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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Jeremy Scahill keynote speech, part 1 from PROUDEYEMEDIA on Vimeo.
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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 Matt Wall, press associate with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, conducted by Scott Harris
In a rare public demonstration of political weakness, Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner was forced to abandon legislation he called "Plan B." The proposed tax package up for a vote on Dec. 20 was designed to put Republicans on the record as acting to prevent an automatic rise in taxes on the majority of Americans on Jan. 1, while allowing rates to go up on those making $1 million or more. In the end, the Republican leader could not muster enough support for the bill, where many in his caucus oppose all tax increases, some out of fear that right-wing tea party groups would mount primary challenges against them during the next election cycle.
President Obama, too, has seen a revolt among progressive Democrats angered that he had offered Republicans a controversial change to the way cost of living adjustments are made to Social Security benefits as part of a “Grand Bargain” fiscal cliff deal. “Chained CPI,” as the proposed cost of living index is known, would, according to economists, reduce benefits for the average 65-year-old by about $6,000 in the first 15 years of retirement, and $16,000 over 25 years. Before Congress adjourned for the Christmas holiday, Obama had also retreated from his original demand for an increase in tax rates on those making more than $250,000 – upward to those with an annual income of more than $400,000.
But with the nation set to go over the "fiscal cliff" on the first day of the New Year, ushering in an automatic $500 billion in tax increases and $109 billion in domestic and Pentagon spending cuts, there will be pressure to reach a deal, even a short-term agreement to put off tough decisions until later in the year. Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with Matt Wall, press associate with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, who talks about the broad coalition of progressive groups and legislators who oppose President Obama’s "fiscal cliff" offer of a "chained CPI" cut to Social Security benefits.
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