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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

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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

"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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This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: Sept. 4, 2017

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Dreamers Mobilize to Resist Trump & Save DACA

MP3 Interview with Carolina Borotolleto, administrative consultant with the national DACA advocacy movement, United We Dream
Carolina Borotolleto discusses speculation that the Trump administration may soon announce a decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and her group's response. She also talks about how people across the U.S. can help defend the DACA program at this critical moment.

Unchecked Development and Deregulation Exacerbated Destruction of Hurricane Harvey in Texas

MP3 Interview with Robert Buzzanco, professor of history at the University of Houston
Robert Buzzanco examines the local, state and federal emergency response to the floods that inundated Houston and southeast Texas after Hurricane Harvey struck last week and how the absence of infrastructure, zoning laws and unchecked development contributed to the scale of the destruction.

Pushing Back Against the Demonization of Antifa

MP3 Interview with Kit O'Connell, Austin, Texas-based journalistactive who is a member Antifa
Kit O'Connell talks about Antifa's philosophy and views on the danger posed by the Trump presidency and the rise of white supremacist, Neo-Nazi, KKK and "Alt-Right" groups nationwide. He also examines the media coverage Antifa has received, much of it demonizing the movement's activists as committing indiscriminate violence equivalent to that of extreme right wing groups. His recent article is titled, "What Are 'The Antifa' Doing After Harvey?"

Fight For $15 Labor Day Actions Kick off Movement's 2018 Election Campaign

MP3 Interview with Alberto Bernardez & Angel Candelario, assistant supervisor with the 32BJ SEIU union, Burger King employee, respectively, both active with the Fight For 15 minimum wage movement
Angel Candelario & Alberto Bernardez discuss the ongoing struggle to increase the minimum wage to a genuine "living wage" nationwide, and the Labor Day kick-off of their campaign to defeat anti-worker politicians across the U.S. in 2018.

 

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