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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"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 Jeff Cohen, associate professor of journalism and director, Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, conducted by Scott Harris
On the Friday before the Democratic National Convention was preparing to kickoff in Philadelphia on July 25, the long-standing efforts to unify the party after a fractious primary campaign season were upended with WikiLeaks' release of over 19,000 internal DNC emails. Those emails from seven key figures within the party document discussions that explored ways in which the DNC could undermine Bernie Sanders' campaign as he was fighting to overtake frontrunner Hillary Clinton. One email from the Democrat's chief financial officer, Brad Marshall, suggested that they use religion against a certain possible atheist with a Jewish heritage, presumably Sen. Sanders.
While many Bernie Sanders supporters had long charged that the DNC rigged the primary system to favor former Secretary of State Clinton, the WikiLeaks emails appeared to confirm their accusations. Large numbers of delegates immediately called for the firing of DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman, who turned in her resignation. Soon after, however, Clinton appointed Wasserman-Schultz "honorary chair" of her campaign's 50-state program.
But for all the anger about the leaked DNC emails, Hillary Clinton's choice of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate, was a far more serious blunder in the view of many in the party's progressive wing. While Bernie Sanders' progressive platform won 46 percent of pledged delegates in the primary campaign, Clinton chose a centrist Democrat whose positions on free trade, banking deregulation and reproductive rights are the polar opposite of nearly half the party. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with journalism professor Jeff Cohen, co-founder of the group Roots Action and communications coordinator of the Bernie Delegates Network. Here, Cohen explains why he believes the choice of Kaine is a colossal mistake that could put Donald Trump in the White House.
For more information on a new online initiative dedicated to galvanizing people who are committed to economic fairness, equal rights, civil liberties, environmental protection and defunding endless wars, visit RootsAction.org. For more information on the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, visit ithaca.edu/rhp/independentmedia and on Jeff Cohen, visit jeffcohen.org.
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