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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: April 17, 2017

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Trump's Threats Against North Korea Risk Triggering Deadly Conflict

MP3 Interview with John Feffer, director Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies
Mr. Feffer assesses the Trump administration's foreign policy toward North Korea addressed in his recent articles, "Trump's New Foreign Policy is the Worst of Both Worlds," and "What does Kim Jong Un Want? John Feffer is also author of "The Future of US-Korean Relations."

US "Humanitarian" Military Interventions: A History of Failure

MP3 Interview with David Gibbs, professor of history, University of Arizona
Mr. Gibbs discusses the foreign policy debate in the U.S. on regime change in Syria in the context of recent American military interventions and their harmful results. Mr Gibbs also is the author of "Do No Harm: Humanitarian Intervention and the Destruction of Yugoslavia."

Public Banking Advocated by Leading Democratic Candidate for New Jersey Governor

MP3 Interview with Walt McRee, executive director & chair of the Public Banking Institute
Mr. McRee discusses the basics about public, how it currently operates in North Dakota and the proposal for a new public bank in New Jersey as proposed by Phil Murphy, a former Wall Street executive turned 2017 Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey.

Israel Blocks Palestinian BDS Organizer from Traveling to Receive Gandhi Peace Award in New Haven, CT

MP3 Interview with Stanley Heller, Promoting Enduring Peace administrator
Mr Heller talks about his group's annual Gandhi Peace Award, which this year honors Connecticut native, consumer advocate, public citizen and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader. The other awardee, Omar Barghouti, a founder of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement against Israel, who likely will be prevented by the Israeli government from attending the award ceremony to be held in New Haven on April 23rd.

 

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