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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.
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

 

"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: Aug. 15, 2016

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Recent Shows

August

Aug. 8, 2016

• Paul Kawika Martin:  As World Marks 71st Anniversary of US Atomic Bombing of Japan, America poised to Build New Generation of Nuclear Weapons
• Kristen Breitweiser:  World Trade Center Victim's Widow Demands Investigation and Accountability for Alleged Saudi Link to 9/11 Attack
• Arun Gupta:  Companies Exploit Inmates for Profit Made from Prepaid Debit Cards
• Steve Ellner:  Can Negotiations Ease Venezuela's Economic and Political Crisis?

Aug. 1, 2016

• Chuck Collins:  For the First Time in Decades Inequality Is a Major Issue in a U.S. Presidential Election Campaign
• Mark Weisbrot:  US Legislators Question Veracity of Brazil’s Impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff
• Mike Leyba:  United For a Fair Economy Offers Popular Education to Better Understand Roots of Inequality
• Lenny Siegel:  A Sanders Delegate Reflects on the Good, Bad & Ugly at the DNC in Philadelphia

July

July 25, 2016

• Nadine Bloch:  Creative, Progressive Protests Blossom at Republican and Democratic Conventions
• Russell Mokhiber:  Corporate Money Feeds and Influences Both Major U.S. Political Parties
• Frederick Clarkson:  Christian Right Still Setting the Culture War Agenda for Republicans
• Jeff Cohen:  Bernie Supporters Angry and Disaffected Over Clinton's Choice of Sen. Tim Kaine as Running Mate

July 11, 2016

• Rev. Graylan S. Hagler:  After a Week of Tumultuous Violence, Americans More Divided on Issues of Police Accountability and Race
• Paul Gottinger:  No End in Sight for America's Longest War in Afghanistan
• David Swanson:  Britain's Chilcot Investigation Documents Some, But Not All Deceptions and Miscalculations of Iraq War
• Harvey Wasserman:  Deal to Close Dangerous Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Could Serve as a Model for Similar Efforts Across the U.S.

July 4, 2016

• Tom Hayden:  Why America Needs a New Peace Movement
• Scott Swenson:  Will Supreme Court's Overturning Gov. McDonnell Graft Conviction Legalize Bribery?
• Andrew Hanauer:  Flawed Oversight Board Formed to Address Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis Defended as Only Alternative
• Karl Grossman:  Juno Jupiter Probe Succeeds with Solar Power, but NASA Turning to Nuclear Power

June

June 27, 2016

• Nina Q. Eichacker:  UK's "Brexit" Vote Linked to EU Austerity Policies and Dim Economic Prospects
• Mario A. Murillo:  Breakthrough: Colombia and FARC Guerillas Reach Agreement on Bilateral Cease-Fire
• Deborah Burger:  The People's Summit: What's Next for Sanders Supporters and their Revolution?

June 20, 2016

• Sarah Warbelow:  The Orlando Massacre and the Epidemic of Hate Crimes Targeting America's LGBTQ Community
• Ladd Everitt:  After Orlando, Congress Once Again Fails to Pass Measures to Reduce Gun Violence
• Craig Aaron:  Federal Appeals Court Upholds FCC's Net Neutrality Rules, Protecting an Open Internet
• Matthew Cardinale:  SMART ALEC Uses Right Wing Corporate Model to Promote Tools that can Boost Affordable Housing

June 13, 2016

• Stacey Hopkins:  Bernie Sanders Campaign Offshoot, "Brand New Congress" Continues the Political Revolution
• Rachel Curley:  #WeThePeople Democracy Reform Bills Targets Big Money in Politics
• Jeremy Brecher:  After Many Years, Labor Moves to Address Climate Change Issues
• Tom Swan:  Ethics Questions Surround CT Review of Proposed Cigna-Anthem Merger

June 6, 2016

• Christian Parenti:  The Link Between Climate Change, Neo-Liberal Economic Policies and Regional Conflicts Explained
• Irene Aguilar:  Colorado Voters Will Have a Chance to Establish Nation's First Single-Payer Health Care System in November
• Mark Weisbrot:  Leftist Governments in Latin America Suffer Economic, Political Setbacks, But Remain a Potent Force
• Jennifer Siskind:  Grassroots Effort Passes Bans on Accepting Toxic Fracking Waste in Four Connecticut Towns

May

May 30, 2016

• Tariq Ali:  Movements Rise Up Around the Globe to Confront the Causes of Economic Inequality
• Jeremy Scahill:  US Drone Wars' Civilian Casualties Fuel More Terrorism
• Philip Weiss:  Israel's New Extremist Defense Minister Denounced Around the World
• Lindsay Matthews:  Connecticut Group Homes for the Developmentally Disabled Hit with Deep Budget Cuts and Privatization Plan

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

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