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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: Feb. 22, 2016

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Skewed New York Times Hit Piece Targets Bernie Sanders' Single Payer Health Care Plan

MP3 Interview with Doug Henwood, journalist and financial analyst
Doug Henwood discusses his recent article titled, "NYT Rounds Up 'Left-Leaning Economists' for a Unicorn Hunt," published on the FAIR.org website, as well as related election issues covered in his new book "My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the White House." Mr Henwood also publishes two newsletters, Left Business Observer and The Liscio Report and is host of the nationally-syndicated KPFA radio show “Behind the News.”


Apple Defies Court Order to Build a Government Back Door to iPhone Encryption

MP3 Interview with Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist with the Center for Democracy and Technology
Joseph Lorenzo Hall talks about his group's position on the FBI's order to Apple to unlock the company's encryption on an iphone used by one of the perpetrators of the San Bernardino massacre, which would compel the company to build a backdoor that could conceivably be used for surveillance by law enforcement, or exploited by hackers.


Democracy Spring Planning Mass Civil Disobedience at US Capitol in April to Protest Money in US Politics

MP3 Interview with Kai Newkirk, campaign director with the group Democracy Spring
Kai Newkirk discusses plans for non-violent civil disobedience inside the U.S. Capitol this April in protest of big money and corruption in American politics as well as partisan efforts to suppress voting rights part of the larger Democracy Awakening mobilization in Washington, D.C. planned to be conducted this coming spring.


Activists Oppose Trading One Fossil Fuel for Another in Plan to Convert Bridgeport, CT Coal Plant to Gas

MP3 Interview with Diane Lentakis, activist with the Connecticut chapters of the Sierra Club and climate change group 350.org
Diane Lentakis offers her perspective on the Bridgeport, Connecticut City Council's recent approval of a plan to convert Bridgeport's Harbor Station coal fired electric power plant to operate on natural gas and talks about continued opposition to that plan, which merely trades one fossil fuel for another.


 

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