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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. Listen to the audio here.

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MP3: Glenn Greenwald delivers a keynote address at "A Conference in Defense of Civil Liberties and to End Indefinite Detention" at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain on Dec. 8, 2012.

Glenn Greenwald is a columnist on civil liberties and US national security issues for the Guardian newspaper. He's a former constitutional lawyer, and until 2012 was a contributing writer at Salon.com. Greenwald is the author of "With Liberty and Justice For Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful."

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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.
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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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OCCUPY WALL STREET

occupy Perspectives on the economy and Occupy Wall Street, under-reported in corporate media, from Between The Lines' and Counterpoint archives, plus other resources (Updated March 17, 2012)

ANALYSIS and COMMENTARY

Gar Alperovitz
Medea Benjamin
Heidi Boghosian
Bob Edgar
Chris Hedges
Michael Hudson
Andy Kroll
Tom Juravich
Ralph Nader
Michael Moore
Michael Ratner
Richard D. Wolff
Max Wolff
Michael Zweig

SOLUTIONS

Gar Alperovitz
Ellen Brown
Bob Edgar
Sarah Van Gelder
Jeffrey D. Sachs

VOICES OF THE 99 PERCENT

Aimee Allison
Jose Antonio Ramos
Nina Bednarski
Sima Cunningham
Eric, direct action working group
Frances Golden
Arun Gupta, "The Occupied Wall Street" editor
Joe Hill, Occupy Wall Street organizer
Ray Lewis, retired captain of the Philadelphia Police Department
Michael Levitin
Michael Moore
Aurelio Muraca
Alexa O'Brien
Jeff Smith
Kristin Wartman and Erica Latti, Occupy Big Food

READING BETWEEN THE LINES BLOG

Select postings

Richard Hill
Hank Hoffman
Reginald Johnson
Anna Manzo

RESOURCE LINKS

Occupy Wall Street at OccupyWallSt.org
Occupy Together at OccupyTogether.org
Occupy Colleges at OccupyColleges.org
Veterans of the 99 Percent/Iraq Veterans Against the War at IVAW.org
Occupy Homes at occupyhomes.tumblr.com
Occupy Banks at occupybanks.tumblr.com
Occupy Economics at Econ4.org
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Economic Studies/Income Inequality
If You're Not Outraged, You're Not Paying Attention

VIDEO

Online Piracy and Censorship Issues
Occupy Wall Street movement livestreams
Miley Cyrus' "It's a Liberty Walk"
Occupy Wall Street "Bat Signal" - "We Are Unstoppable, Another World is Possible"
Occupy X. Occupy Everywhere
The Tide is Turning
Nobody Can Predict the Moment of the Revolution
BBC Speechless As Trader Tells Truth: "The Collapse Is Coming...And Goldman Rules The World"
Sept. 17th "The Occupied Wall Street" Newspaper KickStarter Fundraising Video

ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY

MP3: Interview with Bob Edgar, CEO of Common Cause

MP3: Interview with Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman professor of political economy at the University of Maryland

MP3: Interview with Robert Scheer, editor-in-chief of Truthdig, author and former columnist with the Los Angeles Times, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Dec. 5, 2011, on his recent article, "You Can't Arrest an Idea," about the nationwide police evictions and arrests of hundreds of Occupy Wall Street activists and his views on where the movement is going and its impact on U.S. politics.

MP3: Interview with Heidi Boghosian, National Laywers Guild executive director, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Nov. 28, 2011. Boghosian on what appears to be a coordinated effort between the federal and local governments to suppress the Occupy Wall Street movement nationwide.

Transcript: "Occupy Wall Street Has Potential to be a Transformative Movement for Social Change," interview with Richard D. Wolff, conducted by Scott Harris, Between The Lines Nov. 23, 2011

Article: "Ralph Nader’s new book speaks to protesters," by Steven Levingston, Political Bookworm columnist, Washington Post, Nov. 9, 2011.

