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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.)

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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: April 25, 2016

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Clinton vs. Sanders Surrogates Debate the Issues on Eve of Primary Election in Five States

MP3 Interview with Edwin Vargas, Brandon L McGee Jr, state rep. of the 6th House district; CT state rep., assistant majority leader representing CT's 5th House district
On-air debate between supporters of the Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton campaign the evening before Connecticut's April 26th Democratic Party primary, featuring: CT state rep. Edwin Vargas of the 6th House district, Hartford, for the Bernie Sanders campaign and CT state rep. Brandon L. McGee Jr., assistant majority leader representing CT's 5th House district, Windsor and Hartford, a surrogate for the Clinton campaign.


9/11 and Dismal Human Rights Record Casts Shadow on U.S.-Saudi Relationship

MP3 Interview with Sheila Carapico, professor of political science and international studies at the University of Richmond, Virginia
Sheila Carapico discusses the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, with a focus on the kingdom's involvement in the conflict in Yemen and the troubling link between terrorism and the Wahhabism promoted by the Saudis and extremist groups.


Six Years After BP Oil Spill Disaster, Environmental and Economic Damage Incalculable

MP3 Interview with Antonia Juhasz, energy analyst, author and investigative reporter
Antonia Juhasz reflects on the sixth anniversary of the BP Gulf oil spill disaster, assessing the long term economic and environmental damage, the terms of the court settlement and growing public opposition to offshore oil drilling. Her latest piece, "6 Years After Gulf Oil Spill, Residents Demand 'No More Drilling," was just published in Rolling Stone.


Groups File Lawsuit Against FDA for Approving Sale of Genetically Modified Salmon

MP3 Interview with Dune Lankard, senior Alaska representative with the Center for Biological Diversity
Dune Lankard talks about why some scientists and a growing number of consumers oppose genetically altering animal species. His group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approving AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.'s first-ever genetically engineered food animal, an Atlantic Salmon.


 

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