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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: Jan. 29, 2018

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OXFAM Report: One Percent Captured 82 Percent of Global Wealth Created in 2017

MP3 Interview with Paul O'Brien, vice president for policy and advocacy with Oxfam America
Mr. O'Brien discusses Oxfam's recent report, "Reward Work, Not Wealth," the drivers of growing inequality in global wealth, its consequences and viable methods to reverse this corrosive disparity.

Corporate Lobbyists Pushing Anti-Worker Policies in Trump Re-Negotiation of NAFTA

MP3 Interview with Melinda St. Louis, director of international campaigns
Ms. St. Louis assesses the major issues in current negotiations initiated by President Trump over the future of NAFTA between the U.S., Mexico and Canada, and how the outcome may impact working families here in the U.S.

CT State Prosecutor Clears Bridgeport Police Officer in Shooting Death of 15-Year-Old Jayson Negron

MP3 Interview with Orisha Ala Nzambi Ochumare, of the group 'Justice for Jayson'
Orisha Ala Nzambi Ochumare discusses the resultS an investigation by a CT state prosecutor who found that Bridgeport Police Officer James Boulay was justified in using deadly force when he shot 15-year-old Jayson Negron on May 9th, when police stopped Negron, who was driving a stolen car in downtown Bridgeport.

Disbanded Trump "Voter Fraud" Commission Moves to Dept. of Homeland Security

MP3 Interview with Greg Palast, Investigative reporter, the author of several New York Times bestsellers
Mr. Palast talks about his investigation into the disbanding Donald Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. As Greg reports, the commission, which was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence and whose vice chair was Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, was “handed off” to the Department of Homeland Security.

One of Greg Palast's bestsellers "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," is now an award-winning documentary film.

 

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