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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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"The Rogue World Order: Connecting the Dots Between Trump, Flynn, Bannon, Spencer, Dugin Putin," by Anna Manzo (GlobalHealing), Daily Kos, Feb. 13, 2017

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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.
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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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This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: July 17, 2017

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Recent Shows

July

July 10, 2017

• Cassady Craighill:  G20 Nations Move to Reaffirm Support for Paris Climate Accord
• Annie Bird:  DEA Drug Interdiction Operations in Central America Demand Oversight, Investigation
• Ryan Clayton Jason Charter:  Group Uses Sharp Edged Humor as Weapon to Push for Trump Impeachment
• Carlos Moreno:  Taxing the Wealthy, Not Austerity is Key to Settle Connecticut Budget Deadlock

July 3, 2017

• Tim Shorrock:  Newly Elected South Korean President Seeks Dialogue, Not Confrontation with North
• Alka Pradhan:  Trump Nominates a Bush Administration Lawyer Who Justified Torture
• Jessica J. Gonzalez:  Trump FCC Initiates Effort to Dismantle Net Neutrality, Threatening Open Internet
• Ann O'Brien:  Refugee Re-Settlement Agency Upended by SCOTUS Ruling on Trump Travel Ban

June

June 26, 2017

• Gerald Friedman:  Senate Healthcare Bill Will Cause 22+ Million to Lose Health Insurance
• Mike Oxford:  Disability Rights Activists Arrested in Direct Action Protest Targeting GOP Healthcare Legislation
• Corey Dolgon:  With US Political & Economic System Failing, Americans Look for Solutions
• Kaitlyn Shake:  Southwest CT Indivisible Group Organizing Local Residents to Oppose Trump Agenda

June 19, 2017

• Kate Kizer:  Senate Vote Nearly Stops US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: Saudi-US Rôle in Yemen War Scrutinized
• Melissa Mays:  Charges Brought Against Michigan State Officials Linked to Flint Water Crisis
• Morris Pearl:  GOP House Guts Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations, Inviting Another Financial Disaster
• Jill Stein:  Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Assesses the Post-Election Political Crisis

June 12, 2017

• Marge Baker:  Senate Select Committee Must Be Appointed to Conduct Credible Investigation of Trump
• John Nichols:  US Progressive Movement Looks to Broaden Agenda to Go Beyond Resistance
• Mark Weisbrot:  Labor Party's Jeremy Corbyn Surprises Pundits with UK Election Gains
• Chris Hedges:  Trump is a Symptom of Broken US Politics and Economy

June 5, 2017

• Karen Orenstein:  Trump's Rationale for Withdrawing US from Paris Climate Accord Based on Lies
• Cathy Kennedy:  California Senate Takes First Step to Move the State to Single-Payer Universal Healthcare
• Maria Luisa Mendonca:  Political Crisis in Brazil Threatens Democracy Itself
• Leslie Cagan:  Strategies and Tactics to Sustain Effective Resistance for the Long Haul

May

May 29, 2017

• Ron Fein:  Momentum and Evidence Grows for Trump Impeachment
• Alex Lawson:  Trump Budget Poses Grave Threat to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
• Paul Kawika Martin:  Pentagon Gives Trump Recommendation to Deploy 5,000 More US Troops to Afghanistan
• Ralph Nader:  Ralph Nader Receives 2017 Gandhi Peace Award

May 22, 2017

• Marjorie Cohn:  Evidence Mounts that Trump Attempted to Obstruct Justice In Russia Probe
• Tom Swan:  Joe Lieberman Not Qualified to Lead FBI
• Emily Sessions and Julia Power:  New Yale Graduate Teachers' Union Pressures Admin to Negotiate a Contract
• Kathy Kelly:  Saudi Arabia and U.S. Fuel Escalating Carnage in Yemen's Civil War

