Archive | Interview

In this interview with Zhao Dingqi, Victor Grossman reflects on his life as an American communist in East Germany.

An interview with Cuban journalist and researcher Raúl Antonio Capote, former double agent who infiltrated the CIA and author of the book “Guarimbas. Los gestores del caos” (Guarimbas. The managers of chaos)

CounterSpin interview with Chris Bernadel on Haiti

Aidan Parisi, a student at Columbia University’s School of Social Work, was recently suspended and has been threatened with eviction from their graduate student housing for pro-Palestinian activism on campus. Aidan talked to Left Voice about the state of repression, the movement at Columbia, and the path forward for uniting the student movement with the labor movement and other movements against oppression.

CounterSpin interview with Robert Weissman on Boeing scandal.

CounterSpin interview with Evlondo Cooper on climate coverage.

A playwright committed to social change talks about cultural production under the Bolivarian Process.

For International Women’s Day, Counterfire asked women activists their views on the state of the struggle for women’s liberation. We are publishing a selection of answers over the weekend.

Ken Loach talks to Hilary Wainwright about his latest film, The Old Oak, and his long career dignifying the lives and struggles of ordinary people.

Two students from Venezuela’s ELAM medical school talk about becoming physicians in the service of the people.

On the 59th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, two former security guards are speaking out for the first time about how they were falsely arrested by the New York Police Department as part of a conspiracy to remove his protection before he was killed.

Book Forum Editor, Roberto Sirvent, interviews Austin Cole about his community organizing work and political writing.

Parts 3 and 4 of an interview with Michael D. Yates by Farooque Chowdhury.

Too many U.S. workers still suffer and die from exposure to well-known toxic substances, a Texas investigative reporter’s new book says.

Parts 1 and 2 of an interview with Michael D. Yates by Farooque Chowdhury. The emancipation of labor is one of the foremost questions in all exploitative societies and societies in transition.

Interview with the former president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, about the crisis in his country.

CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on Gaza and genocide.

A documentary filmmaker long associated with the Bolivarian Revolution talks about the history of its audiovisual production and the challenges ahead.

CounterSpin interview with Sebastian Martinez Hickey on minimum wage.

A documentary filmmaker and teacher tells the story of Venezuela’s groundbreaking community media movement.