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Award-winning Investigative Journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018)

Award-winning investigative journalist and founder/editor of ConsortiumNews.com, Robert Parry has passed away. His ground-breaking work uncovering Reagan-era dirty wars in Central America and many other illegal and immoral policies conducted by successive administrations and U.S. intelligence agencies, stands as an inspiration to all in journalists working in the public interest.

Robert had been a regular guest on our Between The Lines and Counterpoint radio shows -- and many other progressive outlets across the U.S. over four decades.

His penetrating analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international conflicts will be sorely missed, and not easily replaced. His son Nat Parry writes a tribute to his father: Robert Parry’s Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews.



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The Resistance Starts Now!

Between The Lines' coverage and resource compilation of the Resistance Movement



SPECIAL REPORT: "The Resistance - Women's March 2018 - Hartford, Connecticut" Jan. 20, 2018

Selected speeches from the Women's March in Hartford, Connecticut 2018, recorded and produced by Scott Harris





SPECIAL REPORT: "No Fracking Waste in CT!" Jan. 14, 2018



SPECIAL REPORT: "Resistance Round Table: The Unraveling Continues..." Jan. 13, 2018





SPECIAL REPORT: "Capitalism to the ash heap?" Richard Wolff, Jan. 2, 2018




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SPECIAL REPORT: Nina Turner's address, Working Families Party Awards Banquet, Dec. 14, 2017



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SPECIAL REPORT: Resistance Roundtable, Dec. 9, 2017




SPECIAL REPORT: On Tyranny - one year later, Nov. 28, 2017



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SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017




SPECIAL REPORT: Resisting U.S. JeJu Island military base in South Korea, Oct. 24, 2017




SPECIAL REPORT: John Allen, Out in New Haven




2017 Gandhi Peace Awards

Promoting Enduring Peace presented its Gandhi Peace Award jointly to renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader and BDS founder Omar Barghouti on April 23, 2017.



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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE...

who helped make our 25th anniversary with Jeremy Scahill a success!

For those who missed the event, or were there and really wanted to fully absorb its import, here it is in video

Jeremy Scahill keynote speech, part 1 from PROUDEYEMEDIA on Vimeo.

Jeremy Scahill keynote speech, part 2 from PROUDEYEMEDIA on Vimeo.


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Between The Lines Presentation at the Left Forum 2016

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"How Do We Build A Mass Movement to Reverse Runaway Inequality?" with Les Leopold, author of "Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Economic Justice,"May 22, 2016, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, 860 11th Ave. (Between 58th and 59th), New York City. Between The Lines' Scott Harris and Richard Hill moderated this workshop. Listen to the audio/slideshows and more from this workshop.





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JEREMY SCAHILL: Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker "Dirty Wars"

Listen to the full interview (30:33) with Jeremy Scahill, an award-winning investigative journalist with the Nation Magazine, correspondent for Democracy Now! and author of the bestselling book, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army," about America's outsourcing of its military. In an exclusive interview with Counterpoint's Scott Harris on Sept. 16, 2013, Scahill talks about his latest book, "Dirty Wars, The World is a Battlefield," also made into a documentary film under the same title, and was nominated Dec. 5, 2013 for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category.

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This Week on Between The Lines

Posted Dec. 20, 2017 for week ending Dec. 29, 2017

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"It cuts the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. It cuts the top income tax rate from a little over 39 percent to 37 percent. By 2027, 10 years from now, it actually raises taxes on the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers."

– Alan Essig, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy on how unfair the Republican "tax cuts" will be when implemented in 2018 and will worsen over the next 10 years


Listen to the entire program using these links, or to individual interviews via the links appearing prior to each segment description below.

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Unpopular GOP Tax Code Revision Rewards Party Donors, Exacerbates Inequality

MP3 Interview with Alan Essig, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, conducted by Scott Harris

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[UPDATED] With House and Senate passage of a final version of the Republican tax reform bill, Donald Trump and GOP legislators are celebrating their first major legislative win since the 2016 election. But in the long run, that partisan victory will be felt as a net loss for millions of Americans. The tax reform bill will permanently lower the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. Businesses will be taxed at a lower rate than the majority of American’s who are wage earners. For individuals, the top income tax rate will be reduced to 37 percent from its current level of 39.6 percent. The super wealthy will also see benefits from reductions in the alternative minimum tax and the estate tax.  Story continues

The Battle to Restore Net Neutrality is On

MP3 Interview with Victor Pickard, associate professor of communication at the University of Pennsylvania, conducted by Scott Harris

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As expected, the Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Dec. 14 to repeal the nation’s net neutrality rules. Those rules, since their ratification in 2015, had prevented Internet Service Providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from engaging in censorship, or controlling what consumers see and do on the web by slowing down or denying access to specific websites, apps, and other online services. The absence of regulation under net neutrality will now allow broadband providers to charge customers for paid prioritization, which could transform the Internet into something that looks more like cable television, where consumers would be charged additional fees to gain access to certain websites at faster speeds.  Story continues

The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Calls for Decriminalization

MP3 Excerpts of talks by Sex Workers and Allies Network cofounder Beatrice Codianni and Connecticut Bail Fund Executive Director Brett Davidson at The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers rally in New Haven, CT, recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus

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The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was observed this year on Dec. 17 in cities here in the U.S. and around the world. A group in New Haven, Connecticut – calling themselves Sex Workers and Allies Network, or SWAN, held a rally and march in solidarity with sex workers – and to mourn the many women – and some men – who have died or were murdered on the street. Those attending the rally also remembered two local women who disappeared and are now presumed dead.  Story continues

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