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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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"The Rogue World Order: Connecting the Dots Between Trump, Flynn, Bannon, Spencer, Dugin Putin," by Anna Manzo (GlobalHealing), Daily Kos, Feb. 13, 2017

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"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

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Show date: May 9, 2016

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Is Trump's Blatant Racism an Opportunity to Build Class Solidarity?

MP3 Interview with Ian Haney López, John H. Boalt professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley
Ian Haney López talks about his recent In These Times article titled, "Understanding What Makes Donald Trump Voters Tick: Is it Just Racism?" and examines some of the important issues raised in his 2015 book, "Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class."

Leaked Documents Reveal TTIP Free Trade Agreement Would Undermine Climate, Environment and Consumer Protections

MP3 Interview with Ben Beachy, senior policy advisor for the Sierra Club's Responsible Trade Program
Ben Beachy discusses his group's response to recently leaked documents related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and what they reveal about the U.S. position to weaken environmental and climate protections in trade negotiations. He also talks more generally about the Sierra Club's view that the U.S. should develop a new model for trade that prioritizes the protection of working families and the environment over corporate profits.

With Rising Human Rights Violations in Honduras, Pressure Grows on US to Suspend Military Aid

MP3 Interview with Alberto Saldamando, counsel to the Indigenous Environmental Network on climate change and indigenous rights issues
Alberto Saldamando discusses the work his group and others are doing to end the escalating violence in Honduras that has targeted indigenous leaders, social justice activists, environmentalists, journalists and others, as well as demanding a suspension of all U.S. government security and military aid going to Tegucigalpa.

Deep Budget Cuts Will Hurt Some of Connecticut's Most Vulnerable Populations

MP3 Interview with Jeffrey Walter, interim CEO of the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance
Jeffrey Walter assesses the impact of imminent state budget cuts on social services operated by nonprofits across the state with a focus on the campaign to restore funding and to develop new structures and revenue sources to ensure essential programs serving the poor and disabled aren't vulnerable to cycles of austerity, which would trigger major cuts.

 

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