May 15, 2017

• Jenny Flanagan:  New Trump "Election Integrity" Commission Is a "Sham"
• Caroline Fredrickson:  Trump Firing of FBI Director a Threat to US Rule of Law
• John Motter:  Trump - Pentagon Afghanistan Troop Escalation Bound to Fail
• Kevin Gallagher:  Sustainable Agriculture Key to Food Sovereignty

May 8, 2017

• Wendell Potter:  Health Insurance Industry Quietly Supports GOP Decimation of Obamacare
• Richard D. Wolff:  French Election Highlights Political Elite's Failure to Address Unemployment & Inequality
• Frederick Clarkson:  Trump Executive Order on "Religious Liberty," Fails to Satisfy his Christian Right Supporters
• John Humphries:  CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs: State Initiatives More Important Than Ever in Trump Era

May 1, 2017

• Matthew Gardner:  Trump "Tax Reform" Plan Revives Voodoo Economics
• Rick Claypool:  Trump's First 100 Days: Unbridled Giveaway to Corporate America
• Christine Ahn:  Women Peacemakers Calls on Trump to Initiate Negotiations with North Korea
• Nancy Mello Miller:  Action Together Connecticut Mobilizes Opposition to Trump Agenda

April

April 24, 2017

• Marcy Wheeler:  Trump Prosecution of Julian Assange Would Pose a Threat to Freedom of the Press
• Adam Green:  Progressive Activists are Mobilizing to Win Elections and Reform the Democratic Party
• Mark Weisbrot:  French Electorate Focused on Economy, Immigration Rejects Major Party Candidates
• Omar Barghouti:  Palestinian BDS Founder Omar Barghouti & Ralph Nader Are Recipients of 2017 Gandhi Peace Award

April 17, 2017

• John Feffer:  Trump's Threats Against North Korea Risk Triggering Deadly Conflict
• David Gibbs:  US "Humanitarian" Military Interventions: A History of Failure
• Walt McRee:  Public Banking Advocated by Leading Democratic Candidate for New Jersey Governor
• Stanley Heller:  Israel Blocks Palestinian BDS Organizer from Traveling to Receive Gandhi Peace Award in New Haven, CT

April 10, 2017

• Paul Kawika Martin:  Trump Syria Missile Strike: Empty Gesture or Prelude to Wider US War?
• Peter Montgomery:  Nuclear Option Detonated by GOP to Confirm Gorsuch, Key Cases Now Hang in the Balance
• Sarah Evanega:  March For Science Calls on Legislators to Enact Evidence-Based Policies in the Public Interest
• Greg Palast:  Koch Brothers Big Winners in Trump Healthcare Defeat, Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline

April 3, 2017

• Tim Donaghy:  With Rollback of Obama Climate Regulations Trump Declares War on Planet Earth
• Chris Calabrese:  GOP Congress and Trump Strip Americans of Internet Privacy Protections
• James W. Carden:  Trump Escalates US Military Campaigns, Civilian Deaths Spike
• Mira Revesz:  "If Not Now" Movement Protests US-Israel Policy on Palestine at AIPAC Conference

March

March 27, 2017

• Dr. Carol Paris:  GOP's Failure to Replace ObamaCare Opens Opportunity to Debate Medicare For All System
• Jim Dean:  Progressive Groups Pressure Senate Democrats to Block Trump Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch
• Alexandra De Luca:  After November Trump Election Victory, More Than 10,000 Women Drawn to Run for Public Office
• Dina and Raji Odeh:  Palestinian Teen Rappers and Dancers Tour U.S., Communicating the Reality of Life Growing Up in Refugee Camps

March 20, 2017

• Lisa Gilbert:  Trump's Proposed Slash and Burn Budget Hurts the Vulnerable Most
• Jay Riestenberg:  Right Wing Campaign to Convene Constitutional Convention Jeopardizes Bedrock American Values
• Arun Gupta:  President's Second Travel Ban Blocked by Federal Judges Citing Trump's Words Targeting Muslims
• Po Murray:  GOP/NRA Weaken Restrictions on Severely Mentally Ill Veterans Ability to Buy Guns