Transcript: "Ralph Nader on the Threat Posed by Occupy Wall Street to U.S. Political and Economic Status Quo," interview conducted by Scott Harris, Between The Lines Nov. 7, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Michael Zweig, professor of economics and director of the Center for the Study of Working Class Life at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Oct. 17, 2011. Zweig discusses labor's role in the Occupy Wall Street movement.

MP3: Interview with Andy Kroll, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Oct. 10, 2011. Kroll is a reporter with Mother Jones magazine's Washington, D.C. bureau and associate editor with TomDispatch.com, discusses his recent article, "Flat-Lining the Middle Class, Economic Numbers to Die For" -- and how the current economic quagmire relates to the rapid growth of the Occupy Wall Street movement nationwide.

Transcript: "GOP and Big Winners of Trickle-Down Policies Now Charge They are Victims of 'Class Warfare,'" Interview with Richard Wolff, professor of economics at New School University, conducted by Scott Harris, Between The Lines, Sept. 28, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange, long time peace and social justice activist, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Oct. 10, 2011. Benjamin discusses the long-planned and now launched D.C. Freedom Plaza occupation -- and the significance of the wider Occupy Wall Street movement spreading from NYC like wildfire.

MP3: Interview with Michael Ratner, civil liberties attorney and former president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, conducted by Scott Harris, Oct. 10, 2011. Ratner talks about his new book, "Hell No," relating to the issues of dissent, liberty, while examining examples of police violence we see at the Occupy Wall Street protest actions across the U.S.

MP3: Interview with Chris Hedges, Pulitzer prize-winning former New York Times foreign correspondent, on Occupy Wall Street, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Sept. 26, 2011.

MP3: "The Continuing Economic Crisis: Why Bailouts Failed, What Needs to be Done!" Sept. 23, 2010 New Haven, CT Green party event with Richard D. Wolff, economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, on the severity of the economic crisis -- what's caused it, the structural failures of capitalism, and what needs to be done.

"U.S. Workers' Stories Illuminate Intensifying Struggle for Dignity," Interview with Tom Juravich, professor of labor studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, conducted by Scott Harris, for The Week Ending Aug. 6, 2010.

MP3: Aug. 2, 2010 Counterpoint interview with Richard D. Wolff, economist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, on why taxing people who earn $1 million on their investments 15% of their income would have raised $1.7 trillion and eliminated the need for bailouts, stimulus funds and austerity measures.

SOLUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE, GLOBAL ECONOMY

"Our Co-Owned Future: From health care to jobs to community development, why the future will be cooperative,"> Gar Alperovitz, Yes! Magazine, March 2, 2012

"The Win-Win Solution: How Fixing The Housing Crisis will Create 1 Million Jobs," The New Bottom Line report, Sept. 14, 2011. Big banks should be held accountable for their mortgage fraud abuses. Any settlement the 50 state attorneys generals negotiate with the big banks should include rightdowns on principal balances of all underwater mortgages to their current market value. Over $70 billion per year would be pumped back into our economy, millions of families would be able to stay in their homes, and over 1 million jobs would be created.

"Money is Not Speech": Amend2012.org by CommonCause.org

"State-by-State Campaign Working for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Decision," Interview with Bob Edgar, CEO of Common Cause, conducted by Scott Harris, Between The Lines, Feb. 1, 2012

"Who Killed Economic Growth?" by Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute

Gar Alperovitz's #OccupyTheFuture pamphlet series

Econ4: Economics 4 the People, 4 the Planet, 4 the Future - econ4.org

Michael Moore blog: Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here? www.MichaelMoore.org, Nov. 22, 2011.

Robert Reich blog: "Stop the Austerity Train Wreck,"www.RobertReich.org, Nov. 18, 2011.

KPFK interview transcript: "Some Modest Proposals for Reforming the U.S. Financial and Tax System," by Michael Hudson, neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com, Nov. 17, 2011.

