Water Consumption, Big Agribusiness Gets a Pass
Isaiah Poole: 'Populism 2015' Conference Crafts Progressive Agenda to Influence 2016 Presidential Election Debate
Patrick Johnson: Broad Coalition Opposes Connecticut Gov. Malloy's Proposed Cuts to State Human Service Agencies

April 13, 2015

Matthew Fogg: Culture of Impunity a Toxic Element Contributing to Police Violence
Geoff Thale: Warming U.S.-Cuban Relations, the Major Focus at Summit of the Americas
Mathew Gardner: Deep Tax Cuts for Corporations and the Rich, Lead to Unfair Tax System for Working Families
Gary Orfield: Connecticut Court Case Set Stage for Successful State Effort to Desegregate Schools

April 6, 2015

William Picard: Yemen's Civil War Triggered by Local Issues, Draws Saudi and Iranian Intervention
Paul Kawika Martin: GOP and Israel Work to Kill International Iran Nuclear Deal
Aquene Freechild: President Obama Urged to Issue Executive Order Mandating Political Spending Disclosure by Federal Contractors
Peter Montgomery: Firestorm over Indiana's Religious Freedom Act Portends Larger Fight over Protection of LGBT Civil Rights

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