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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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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

 

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Show date: Jan. 4, 2016

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Recent Shows

December

Dec. 28, 2015

• Sean McElwee; Jason McDaniel:  Study Finds Watching Fox News Reinforces and Exacerbates Racist Views
• Mark Weisbrot:  Spanish Voters Boost Fortunes of New Anti-Austerity Party
• Brian Levin:  Group Documents Recent Threefold Increase in Number of Hate Crimes Targeting American Muslims
• Stanley Heller:  After 63 Years Connecticut-Based Group Promoting Enduring Peace Remains a Center for Local Activism

Dec. 21, 2015

• Mongi Dhaouadi:  With Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes on the Rise in U.S., Islamic Groups Call for Police Protection
• Belinda Rodriguez and Ben Case:  Criticism Leveled at Big Green NGOs' Role in Canceling Paris Climate Protests
• Les Leopold:  New Book Explains Why America Has One of the Most Unequal Income Distributions in the Developed World
• Daniel Judt:  New Wave of Anti-Racist Activism at U.S. Colleges and Universities Targets Institutional Bias

Dec. 14, 2015

• Chip Berlet:  Americans Must Rise up to Challenge Trump's Racism and Scapegoating
• David Pomerantz:  Paris Summit's Carbon Reduction Targets Not Enough to Stave off Climate Catastrophe
• Garbriel Hetland:  Amid Venezuelan Economic Crisis, Party of Hugo Chavez Loses Election and Control of Legislature
• Alberto Bernardez:  Connecticut Janitors Threaten Strike on Jan. 1st If Negotiations Don't Lead to Fair Contract

Dec. 7, 2015

• Ladd Everitt:  San Bernardino and Colorado Springs Mass Shootings Provoke Renewed Gun Control Debate
• Karen Orenstein:  Paris Climate Summit Unlikely to Produce Sufficient Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Patty Lovera:  Consumers and Fishing Industry Oppose FDA Approval of GMO Salmon
• Mark Colville:  Witness Against Torture Holds Cuba Vigil in Solidarity with Guantanamo Detainees

November

Nov. 30, 2015

• John Coequyt:  If Paris Climate Summit is a Turning Point, Governments Must Go Beyond Current CO2 Reduction Pledges
• John Quigley:  Turkey's Shooting Down of Russian Jet Fighter Makes Unstable Situation in Syria More Volatile
• Miranda Blue:  Planned Parenthood: Toxic Rhetoric Feeds Anti-Abortion Violence
• Bernie Sanders:  Presidential Candidate Touts U.S. History of Democratic Socialism

Nov. 23, 2015

• Beau Grosscup:  Why is the U.S. Turning a Blind Eye as Money Flows from Saudi Arabia to ISIS Terrorists
• Phyllis Bennis:  Essential Non-Military Strategies that Must be Implemented to Defeat ISIS.
• Nate Cardozo:  After Paris Attack CIA, FBI Officials Launch False, Opportunistic Call to Expand Surveillance
• Nick Nyhart:  In Rebuke to "Citizens United," Voters Approve Publicly Financed Election Systems in Maine and Seattle

Nov. 16, 2015

• Ann Jones:  American's Longest War in Afghantistan is Going from Bad to Worse
• Mat dos Santos:  Oregon's Dept. of Justice Caught Spying on State Residents Who Used #BlackLivesMatter Hashtag
• Vijay Prashad:  ISIS Terrorist Attacks Designed to Instill Fear & Hasten the "Apocalypse"
• Deirdre Shelley:  Multi-Issue Youth Coalition Organizes Protest Action Demanding Justice on Race, Climate & Immigration

Nov. 9, 2015

• Jessa Boehner:  Full Text of Trans-Pacific Partnership Reveals A Free Trade Agreement That Advances Corporate Rights
• Jon Rainwater:  Obama Escalates U.S. War In Syria with Boots on the Ground
• Kevin Burgos:  Low Wage Workers Organize Largest 'Fight for $15' National Action Yet
• Melinda Tuhus:  Direct Action on Climate Change Subject of Local Discussion
• Kalin Jordan:  Activist Group Exposes and Challenges Koch Brothers Funding of Colleges and Universities Nationwide

Nov. 2, 2015

• Charles Glass:  With U.S. Ground Troops Now Engaged in Syrian Conflict, Multi-Sided Proxy War Will Likely Intensify
• Richard D. Wolff:  Bernie Sanders' Discussion of Democratic Socialism, an Opportunity to Critique the Excesses of Capitalism
• Robert Kraig:  New GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan Advocates Dismantling or Privatizing Federal Social Safety Net Programs
• Lynn Taborsak:  Connecticut Residents Rally in Solidarity with Workers Seeking to Join Union at Danbury and New Milford Hospitals

