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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

"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

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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

chomsky 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.
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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This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: May 16, 2016

Ralph Nader Sponsors Breaking Through Power Conference: Four Days of Civic Mobilization

Interview with Ralph Nader, citizen activist, author and four-time independent presidential candidate
Ralph Nader talks about his upcoming Breaking Through Power event, May 23-26 in Washington, D.C., which is a celebration of the 50th anniversary year of Nader’s book "Unsafe at Any Speed." There speakers will present innovative ideas and strategies designed to take existing civic groups to higher levels of effectiveness. Nader will also address some of the major issues in the 2016 election.

After Long Battle Brazil's Conservative Parties Likely to Succeed in Ousting President Dilma Rousseff

Interview with Maria Luisa Mendonca, director of the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights in Brazil,
Maria Luisa Mendonça discusses the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, the corruption of opposition party politicians that have worked to oust Rousseff's Workers Party government, the neo-liberal policies advocated by interim president Michel Temer, and the role of the United States. Ms. Mendonça is also professor of the International Relations Dept. at the University of Rio De Janeiro

Bernie Sanders' Supporters Will Gather in Chicago This June to Consider the Future of Their 'Political Revolution'

Interview with Katherine Brezler, national digital director of The People For Bernie Sanders 2016
Katherine Brezler discusses the plan to organize a "People's Summit" meeting in Chicago June 17- 19, where people and groups who/that have supported Bernie Sanders' candidacy will discuss, debate and strategize on the exciting prospect of transforming the Sanders' campaign into an enduring progressive movement.

Annual Left Forum Conference Theme: 'Rage, Rebellion, Revolution: Organizing Our Power.'

Interview with Seth Adler, founder of the national Jobs With Peace Campaign, a long time peace and justice activist
Seth Adler is also the coordinator of the annual Left Forum conference at John Jay College in New York City, May 20-22. He talks about this year's gathering where the theme is, "Rage, Rebellion, Revolution: Organizing Our Power."

Recent Shows

May

May 9, 2016

Ian Haney López: Is Trump's Blatant Racism an Opportunity to Build Class Solidarity?
Ben Beachy: Leaked Documents Reveal TTIP Free Trade Agreement Would Undermine Climate, Environment and Consumer Protections
Alberto Saldamando: With Rising Human Rights Violations in Honduras, Pressure Grows on US to Suspend Military Aid
Jeffrey Walter: Deep Budget Cuts Will Hurt Some of Connecticut's Most Vulnerable Populations

May 2, 2016

Adam Gitlin: New Voter Suppression Laws in 17 States Could Have Major Impact on 2016 Election
Nicolai Petro: Violence Averted On Second Anniversary of Odessa Massacre That Killed 48 in Ukraine
Jesse Myerson: Supporters of Bernie Sanders Candidacy Initiate Discussions to Transform Campaign into Progressive Movement
Brendan DeMelle and Kevin Grandia: New Documents Reveal Exxon Aware of Damage Caused by Burning Fossil Fuels in Late 1970s

April

April 25, 2016

Edwin Vargas, Brandon L McGee Jr: Clinton vs. Sanders Surrogates Debate the Issues on Eve of Primary Election in Five States
Sheila Carapico: 9/11 and Dismal Human Rights Record Casts Shadow on U.S.-Saudi Relationship
Antonia Juhasz: Six Years After BP Oil Spill Disaster, Environmental and Economic Damage Incalculable
Dune Lankard: Groups File Lawsuit Against FDA for Approving Sale of Genetically Modified Salmon

April 18, 2016

Carl Takei: ACLU Sues for Documentation That US Bureau of Prisons Approved CIA Torture Site
Dana Brown: Nationwide Teach-ins Start Conversation on Alternative Economic and Political Models
Andrew Hanauer: US Congress Must Intervene to Address Puerto Rico's Urgent Debt Crisis
Sonali Kolhatkar: French Activists 'Stay Up All Night' Movement Gathers Momentum to Resist Austerity

April 11, 2016

James S. Henry: Panama Papers: Leaked Documents Reveal Drop in the Bucket in Trillions of Hidden Wealth
Margrete Strand Rangnes: Democracy Awakening Actions Demand Reforms to Rein in Corrupting Influence of Big Money in U.S. Politics
Kani Xulam: Kurds Struggle for Independence in Midst of Multi-Sided Brutal War in Iraq and Syria
Martha Klein: CT Environmentalists Challenge Natural Gas as "Bridge to Clean Energy Future," Demand Renewable Energy Now

April 4, 2016

Alejandro Mendoza, Kevin Burgos: Fight For $15 Racks up New Victories in California and New York
Ted Snider: Brazilian Corruption Crisis or Opposition Party Coup?
Clive Hamilton: Geo-Engineering: A False Remedy for Climate Change
Matt O'Connor, Larry Dorman: Unions: Connecticut Shouldn't Balance State Budget on the Backs of State Workers

March

March 28, 2016

Peter Kornbluh: After Obama Visits Havana, Cubans Hope Blockade Will Be Next Cold War Remnant to Be Buried
Mel Goodman: GOP Candidates Trump & Cruz Follow ISIS Script By Stoking Hate and Fear Against Muslims
Kai Newkirk: Democracy Spring Civil Disobedience Action to Demand US Congress Act to End Political Corruption
Stanley Heller: Saudi Arabia, with US Help, Marks One Year of Intervention in Yemen's Bloody Civil War