March 13, 2017

• Gerald Friedman:  Congressional Budget Office Projects GOP Health Plan Will Cause 24 Million Americans to Lose Health Insurance
• Jeff Carter:  Scott Pruitt, Trump's Man at EPA, Doubles Down on Climate Change Denial
• L.A. Kauffman:  40 Years of Radical Activism Offers Useful Lessons for Today's Trump Resistance Movement
• Robert Davey:  Journalist Pursues Inconsistencies in Bush Administration Drive to Expand Authority to Conduct Post-911 Surveillance

March 6, 2017

• James S. Henry:  Links Between Trump, Russian Oligarchs, The Bank of Cyprus and Wilbur Ross Explained
• Richard Eskow:  Caution Advised in Merging Opposition to Trump with Forces Pushing New US-Russia Cold War
• Kevin Martin:  Trump's New Travel Ban: Same Hateful Policy in a New Package
• Luis Luna:  Campaign Waged to Declare Bridgeport, CT's Largest Municipality, a Sanctuary City

February

Feb. 27, 2017

• Bob Dreyfuss:  Perez Defeat of Ellison for DNC Chair Won't Deter Progressives
• Ben Schreiber:  Trump / Pruitt Plan to Dismantle EPA with Deep Budget Cuts, Staff Layoff
• Shannon Jackson:  Our Revolution Carries on Bernie Sanders' Vision to Move US Political Debate Left
• Tom Swan:  Feb. 28th Connecticut Special Election Could Determine Control of State Senate

Feb. 20, 2017

• Christopher Vials:  Trump's Attack on the Media & Constant Stream of Lies, Echo of Fascist/Authoritarian Leaders
• Phyllis Bennis:  Trump Administration's Muddled Middle East Policy Views, Likely to Deepen Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Norman Solomon:  Early Drive for Trump Impeachment Launches with Petition Drive
• Mike DeRosa:  CT Green Party Supports Public Banking and National Popular Vote Compact in Legislative Session

Feb. 13, 2017

• Allegra Chapman:  As Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Will Be Watched Closely for Bias and Injustice
• Leslie Cagan:  Unity, Diversity of Tactics and Local Focus All Necessary to Sustain Anti-Trump Activist Movement
• Matt Wood:  Trump FCC Chairman Aims to Derail Net Neutrality, Consumer Protections
• Jesus Morales:  New Haven Group Organizes to Protect Immigrant Community from Stepped up ICE Raids

Feb. 6, 2017

• Elliott Mincberg:  If Senate Confirms Gorsuch for Supreme Court: Corporate America Wins, Workers Lose
• Mongi Dhaouadi:  Outpouring of Opposition to Trump Muslim Ban Generates Spirit of Solidarity Nationwide
• William Hartung:  Trump Administration Issues Threat, Ratchets Up Dangerous Tension with Iran
• Carol Burris:  Nothing Less Than the Future of Public Education Is at Stake in Battle to Stop DeVos Nomination

January

Jan. 30, 2017

• Medea Benjamin:  Do Massive Anti-Trump Protests Signal Rebirth of US Progressive Movement?
• Pardiss Kebriaei:  Legal Challenge Temporarily Blocks Trump Muslim Ban
• Mara Verheyden-Hilliard:  Mass Arrest of 200+ Inauguration Protesters in Washington, D.C. Violates Right to Dissent
• Ciro Gutierrez and Alberto Bernardez:  CT Unions and Allies Take Active Stand Against Trump Immigration Executive Orders

Jan. 23, 2017

• Womens March:  The Trump Resistance Starts Now: Voices from the Revival of the US Progressive Movement
• Aaron Scherb:  Lawsuit Claims Trump Conflicts of Interest Violates US Constitution
• Five Mualimm-ak:  Campaign to End Prison Solitary Confinement Comes to New Haven, CT

