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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

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

Progressive Resources

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

This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: Oct. 2, 2017

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Urgent Call for Debt Relief Follow Hurricane's Destruction of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands

MP3 Interview with Eric LeCompte, executive director of the Jubilee USA Network
Eric LeCompte discusses his group's advocacy of debt relief for both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Saudi Monarchy's Change of Policy on Women Drivers Fails to Address Broader Human Rights Violations

MP3 Interview with Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink Women for Peace and author of the book, "Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection"
Medea Benjamin assesses the recent Saudi monarchy's decision allowing women to drive, and the important issues raised in her recent article, "Saudi Women May Soon Be Behind the Wheel, But Still Not in the Drivers' seat."

Roy Moore's Alabama Senate Primary Victory Boosts GOP Christian Extremists

MP3 Interview with Frederick Clarkson, senior fellow Political Research Associates
Frederick Clarkson discuss the significance of theocrat Roy Moore's GOP Senate primary victory in Alabama, and his views advocating the criminalization of homosexuality, denouncing Islam as a "false religion," as well as his contempt for the U.S. Constitution.

Comic Relief Event Raises Funds for CT Immigrant Bail Fund

MP3 Interview with Melinda Tuhus, WPKN producer, independent journalist and activist
Melinda Tuhus talks about the October 12th "Comic Relief" live comedy event at Congregation Mishkan Israel in Hamden, Connecticut, which will benefit the Immigrant Bail Fund which frees Connecticut residents from immigration detention so they can reunite with their families and effectively fight deportation.

 

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