Announcements


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.

unac

Listen to Scott Harris Live on WPKN Radio

Counterpoint is broadcast live every Monday evening from 8 to 10 p.m. ET, and can be heard worldwide at www.WPKN.org (Follows the 5-7 minute White Rose Calendar.)

The two hour show in its entirety is archived after midnight ET Monday nights, and is available for at least a year following broadcast in WPKN Radio's Archives.

Subscribe to Counterpoint bulletins via our subscriptions page.

Scott also is executive producer of a weekly radio newsmagazine, "Between The Lines," heard on 50 community radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. Between The Lines' podcasts, interview transcripts and program summaries can be found at www.btlonline.org.

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

leftforum  

"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: March 27, 2017

lede

GOP's Failure to Replace ObamaCare Opens Opportunity to Debate Medicare For All System

MP3 Interview with Dr. Carol Paris, president of Physicians for a National Health Program
Dr. Carol Paris assesses the failure of the Trump/GOP effort to pass the American Health Care Act, the future of ObamaCare and her group's long term campaign to establish a universal, single payer healthcare system, such as the proposed Medicare for All legislation that would provide health insurance coverage for everyone in the U.S.

Progressive Groups Pressure Senate Democrats to Block Trump Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch

MP3 Interview with Jim Dean, chair of Democracy for America
Jim Dean discusses his group's opposition to President Trump's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Democratic party's threat to conduct a filibuster, which could provoke Senate Republicans to vote for the "nuclear option," that would abolish filibusters for all future Supreme Court nominations.

After November Trump Election Victory, More Than 10,000 Women Drawn to Run for Public Office

MP3 Interview with Alexandra De Luca, deputy press secretary with Emily's list
Alexandra De Luca talks about the flood of interest on the part of women across the U.S. to run for political office for the first time, their motivation and the training and support being offered by Emily's list and other progressive groups.

Palestinian Teen Rappers and Dancers Tour U.S., Communicating the Reality of Life Growing Up in Refugee Camps

MP3 Interview with Dina and Raji Odeh, dance performer; member of the board of directors with the Shoruq Children's Debka and Hip-Hop U.S. tour.
The group celebrating contemporary Palestinian culture will be performing in New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, The show features teen dancers and rappers 13-16 years old who have spent their entire lives in the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

 

Recent Shows


March

March 20, 2017

March 13, 2017

March 6, 2017


February

Feb. 27, 2017

Feb. 20, 2017

Feb. 13, 2017

Feb. 6, 2017


January

Jan. 30, 2017

Jan. 23, 2017

Jan. 16, 2017

Jan. 9, 2017

Jan. 2, 2017


December

Dec. 26, 2016

Dec. 19, 2016

Dec. 12, 2016

Dec. 5, 2016


November

Nov. 28, 2016

Nov. 21, 2016

Nov. 14, 2016

Nov. 7, 2016


October

Oct. 31, 2016

Oct. 24, 2016

Oct. 17, 2016

Oct. 10, 2016

Oct. 3, 2016


September

Sept. 26, 2016

Sept. 19, 2016

Sept. 12, 2016

Sept. 5, 2016


August

Aug. 29, 2016

Aug. 22, 2016

Aug. 15, 2016

Aug. 8, 2016

Aug. 1, 2016