Europe
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Statewatch News Online, 30 December 2010: Guide to EU decision-making and justice and home affairs after the Lisbon Treaty
Home page: www.statewatch.org/ News Online: www.statewatch.org/news/newsfull.htm e-mail: office@statewatch.org Please complete our Survey of users: It is a very simple and takes only a couple of minutes to complete: www.surveymonkey.com/s/email_list 1. EU: Statewatch publication: Guide to EU decision-making and justice and home affairs after the Lisbon Treaty 2. EU: Statewatch Analysis: The EU Justice and Home… Continue reading
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Former Greek minister attacked by mob as riots break out in Greece
24 December, 2010 — The Daily Telegraph A former government minister was stoned by a mob in Athens s riots broke out in the Greek capital in protest at the government’s austerity measures. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/template/utils/ooyala/telegraph_player.swf 1st collector for Former Greek minister attacked by mob as riots … Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Europe in the World by Navid Kermani
Navid Kermani: Europe is in fact cementing its ideological borders. . . . Radical openness is an essential feature of the European project. . . . You can’t draw the borders of Europe just as you would draw the borders of a country. Europe isn’t a country — it is an idea. . . .… Continue reading
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Fintan O’Toole’s Own Cultural Revolution by William Wall
Their situation is ‘objectively’ hopeless: the whole drift of history is basically against them, they cannot rely on any ‘objective tendencies’ pushing in their way, all they can do is to improvise, do what they can in a desperate situation. But, nonetheless, does this not give them a unique freedom? And are we — today’s… Continue reading
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Spaniards take to streets to protest austerity measures — RT
People gathered in the streets of Madrid on Saturday to protest against tough austerity cuts as the country struggles with huge debt. The people have been planning this ever since the government announced a new batch of austerity measures in early December. Continue reading
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France: Not Victorious, But Not Defeated By Murray Smith
It is now possible to begin to draw a tentative balance sheet of the vast movement against the reform (or more exactly, counter-reform) of the pension system in France over the last few months. We need to look at the depth and breadth of the movement, the forms that it took and the positions adopted… Continue reading
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Free access to two unique resources on civil liberties in Europe
Statewatch is pleased to announce free access to its specialist civil liberties websites Continue reading
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Epitaph For Richard Holbrooke By Francis A. Boyle
I am very sorry to learn that Richard Holbrooke has died . Because I fully intended to bring him to Justice and get him criminally indicted for the genocidal massacre at Srebrenica on behalf of my clients, the Mothers of Srebrenica and Podrinja. Continue reading
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Thousands Protest Irish Nightmare Economy By Leo Panitch
Last weekend in Ireland, thousands of people demonstrated against austerity measures and against bearing the burden of the Irish crisis. Just how did the Irish miracle turn into the Irish nightmare? Paul Jay of The Real News Network recently interviewed Leo Panitch. Continue reading
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3rd Nov. 2010 – Cantona Revolution – Kill the banks!
Must watch video with Cantona advocating that all citizens withdraw their money from the banks on 7 December! Continue reading
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The Global Insurrection Against Banker Occupation
A collection of videos all related to the latest Crisis of Capital (now coming to to a town near you), courtesy Glen Greenwald over at Amped Status. Continue reading
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Thousands Protest Irish Nightmare Economy
Leo Panitch: US created financial crisis and European banks turned the Irish Miracle into a nightmare Continue reading
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The EU at a Crossroads By Rafe MAIR
I am, God knows, no economist but that may not be all that bad when you remember the words of Harry S Truman who said ‘Give a one-handed economist. All my economists say, ‘on the one hand…on the other’.’ I’m therefore unqualified to examine the EU’s field of economic landmines. Yet perhaps my ignorance of… Continue reading
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Ireland: “We Can’t Pay That Money, and We Won’t Pay That Money” by 50 Halala
“Well, our gallant allies in Europe have arrived 95 years too late and uninvited, and instead of guns to help the revolution they have brought economic weapons of mass destruction. Does anybody in this country or in Dáil Éireann think that we can as a people afford to pay 6.7 percent on money that we… Continue reading
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Greece – Ireland – Portugal – Spain – Italy – UK – Europe’s Financial Domino Effect Washington’s Blog
Iceland has the world’s 112th biggest economy, Ireland the 38th, and Portugal the 36th. In contrast, Spain has the world’s 9th biggest economy, Italy the 7th and the UK the 6th. A failure by one of the latter 3 would be devastating for the world economy. Continue reading
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Mick Barry, “The Socialist Alternative to IMF/EU Diktats”
The bailout of Anglo Irish Bank is set to cost the taxpayer between €29.3 billion and €34.3 billion according to the Government and up to €40 billion according to some economists. The bank should be closed down immediately and the losses should be taken by bondholders, private banks who lent to Anglo and wealthy depositors.… Continue reading
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The echo of the past war By Natalia Meden
Great Britain has unveiled plans to cut its military budget by 8% in the next four years, which is the biggest cut since the end of the World War II. On hearing it Washington voiced concern over possible weakening of its ally’s defense potential. In Germany the reaction on the plan of David Cameron’s Cabinet… Continue reading
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French lessons
THE FRENCH revolt against austerity has transformed politics in France–and it has the potential to do the same across Europe and beyond. The relentless international drive to force down working-class living standards has run smack into a united and determined working class with one of the most militant traditions in the world. Continue reading
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Cine-Tract: No to Retirement Reform
Cine-Tract: No to Retirement Reform. No to the retirement reform, yes to better work sharing Continue reading
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Why France Matters Here Too By Rick Wolff
For many weeks now, the historic social change sweeping across France has drawn increasing attention globally. It should. A genuine, mass democratic upsurge has surprised all those who thought, hoped, or feared that such things could no longer happen in countries like France or the US. Millions of French people — in left political parties,… Continue reading
