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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.
"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.
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.
"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.
Selected audio of speeches, songs and poems:
Interview with Alessio Rastani, a trader, BBC, Sept. 26, 2011
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet, fightforthefuture.org/pipa
A message from Occupy Wall Street beamed onto the Verizon building in lower Manhattan.
A video from Day 5 of Occupation Wall Street in Zuccotti Park, New York City
The original video to raise funds for "The Occupied Wall Street Journal," which is raising funds on Kickstarter.com