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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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Scott's most recent Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists Award 2011:
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


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

This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: Nov. 21, 2016

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Progressives Must Rise to Meet the Onslaught of the Coming Trump Presidency with Unity and Resolve

MP3 Interview with Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org
Norman Solomon discusses his views on navigating the next four years under the incoming Trump regime and the role of progressive activists explored in his recent article, "For the Trump Era: Fight Not Flight." Mr. Soloman is also the founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and author of a dozen books including, War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.


Opponents Line up to Block Expected Trump Muslim Registry and Sessions Attorney General Nomination

MP3 Interview with Drew Courtney, communications director with People for the American Way
Drew Courtney discusses his group's views on President-elect Trump's pledge to ban the immigration of Muslims to the US, and to establish a Muslim registry. He'll also talk about the role PFAW will play combating the most dangerous elements in the Trump agenda.


Growing Inequality Fed Support for Trump's Scapegoat Populism

MP3 Interview with Chuck Collins, senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies where he co-edits Inequality.org
Chuck Collins talks about the 2016 election results and his newest book, "Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good.”


Election 2016 Was Stolen by GOP-Organized Purge of More Than 1 Million Voters, Many in Swing States

MP3 Interview with Greg Palast, investigative reporter and award winning author
Greg Palast talks about his new documentary film, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires and Ballot Bandits," based on his New York Times bestselling books. He reports on his investigation into the Crosscheck GOP voter purge as it relates to the 2016 election results in key states, as well as the role of right wing extremist Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, someone whose name has been mentioned as a possible Trump Attorney General.


 

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