October

Oct. 26, 2015

• Andrew Cockburn:  New Documents Reveal U.S. Drone Program's Deadly Flaws
• John H. Cushman:  Investigative Report Finds Exxon Knew Climate Change was Real, But Funded Deniers to Sow Confusion
• Yael Bromberg:  Alabama Voter ID Law and Closure of Driver's License Offices In Black Counties = Voter Suppression
• Brian Concannon:  Haitian Election, Whoever Wins, Won't Solve Poor Nation's Deep Economic and Political Crises

Oct. 19, 2015

• Jessa Boehner:  Fair Trade Coalition Gears-up Campaign to Defeat Transpacific Partnership in Congress
• Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy:  American Corporations Shelter $2.1 Trillion in Offshore Profits, Withholding $620 Billion in U.S. Taxes
• Sulaiman Khatib and Maya Katz:  Former Israeli and Palestinian Combatants Tour U.S. Promoting Peaceful Settlement of Middle East Conflict
• James Otto:  Disney Sued for Replacing Its U.S. Employees with Low-Wage Foreign Workers

Oct. 5, 2015

• Hedrick Smith:  Only Activism Can Challenge U.S. Rigged System to Reverse Inequality and Restore Democracy
• Chris Toensing:  Assessing the Consequences of Russian Intervention in Syrian Civil War
• Miranda Blue:  Report Exposes Links Between Operation Rescue and Group That Released Videos to Discredit Planned Parenthood
• Eric Foner & Ralph Nader:  The Opening of New American Museum of Tort Law in Winsted, Connecticut

September

Sept. 28, 2015

• Alice Slater:  As Tension Rises between the U.S. and Russia is the World Witnessing a New Nuclear Arms Race?
• May Boeve:  Activists Hoping the Pope's Message on Climate Change Will translate into Action at UN Paris Summit
• Andrew Hanauer:  Pope Francis Challenges U.S. Congress to Take Action on Inequality and Poverty
• Sylvester Salcedo:  Attorney and U.S. Navy Veteran Advocates Decriminalizing Heroin, Providing Treatment Not Prison

Sept. 21, 2015

• Chip Berlet:  Support for Racism and Trump is Mainstream in Today's Republican Party
• Ralph Nader:  Ralph Nader's New Tort Reform Museum in CT Celebrates Victories of Law Over Corporate Power
• Rena Seinzor:  Critics Condemn DOJ Deferred Prosecution of GM for Deadly Auto Defect
• Matt O'Connor:  NLRB Invalidates Union Elections at Two CT Hospitals

Sept. 14, 2015

• Phyllis Bennis:  International Nuclear Agreement with Iran a Victory for Diplomacy Over War
• Russell Mokhiber:  U.S. Department of Justice Sets New Guidelines to Prosecute Corporate Criminals
• Allan Nairn:  Resigned and Jailed Guatemalan President Complicit in Mass Murder and War Crimes
• John Humphries:  Connecticut Governor's Council on Climate Change Moves to Set Interim Goals to Limit Greenhouse Emissions

Sept. 7, 2015

• Arun Gupta:  Union Organizing 'Fight For $15,' Marginalizes Larger Struggle for Worker Power
• Eve Spangler:  Abiding by Human Rights Framework One Path to Resolving Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Adriana Beltran:  Context for Guatemala's Recent Political Upheaval Explained
• Marilyn Elie:  Groups Continue Fight to Stop NRC Re-licensing of New York's Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

August

Aug. 31, 2015

• Ben Norton:  Assisted by Flawed Journalism, Iran Nuclear Deal Opponents Spread Disinformation
• Costas Panayotakis:  Ongoing Greek Debt Crisis Triggers New National Election with Uncertain Outcome for Governing Syriza Party
• Norman Solomon:  Activists Petition Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders to Reveal his Foreign Policy Platform
• John Bell:  Museum Exhibit Tells Story of Bread and Puppet Theater, Which for 50 Years has Produced Compelling Politically Charged Art

Aug. 24, 2015

• Carmen Watkins:  NAACP's 'Journey for Justice' March from Selma to Washington Mobilizes Activists Across Five Southern States
• Gar Smith:  Robots, Nature and the Singularity
• Mark Klein:  AT&T's "Unique" Relationship with NSA Comes Under Scrutiny After Release of Snowden Documents
• Tom Swan:  Connecticut is First State in the Nation to Propose a Penalty on Low Wage Employers