Editorial: "The New Progressive Movement," by Jeffrey D. Sachs, New York Times, Nov. 12, 2011.

Editorial: "Now is the Time for an Economic Bill of Rights," by Ellen Brown, Truthout.org, Nov. 10, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Ellen Brown, president of the Public Banking Institute, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Oct. 17, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and executive editor at YES! Magazine, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Sept. 12, 2011 (20:17).

Transcript: "North Dakota's State-Owned Bank a Viable Alternative Model to For-Profit Banking System," interview with Ellen Brown, conducted by Scott Harris, Between The Lines, Oct. 19, 2011. Brown examines the connection between the anger being expressed against the U.S. banking system seen in the growing Occupy Wall St. movement -- and the solutions offered by her group, the Public Banking Institute.

The Real News Network transcript: Interview with Michael Hudson, Oct. 7, 2011

Transcript: "Communities Adopt New Cooperative Models to Cope with High Unemployment," Interview with Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and executive editor at Yes! Magazine, conducted by Scott Harris, Between The Lines, Sept. 14, 2011.

VOICES OF THE 99 PERCENT

MP3: Michael Moore, speaker at the Left Forum, March 17. Introduction by Richard D. Wolff, economist

MP3: Interview with Justin Molito, an original organizer with the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City, conducted by Scott Harris, Dec. 5, 2011, on future organizing projects, protest actions/events, and the general mood and momentum of the 99% movement.

MP3: Interview with Retired Capt. Ray Lewis, of the Philadelphia Police Department, conducted by Scott Harris and Richard Hill at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Between The Lines, Nov. 19, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Eric, a member of the OWS direct action working group, on the past week's momentous demonstrations and future agenda of OWS, conducted by Richard Hill at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Between The Lines, Nov. 19, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Kristin Wartman and Erica Latti on the threat to the roots of our democratic society posed by the corporate food industry, conducted by Richard Hill at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Between The Lines, Nov. 19, 2011. Occupy Big Food (www.occupybigfood.wordpress.com) formed recently to confront the stranglehold that huge multinational corporations have on the US and global food production and distribution systems.

Between The Lines interview: "Occupy Wall Street Movement Employs New Tactics to Confront Increased Police Violence," interview with Arun Gupta, a founding editor of New York City's Indypendent newspaper, conducted by Scott Harris, Between The Lines, Nov. 2, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Aimee Allison of RootsAction, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Oct. 17, 2011. Allison discusses violations of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution seen in police violence, suppression and arrests of hundreds of protesters participating in occupation encampments inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement across the U.S, resulting in some of those encampments being forcibly dismantled.

MP3: Interview with Sima Cunningham, New York City, college student, activist since she was 11, conducted by Scott Harris, at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Oct. 15, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Jeff Smith,occupier since Sept. 17,from New York, conducted by Scott Harris, at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Oct. 15, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Alexa O'Brien, organizer of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street action in New York, conducted by Scott Harris, Oct. 3, 2011. She discusses how the protest encampment came into being, activists' goals, police harassment and the unique process in which participants are using open democracy to make a wide range of decisions.

MP3: Interview with Nina Bednarski, Occupy Wall Street protester from Madison, Wis., conducted by Scott Harris at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Oct. 1, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Michael Levitin, Occupy Wall Street participant, conducted by Scott Harris at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Oct. 1, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Jose Antonio Ramos, Occupy Wall Street participant, conducted by Scott Harris at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Oct. 1, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Frances Golden, 80-year-old Occupy Wall Street participant, conducted by Scott Harris at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Oct. 1, 2011.

MP3: Interview with Aurelio Muraca, Occupy Wall Street participant, conducted by Scott Harris at Zuccotti Park, New York City, Oct. 1, 2011.

