Greece
-
The Greek Left and the Rise of the Neo-Fascist Golden Dawn By Panagiotis Sotiris
For the past months there has been an intense debate both in Greece but also in international media regarding the rise of the neo-fascist Golden Dawn in Greece. The reason is obvious: for the first time in a European Union (EU) country a political party that in contrast to most of the varieties of the… Continue reading
-
Video: Greek Parliament Approves Contentious Law to Expand Privatization
Dimitri Lascaris: New budget makes it clear Greece will never pay off its debts, real aim of austerity is to break unions and privatize public assets Continue reading
-
Video: Most Greeks Look to Left for Solutions, but Far Right Gaining Strength
Costas Lapavitsas Pt.2: Left party Syriza leads polls but conditions for fascism also developing as crisis deepens Continue reading
-
Video: SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on political and social situation facing Greece and Europe
Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s left party SYRIZA, visited the European Parliament as a guest of the United Left Group/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL), the coalition of radical left parliamentarians in the European Parliament to which SYRIZA is affiliated. At a press conference, Tsipras discussed the current economic, political and social situation facing Greece and the… Continue reading
-
Greek lessons By Dan Hind
Could political radicals learn a few lessons from how Syriza created a diverse coalition in Greece? By Dan Hind Continue reading
-
Suffocating Austerity: The West’s Folly in Greece Repeats Old Patterns By Evaggelos Vallianatos
Evaggelos Vallianatos, Truthout: “Not only did the Greek politicians impose an austerity program which reduced the living standards of the Greek people significantly, increasing suicides by 40 percent and unemployment by more than 20 percent, but they agreed to such barbarous terms for the foreseeable future, all but guaranteeing the impoverishment, colonization and eventual slavery… Continue reading
-
The Greek affair: Symbol of the crisis of the European Union or paradigm of Europe’s salvation By Gaither Stewart
It is an ironic twist of history that Greece, the cradle of Western culture, today, 2500 years after the acme of Hellenic glory, appears on the stage of history in the best of cases as victim, and in the worst, as the symbol of the threat to the collapse of the West European society. Continue reading
-
Video: Greeks Look to the Left for Solutions
Costas Lapavitsas: The left is gaining in popular support but have so far failed to present a coherent program Continue reading
-
Ellen Brown: How Greece Could Take Down Wall Street
CDS are a form of derivative taken out by investors as insurance against default. According to the Comptroller of the Currency, nearly 95% of the banking industry’s total exposure to derivatives contracts is held by the nation’s five largest banks: JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, HSBC, and Goldman Sachs. The CDS market is unregulated,… Continue reading
-
GREECE IN FLAMES: PRELUDE TO EUROPEAN REVOLUTION? A DEBATE WITHIN THE LEFT
The worst fears of the ruling classes of Greece and Europe are becoming true: an uncontrollable social explosion is under way in Greece. Continue reading
-
Video: Austerity Policy Destroying Greek Society
Dimitri Lascaris: Heart wrenching personal stories show that Greece should reject austerity deal and pull out of Eurozone Continue reading
-
Video: The Greek Experiment By Michael Hudson
Michael Hudson: Greek crisis used to find out how far finance can drive down wages and privatize Continue reading
-
Greece in flames: Cassandra strikes again By Eric Walberg
In a scene worthy of “Battle of the Damned” gas-mask clad protesters left 40 buildings in Athens in flames as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, wounding hundreds. Greece’s 99 per cent have little or nothing to lose in a “structurally readjusted” country, leaving them at the forefront in the growing battle in the… Continue reading
austerity, banking, banks, corporations, Eric Walberg, EU, gas, Greece, IMF, parliament, police, strikes -
Disaster Capitalism in Action in Europe (with Video) By Moira Dalgetty in Athens
Make no mistake: what took place in Greece on the 12th of February 2012 – the agreement by the Greek parliament to the wholesale sell-off of their country – is about something far bigger, and much more insidious and dangerous, than debt, the story that is being sold to the public across Europe. To demonise… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 