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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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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: Oct. 3, 2016

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Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson Funded by Donors Linked with Koch Brothers Network

MP3 Interview with Adele M. Stan, senior Washington editor with Alternet.org
Adele M. Stan talks about her recent article, "Meet Gary Johnson's Koch-Network Money Men." Stan's piece uncovers important information that should be in the hands of many young people who have been attracted to support Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson.


Machismo Plays Outsized Role in Trump v. Clinton Election Campaign

MP3 Interview with Jackson Katz, educator, author, filmmaker and cultural theorist
Jackson Katz discusses the 2016 presidential election campaign and the observations featured in his new book, "Man Enough? Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity." Jackson Katz is also internationally renowned for his pioneering scholarship and activism on issues of gender and violence


Washington Cozies Up with Brazil's Post-Impeachment Right Wing Government

MP3 Interview with Alex Main, senior associate on international policy with the Center for Economic and Policy Research
Alex Main discusses the U.S. relationship with Brazil's post-impeachment government, which took power after the removal of Workers Party President Dilma Rousseff and Washington's current support for austerity economic policies in Latin America's largest nation


Colombian Voters Reject Proposed Peace Agreement That Would Have Ended 52 Years of War

MP3 Interview with Chris Knestrick, Ben Brazil, project support coordinator with Christian Peacemakers’ Colombia Team; director of the Ministry of Writing program at the Earlham School of Religion
Chris Knestrick & Ben Brazil talk about the consequences of Colombian voters rejection by a narrow margin of a proposed peace agreement between the government in Bogotá and leftist FARC guerillas that would have ended more than 50 years of war. Chris and Ben recently wrote the article, "In Colombia, the real work of peacebuilding begins now," for the online publication WagingNonviolence.org. Ben Brazil leads student trips to Colombia in partnership with Christian Peacemaker Teams


 

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