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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

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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: Oct. 24, 2016

Election Will Determine Fate of Social Security for Generations to Come

Interview with Nancy Altman, co-director of Social Security Works and co-chair of the Strengthen Social Security coalition.
Nancy Altman discusses the positions of the two major party presidential candidates on the future of social security, and her group's advocacy for policy changes that will both expand benefits and ensure the system remains viable for decades to come. Ms. Altman is the author of "The Battle for Social Security: From FDR’s Vision to Bush’s Gamble."

Next President Will Have the Power to Shift Direction of Supreme Court

Interview with Marge Baker, executive vice president of People for the American Way
Marge Baker discusses the importance of the future of the U.S. Supreme Court in this year's presidential election, and what's at stake for Americans on the issues of reproductive choice, money in politics, the right of workers to organize unions and bargain collectively and lots more. Nancy Altman, co-director of Social Security Works and co-chair of the Strengthen Social Security coalition, is the author of "The Battle for Social Security: From FDR's Vision to Bush's Gamble."

California's Proposition 61 Threatens Drug Company Monopoly Pricing

Interview with Roger Salazar, spokesperson for the "Yes on 61" campaign
Roger Salazar explains the purpose and benefit of Proposition 61 for California's citizens and its power as an example for other states around the country. If approved, Proposition 61 would regulate drug prices by requiring state agencies to pay the same prices for prescription drugs that the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs pays.

Deep Flaws in U.S. Electoral System Breeds Cynicism

Interview with Victor Wallis, managing editor Socialism and Democracy
Victor Wallis talks about his recent article, "On the Stealing of U.S. Elections," focusing on the topics of voter suppression laws, restrictions on the eligibility to participate in nationally televised candidate debates, and the influence of big money in winning elections and holding power.

Recent Shows

October

Oct. 17, 2016

Mark Ames: Charges of Russian Interference in U.S. Election Adds to Fear of New Cold War
Bill Fletcher Jr: A Post-Election Strategy for U.S. Progressive Movement
Brian Concannon: Hurricane Devastates Haiti, Exposing Long Running Political and Economic Dysfunction
Chris Schweitzer: Groups Use 'Inflatable Aliens' to Provoke Public Discussion of Climate Change

Oct. 10, 2016

Jennifer Clark: Group Warns Trump's Recruitment of 'Election Observers' Can Lead to Voter Intimidation
William Binney: FBI Arrests NSA Contractor Charging He Stole Government Property
Shane Burley: 'Alt Right' White Supremacists Go to College

Oct. 3, 2016

Adele M. Stan: Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson Funded by Donors Linked with Koch Brothers Network
Jackson Katz: Machismo Plays Outsized Role in Trump v. Clinton Election Campaign
Alex Main: Washington Cozies Up with Brazil's Post-Impeachment Right Wing Government
Chris Knestrick, Ben Brazil: Colombian Voters Reject Proposed Peace Agreement That Would Have Ended 52 Years of War

September

Sept. 26, 2016

Diallo Brooks: Police Violence in Communities of Color Occurs in a Culture That Too Often Devalues Black Lives
Kennette Benedict: Obama Administration Rejects Adopting Nuclear Weapons No First-Use Pledge
Kevin Alexander Gray: Pro-Sports Athletes Step Up to Protest Police Violence and Racial Injustice
Jason Fredlund and Rev. Erica Richmond: Group Organizing White Activists to Challenge Racism in Their Own Neighborhoods

Sept. 19, 2016

Trevor Timm: U.S. Human Rights Groups Press Obama to Grant Snowden Presidential Pardon
Zack Clark: Farmers Challenge Proposed $66 Billion Monsanto-Bayer Merger
Hugh MacMillan: Report Details Wall Street Banks Financing Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline
Jim Finley: Governor Malloy Appeals Judge's Order to Overhaul Connecticut's Education Funding System

Sept. 12, 2016

Rahna Epting: Campaign Launched to Make Democracy Reform the Focus of First Presidential Debate
Melinda St. Louis: Coalition Works to Stop Passage of Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Pact in Lame Duck Session of Congress
Ken Bossong: U.S. Records Growth of Renewable Energy Sources: Solar and Wind
Wendy Lecker: Connecticut State Judge Orders State to Overhaul its Irrational and Unequal Education System

Sept. 5, 2016

Laura Carlsen: Mexicans Hold Trump and Their President in Contempt After Embarrassing Meeting
James S. Henry: EU Imposes $14.5 Billion Tax on Apple After Tax Avoidance Scheme Uncovered
Norman Solomon: Concerns Raised About the Mission & Agenda of Bernie Sanders' New "Our Revolution" Group
Aaron Greenberg & Robin Canavan: NLRB Rules that Graduate Assistants Have a Right to Union Representation; Yale Students Petition for Recognition
Melinda Tuhus: Local Protest in New Haven Organized in Solidarity with North Dakota Opponents of Access Oil Pipeline

August

Aug. 29, 2016

Chip Berlet: "Alt-Right" Racists Leading Trump Campaign, Enter Upper Echelon of Mainstream US Politics
Michael Beer: Turkey Invades Northern Syria to Attack U.S.-Backed Rebels
Greg Palast: GOP-Controlled States Plan to Purge Millions of Minority Voters Before November Election
Paula Panzarella: CT Activists Organize Opposition to Proposed United Illuminating Electric Rate Hike

Aug. 22, 2016

Dr. Steffie Woolhandler: Aetna and Other Insurance Companies Exit from ObamaCare Exchanges, Illustrating Need for Medicare For All
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad: America's Growing Racial Wealth Inequality Endangers Nation's Future Economic Health
Germaine Leggett: Fight For $15 Workers Hold First National Convention in Richmond, VA
Stanley Heller: Ralph Nader and Palestinian Rights Activist Omar Barghouti to Receive 2017 Gandhi Peace Prize

Aug. 15, 2016

Robert Parry: Ahead in the Polls, Hillary Embraces GOP Neoconservative War Hawks
Brian Tashman: Trump & Rubio Attend Event Organized by Anti-LGBTQ Extremists
Carminda MacLorin: Montreal World Social Forum Pursues Progressive Global Agenda
Lindsay Farrell: Connecticut Working Families Party Wins Five of Five Legislative Primary Elections

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