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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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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.
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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

 

"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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A compilation of activist and news sites with a progressive point of view

This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: May 30, 2016

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Recent Shows

May

May 23, 2016

• Bruce Gagnon:  Weaponizing Space Poses a Major Threat to Humanity
• Paul Kawika Martin:  As Obama Makes Historic Visit to Hiroshima, Scholars Urge Action to Abolition Nuclear Weapons
• Chris Hedges:  In US Election, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Urges Activists to Reject 'Lesser Evil Politics'
• Mike DeRosa:  Connecticut Green Party Launches Drive to Collect Signatures for Ballot Access

May 16, 2016

• Ralph Nader:  Ralph Nader Sponsors Breaking Through Power Conference: Four Days of Civic Mobilization
• Maria Luisa Mendonca:  After Long Battle Brazil's Conservative Parties Likely to Succeed in Ousting President Dilma Rousseff
• Katherine Brezler:  Bernie Sanders' Supporters Will Gather in Chicago This June to Consider the Future of Their 'Political Revolution'
• Seth Adler:  Annual Left Forum Conference Theme: 'Rage, Rebellion, Revolution: Organizing Our Power.'

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

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