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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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Counterpoint is broadcast live every Monday evening from 8 to 10 p.m. ET, and can be heard worldwide at www.WPKN.org (Follows the 5-7 minute White Rose Calendar.)

The two hour show in its entirety is archived after midnight ET Monday nights, and is available for at least a year following broadcast in WPKN Radio's Archives.

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Scott also is executive producer of a weekly radio newsmagazine, "Between The Lines," heard on 50 community radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. Between The Lines' podcasts, interview transcripts and program summaries can be found at www.btlonline.org.

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: Feb. 1, 2016

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Bernie Sanders Supporters Should Have a Plan B: Build a Movement

MP3 Interview with George Lakey, co-founder of Earth Quaker Action Group and author of the book, "Powerful Peacemaking: A Strategy for a Living Revolution,"
George Lakey provides analysis of the 2016 election campaign as the first votes are being cast in the Iowa caucuses, and discusses his recent article, "What Happens to Bernie Sanders' Movement If He Loses?"


'Democracy Awakening' Protest Actions Planned for April in Washington, D.C.

MP3 Interview with Marge Baker, executive vice president of People For the American Way, one of the groups organizing the Democracy Awakening actions this April in Washington, D.C.
Marge Baker discusses the objectives of the spring convergence, and the various strategies being employed to protect voting rights and limit the unchecked power of big money in U.S. politics.


Militia Group's Takeover of Oregon Wildlife Refuge, Advocated Privatization of Public Lands

MP3 Interview with Kieran Suckling, executive director, Center for Biological Diversity
Kieran Suckling discusses his group's presence at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, in opposition to the armed militia's occupation of the refuge headquarters and their advocacy of seizing public lands for private profit. He'll relate his personal interactions with militia members before and after the police/FBI arrest of 6 members of the group -a confrontation that resulted in the death of their spokesman, Robert "LaVoy" Finicum.


Will Immigration Debate in 2016 Election Lead to Reform or Mass Deportations?

MP3 Interview with David Bacon, writer, photojournalist and author of several books including, "The Right to Stay Home: How US Policy Drives Mexican Migration,"
David Bacon discuss his recent article, "Beyond Deportation: Fixing a Broken Immigration System," and the issues related to the 2016 presidential election campaign. Mr. Bacom is also associate editor at Pacific News Service.


 

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