March 21, 2016

John Nichols: Rising Anger in the U.S. Electorate is a Symptom of a Failing Economic and Political System
Christopher Vials: "Donald Trump is Part of the Dark U.S. Fascist Tradition," UCONN Scholar Says
John Nichols: "People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy."
Nick Collins: "Billionaires & Oligarchs Opposing Bernie Sanders" on the 2016 Election Campaign

March 14, 2016

Tim Judson: Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Continues Five Years After Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami
Melinda St Louis: Opposition to Free Trade Upends Primary Election Campaign, Challenges Elite Consensus
Harvey Wasserman: Electronic Voting without Verifiable Paper Trail, Makes US Elections Vulnerable to Manipulation
Manna Jo Greene: Activists: Radioactive Leak Under Indian Point Nuclear Plant, Another Reason to Close It Down!

March 7, 2016

Greg Palast: GOP "Crosscheck" Voter Purge & Voter Suppression Laws Threat to Clean 2016 Election
Michael Winston: "Bank Whistleblowers United" Will ask Presidential Candidates to Reject Dirty Wall Street Money
Dana Frank: Rising Political Violence in Honduras Claims the Life of Indigenous Activist Berta Caceres
Dr. Stephen Smith: Opponents Challenge Move Toward Hospital Consolidation in Connecticut

February

Feb. 29, 2016

Jim Dean: Progressive PAC Pressures GOP Senate to Conduct SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings
Jennifer G. Loewenstein: Proxy Fighters and Religious Conflict Present Major Obstacles to Ending Syrian Civil War
Mark Potok: As Hate Groups Grow Across U.S., Trump Closes in on Winning GOP Nomination
Po Murray: Newtown Activists Work to Strengthen Gun Laws, Support CT Lawsuit to Hold Gun Manufacturers Accountable

Feb. 22, 2016

Doug Henwood: Skewed New York Times Hit Piece Targets Bernie Sanders' Single Payer Health Care Plan
Joseph Lorenzo Hall: Apple Defies Court Order to Build a Government Back Door to iPhone Encryption
Kai Newkirk: Democracy Spring Planning Mass Civil Disobedience at US Capitol in April to Protest Money in US Politics
Diane Lentakis: Activists Oppose Trading One Fossil Fuel for Another in Plan to Convert Bridgeport, CT Coal Plant to Gas

Feb. 15, 2016

Ari Paul: Battle to Replace Antonin Scalia on Supreme Court Looms as Major Election Issue
Paul Kawika Martin: U.S.-Russia Weapons Build-up Signals Dangerous New Cold War
Steve Ellner: In Midst of Economic & Political Crisis, Venezuela's Newly Empowered Opposition Parties May Overreach
Mike DeRosa: Well-Hidden in Corporate Media, Green Party Voters Choosing Presidential Candidate

Feb. 8, 2016

Jessa Boehner: Broad Coalition Campaigns to Defeat Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement in Congress
Nancy Altman: The Future of Social Security at Stake in Election 2016
Carey Shenkman: UN Panel Rules WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Being Arbitrarily Held
Matt O'Connor and Larry Dorman: Unions Respond to CT Governor Malloy's Proposed Deep Budget Cuts & Layoffs

Feb. 1, 2016

George Lakey: Bernie Sanders Supporters Should Have a Plan B: Build a Movement
Marge Baker: 'Democracy Awakening' Protest Actions Planned for April in Washington, D.C.
Kieran Suckling: Militia Group's Takeover of Oregon Wildlife Refuge, Advocated Privatization of Public Lands
David Bacon: Will Immigration Debate in 2016 Election Lead to Reform or Mass Deportations?

January

Jan. 25, 2016

Jake Johnston: "Utter Contempt for Will of the Haitian People" Provokes Cancellation of Presidential Election
David Holtz: Abusive Government & Environmental Racism at Heart of Flint Water Crisis
Angela Davis: Angela Davis on "Imagining a World with Transformative Justice."
Stacy Malkan: Gates Foundation Funds PR Campaign Promoting GMOs & Pesticides

Jan. 18, 2016

Dr. Robert Zarr: Single Payer: The Only System That Can Achieve Universal Health Care
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: Fifty Years After MLK Challenged Inequality in America, Poverty at Record Levels
Michelle Higgins: Protest Actions Nationwide Strive to Reclaim MLK's Radical Legacy
Tom Swan: General Electric's Long History of Tax Avoidance Backdrop to Move from Connecticut to Boston

Jan. 11, 2016

Marcus Stanley: Breaking Up America's Big Banks is Key to Averting Future Financial Crises
Najam Haider: Power and Politics, Not Religion, is Fueling Escalating Conflict Between Saudi Arabia and Iran
Jeremy Varon: Protest Demanding Shut Down of U.S. Guantanamo Prison Marks 14 Years Since Camp Opened
Aaron Hughes: Iraq War Vet Recounts Visits to Iraq and Afghanistan, Restoring Human Connections

Jan. 4, 2016

Caroline Fredrickson: Case To Be Heard Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Cripple Public Sector Labor Unions
Glen Ford: Lack of Police Accountability in Tamir Rice and Sandra Bland Deaths Provokes Anger and Frustration
Kim Ives: Amid Widespread Charges of Fraud, Haiti Cancels 2nd Round of Presidential Election
Counterpoint Listeners: WPKN Call-Ins: Listeners Discuss Issues of Concern in the Year Ahead.

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