Aug. 17, 2015

• Eric Kingson:  Social Security Disability Fund Shortfall Solution Becomes New GOP Congressional Hostage
• Matthew Hoh:  As Military Situation in Afghanistan Deteriorates, Washington May be Drawn Back into Endless War
• Abby Scher:  Union Support for Worker-Owned Cooperatives Plants Seeds for Future Solidarity Economy
• Ben Martin:  Environmentalists and Climate Activists Challenge New England Natural Gas Pipeline Project

Aug. 3, 2015

• Daphne Wysham:  Civil Disobedience Action Targets Shell Icebreaker Ship Bound for Oil Drilling Rig in Arctic
• Vijay Das:  On Medicare's 50th Birthday, Bills in Congress Would Expand Medicare to All Citizens
• Jaydee Hanson:  EPA Sued for Its Conditional Approval of Nanotechnology Pesticide
• Scot X. Esdaile:  Connecticut NAACP Launches Investigation of 2014 Death of Young Black Lawyer in Redding, Connecticut

July

July 27, 2015

• Paul Kawika Martin:  Will Congressional Rejection of the International Iran Nuclear Accord Lead to War?
• Ralph Nader:  Ralph Nader Assesses the 2016 Presidential Candidates
• Erica Payne:  If Elected, Jeb Bush Says He'll Phase Out Medicare
• Patty Lovera:  House Passes Bill That Would Ban State Laws Mandating Labeling of GMO Foods

July 20, 2015

• Stephen F. Cohen:  U.S., Russian Military Escalation in Ukraine Could Lead to Dangerous Unintended Consequences
• Jamal Abdi:  U.S. Peace Movement Must Mobilize to Prevent Congress from Sabotaging Iran Nuclear Accord
• Dan Berger:  U.S. Criminal Justice System Requires Reforms Well Beyond Those Advocated by President Obama
• Kenneth Barone:  Racial Profiling Study of Connecticut Law Enforcement Used to Train Police to Minimize Bias

July 13, 2015

• Sameer Dossani:  Will New BRICS Development Bank Offer Poor Nations an Alternative to the World Bank?
• Mark Weisbrot:  Tentative Bailout Deal Inflicts More Austerity, But Keeps Greece in the EuroZone
• Mark Potok:  Congress Needs to Investigate Threat of Domestic Terrorism from White Supremacist Hate Groups
• Stanley Heller:  BDS Movement Targeting Israel, Gaining Increased International Support on 10th Anniversary

July 6, 2015

• James S. Henry:  Greek People Say No to More EU Austerity, Yes to Dignity
• Wayne Smith:  Former U.S. Diplomat Celebrates Normalization of U.S.-Cuba Relations
• Andrew Patrick:  Charleston Massacre One More Reason to Strengthen U.S. Gun Laws
• Kai Newkirk:  Coalition Pushes Obama to Issue Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Disclose their Political Spending

June

June 29, 2015

• John J. Mearsheimer:  U.S. Decision to Deploy Heavy Military Equipment to Eastern and Central Europe Dangerously Escalates Tension with Russia
• Adam Gaffney:  Obamacare Wins Supreme Court Case, but the Struggle to Achieve Universal Health Care Continues
• Nick Nyhart:  As Congress Refuses to Restore Voting Rights Act, GOP-Governed States Continue to Enact Voter Suppression Laws
• Gregory Williams:  Pro-Palestinian Jewish Activists Arrested and Labeled Terrorists for Disrupting IDF Event at CT Temple

June 22, 2015

• Graylan Hagler:  Charleston Massacre Provokes Long Overdue National Debate Confronting Deep-seated White Supremacist Views
• Jim Dean:  Progressive Group Threatens Free Trade Democrats with Primary Challenges
• Joel Kovel:  Pope's Climate Change Encyclical Links Market Economics to Environmental Degradation and Global Warming
• Konstantinos Tsoukalas:  Greek Syriza MP Assesses Europe's Growing Movement Resisting Austerity Policies

June 15, 2015

• William Binney:  Former NSA Official Warns that Without Major Changes, the U.S. is Establishing a 'Surveillance State'
• Sarah Anderson:  Free Trade Opponents Claim Victory in Defeating Fast Track, But Face Second Vote this Week
• Miranda Blue:  Federal Court Upholds Texas Law that will Shutter Most of the State's Abortion Clinics
• Kashama Sawant:  The Main Architect of Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage Sees Her Campaign Go National

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

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