Jan. 16, 2017

• Melvin Goodman:  Trump, Russia and the future of US Foreign Policy
• Katie O'Connor:  Katie O'Connor, director of policy and programming at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
• Jeremy Brecher:  What We Need to Know About "Social Self-Defense" Under the Incoming Trump Regime
• Dante Barry:  Racial Justice Movement Pledges Five Days of Resistance Leading Up to Trump Inauguration
• L. George Friday:  Occupy Inauguration Protest Aims to Build an Independent Movement for the 99%

Jan. 9, 2017

• Robert Borosage:  As Trump Moves into the White House, Democrats Need a Bold New Vision
• Philip Weiss:  Israel Moving Toward Apartheid and Global Isolation
• Henry Lowendorf:  Syrian Conflict Can Only be Resolved if Outside Powers Disengage
• Yasmina Mrabet:  Group Wins Permit for Protest on Trump Inaugural Parade Route

Jan. 2, 2017

• Richard Silverstein:  Obama Break with Netanyahu's Settler Expansion Too Little, Too Late
• George Lakey:  Scandinavian Economic Model Provides Blueprint for Egalitarian Society
• Chip Gibbons:  Trump Regime Poses Grave Threat to Civil Liberties
• Arlene Goldbard:  US Dept. of Arts & Culture Incites Social Imagination to Cultivate Empathy, Equity and Belonging

December

Dec. 26, 2016

• Greg Palast:  Here's Why the GOP Fought So Hard to Stop the Rust Belt State Vote Recounts
• Wendell Potter:  GOP Vulnerable to Severe Political Backlash in Their Pledge to Repeal Obamacare
• Jon Rainwater:  Trump's Frightening Tweets on Re-Igniting Nuclear Arms Race Are No Joke
• Mike DeRosa:  CT Green Party Gains a Place on State Ballot, Pursues Public Banking Initiative

Dec. 19, 2016

• Coleen Rowley:  As Democrats Push for Investigation into Russia's Role in US Election; Trump Signals New Hostility Toward China
• Drew Courtney:  Sen. Jeff Sessions Nomination as Attorney General, Among Trump's Most Dangerous Cabinet Picks
• Benjamin Schreiber:  Trump Administration Intent on Eviscerating Environmental and Climate Protection Regulations
• Shelly Altman:  Chanukah/Solstice Vigils Organized Against Islamophobia and Racism

Dec. 12, 2016

• Michael Corcoran:  Progressive Activists Can Push Democrats to Boldly Resist Trump Agenda
• Stephanie Tsosie:  Tribe Welcomes Army Corps Decision on DAPL, But Fight Isn't Over
• Lacy MacAuley:  Sending Defiant Message to the Nation and World, Activists Prepare to Disrupt Trump Inauguration

Dec. 5, 2016

• Nancy Altman:  Trump Cabinet Pick Advocates Privatization of Social Security and Medicare
• Louis Perez:  After Fidel Castro's Death President-Elect Trump Signals Intention to Scuttle Thaw in Relations
• Cassady Fendlay:  Women's March on Washington Challenging Trump Agenda Gathers National Momentum

November

Nov. 28, 2016

• Chip Berlet:  Racism, Xenophobia on Full Display Among Trump's Early Appointments and Nominations
• Steven Rosenfeld:  Election Recounts in Key Battleground States Will Reveal Deep Flaws in US Electoral Machinery
• Lindsay Farrell:  Austerity Democrats Lose Ground in Connecticut Legislative Elections
• Robert Jensen:  Passive US Media Moving Quickly to Normalize Trump's Hate and Stream of Nonstop Lie

Nov. 21, 2016

• Norman Solomon:  Progressives Must Rise to Meet the Onslaught of the Coming Trump Presidency with Unity and Resolve
• Drew Courtney:  Opponents Line up to Block Expected Trump Muslim Registry and Sessions Attorney General Nomination
• Chuck Collins:  Growing Inequality Fed Support for Trump's Scapegoat Populism
• Greg Palast:  Election 2016 Was Stolen by GOP-Organized Purge of More Than 1 Million Voters, Many in Swing States

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