Transcript and MP3: Interview with Joe Hill, co-founding organizer with Occupy Wall Street in New York, conducted by Scott Harris, Oct. 1, 2011. He discusses the early days of organizing Occupy Wall Street, and hopes to inspire non-violent action for social justice. This interview was conducted shortly before the march a police escort led marchers onto the roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge and 700 people were arrested.

READING BETWEEN THE LINES BLOG

"For You, 'The Protester,' Time Magazine's Person of the Year," by Anna Manzo, Dec. 14, 2011

"Occupy Everything, Part Two," by Anna Manzo, Dec. 9, 2011

"Occupy Everything, Part One," by Anna Manzo, Dec. 4, 2011

"To Be Thankful for this Thanksgiving Weekend," by Anna Manzo, Nov. 25, 2011

"Extending Thanks," by Reginald Johnson, Nov. 23, 2011

"OWS: It Just Keeps on Coming..." by Richard Hill, Nov. 21, 2011

Reading Between The Lines blog: "Why is the Occupy Wall Street movement growing so fast?" by Anna Manzo, Oct. 4, 2011.

Reading Between The Lines blog: "The NYPD led protesters onto the Brooklyn Bridge roadway," by Hank Hoffman, Between The Lines' newswire editor, Oct. 2, 2011.

Reading Between The Lines blog: "Time to Take a Stand," by Reginald Johnson, Sept. 30, 2011.

Reading Between The Lines blog: "Part Three: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Occupy Wall Street Solidarity Growing," by Anna Manzo, Sept. 30, 2011.

Reading Between The Lines blog: "Part Two: An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come: "And Occupy Wall Street Will Spread,"" Anna Manzo, Sept. 27, 2011.

Reading Between The Lines blog: "Part One: An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come: "Nobody Can Predict the Moment of Revolution,"" Anna Manzo, Sept. 27, 2011.

RESOURCE LINKS

Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street at OccupyWallSt.org. Original September 17, 2011 "occupation" called for by Adbusters Media Organization, AdBusters.org, a Canadian nonprofit organization. Follow on Facebook: OccupyWallSt and Twitter @Occupywallst #occupywallst #occupyOWS
Occupy Together at OccupyTogether.org. Compilation of other Occupy groups nationwide, includes advice on nonviolent organizing, how to follow on Twitter and Facebook. Follow on Facebook: OccupyTogether and Twitter @OccupyTogether #occupytogether
Occupy Colleges at OccupyColleges.org. Compilation of colleges with Occupy groups nationwide
Take The Square at TakeTheSquare.net. International perspective on the Occupy Wall Street movement
Adbusters Media Organization at Adbusters.org
"The Winter of Our Occupation," by Michael Moore, Dec. 6, 2011
"How to Occupy" at HowToOccupy.org Twitter: #HowtoOccupy
"How to Protest in Winter" from Firedoglake.com
Principles of Solidarity, Occupy Wall Street - New York City General Assembly. "On September 17, 2011, people from all across the United States of America and the world came to protest the blatant injustices of our times perpetuated by the economic and political elites. On the 17th we as individuals rose up against political disenfranchisement and social and economic injustice. We spoke out, resisted, and successfully occupied Wall Street. Today, we proudly remain in Liberty Square constituting ourselves as autonomous political beings engaged in non-violent civil disobedience and building solidarity based on mutual respect, acceptance, and love.
"Origins of Occupy Wall Street and Prefigurative Politics," by David Graeber, DailyKos.org, Oct. 3, 2011
"Occupy Wall Street Is Not a Spectator Sport: 5 Ways the 99 Percent Can Contribute to the Movement Right Now," by Les Leopold, Alternet.org, Nov. 7, 2011
"We Are the 99 Percent," in their own words at wearethe99percent.tumblr.com
"We Stand with the 99 Percent," 1 percenters in their own words at westandwiththe99percent.tumblr.com
The Nation magazine blogger Greg Mitchell's Occupy Wall Street daily blog