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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: May 22, 2017

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Evidence Mounts that Trump Attempted to Obstruct Justice In Russia Probe

MP3 Interview with Marjorie Cohn, past president of the National Lawyers Guild
Marjorie Cohn discusses her views regarding the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate charges that the Trump presidential campaign colluded with Russia as that nation attempted to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Ms. Cohn is also law professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Joe Lieberman Not Qualified to Lead FBI

MP3 Interview with Tom Swan, executive director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group
Tom Swan discusses former CT US Senator Joe Lieberman's selection as Trump's announced #1 candidate to fill the FBI Director post, examining Lieberman's various positions including his support for the Iraq War, blocking important aspects of health care legislation and issues debated during his 2006 Democratic primary loss to Ned Lamont.

New Yale Graduate Teachers' Union Pressures Admin to Negotiate a Contract

MP3 Interview with Emily Sessions and Julia Power, Yale University's History of Art Department; Yale's Comparative Literature Department
Emily Session and Julia Power discuss their newly formed union Local 33 of graduate professionals' continuing effort to pressure Yale University to negotiate a contract, including an ongoing hunger strike and a 1,500+ person protest at Yale's commencement ceremonies today, Monday May 22, 2017.

Saudi Arabia and U.S. Fuel Escalating Carnage in Yemen's Civil War

MP3 Interview with Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of the group Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Kathy Kelly examines the dire situation in Yemen’s civil war, exacerbated by Saudi intervention and U.S. arms, and her views on President Trump's recently announced plan to deploy an estimated 5,000+ additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

 

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