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.
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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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"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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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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Interview with Bill Fletcher Jr., labor and social justice activist, conducted by Scott Harris
The Democratic Party victories from the presidency on down to critical House and Senate races in the 2012 election, were in no small part made possible by the strong support of the nation’s labor unions. By one estimate earlier this year, unions were prepared to spend more than $400 million to help re-elect President Barack Obama and support Democratic congressional candidates. The coordinated Republican state-by-state assault on the right of public sector labor unions to bargain collectively made the outcome of this year’s election campaign a high priority for unions and their members.
Beyond the money contributed by labor, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka announced that 400,000 union-based volunteers knocked on doors and talked to voters in all 50 states. In addition to dedicating time and money to the presidential and congressional campaigns, labor was also engaged in fights over referendum questions related to unions in two states. In California, unions defeated a Koch brothers-backed proposal that would have limited their ability to collect and spend union dues in political campaigns, but in Michigan labor lost a bid to amend the state’s Constitution to prohibit the legislature from enacting laws that would curb the powers of public employee unions.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Bill Fletcher Jr., an editorial board member and columnist with the online publication BlackCommentator.com and the immediate past president of TransAfrica Forum. Fletcher, the former vice president for International Trade Union Development Programs for the George Meany Center of the AFL-CIO, shares his views on the post-election agenda for labor and progressive activists concerned that President Obama will negotiate a so-called “Grand Bargain” that could cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits in exchange for modest tax increases on the wealthy.
Find more information on Bill Fletcher Jr. at "http://billfletcherjr.com".
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