26 March 2013 — Information Clearing House
Jihadists, Not Assad, Apparently Behind Reported Chemical Attack In Syria
By Anshel Pfeffer
The explosion claimed the lives of Syrian Armed Forces soldiers who are apparently loyal to Assad, and the Syrian government was quick to demand an international investigation of the incident. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34403.htm
11 December, 2012 — The Real News Network
Costas Lapavitsas: There is an impression that the crisis has been handled by ECB but economies are deteriorating quickly (inc. transcript) Continue reading
13 November 2012 — Rolling Jubilee
Now here’s a good idea from the US (I’m not really sure if it’s applicable here in the UK though):
18 September 2012 — The Real News Network
Spain‘s struggling public sector workers and the unemployed converged on Spain‘s capitol to denounce their governments decision to implement deeper spending cuts. Continue reading
29 June 2012 — Comment – Morning Star
The European Union took another step along the road to a capitalist united states of Europe at the eurozone summit in the early hours of yesterday morning.
April 19, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ON-THE-BRINK BANK STILL NOT YOURS (YET)
Dow Jones posts fake release for two hours; bank gets fake website blacklisted, briefly
Contact: bofa@yeslab.org
26 February 2012 — The Bullet • A Socialist Project e-bulletin No. 602
It is a truism to say that democracy began with the Greeks – less so to say that it originated in popular rebellion against debt and debt-bondage. Yet, with the Greek people ensnared once more in the vice-grip of rich debt-holders, it may be useful to recall that fact. For the only hope today of reclaiming democracy in Greece (and elsewhere) resides in the prospect of a mass uprising against modern debt-bondage that extends the rule of the people into the economic sphere.
10 February 2012 — Information Clearing House
Pakistan: ’11 militants killed’ near Afghanistan : Eleven Taliban militants were killed and 19 wounded in northwest Pakistan Friday during a crackdown by the Pakistani military near the border with Afghanistan, according to reports.
http://bit.ly/wrtg88
6 October 2011 — williambowles.info
6 October 2011
Greece government workers stage protest strike
San Francisco Chronicle
As Greece struggles to avoid a catastrophic default, demonstrators in Athens expressed outrage over their misfortune and bewilderment at a crisis that shows no signs of easing. “Nobody knows what’s going on. Every day they say something different. …
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/05/MNMJ1LDM2U.DTL
4 October 2011 — Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Former CNBC reporter Erin Burnett’s CNN show OutFront debuted Monday night (10/3/11) with a failed attempt to factcheck the Occupy Wall Street protests.
4 October 2011 — Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Former CNBC reporter Erin Burnett’s CNN show OutFront debuted Monday night (10/3/11) with a failed attempt to factcheck the Occupy Wall Street protests.
1 July 2011 — RT
More and more of the world economy is crumbling and America doesn’t seem too far behind.
While riots erupt in Greece over austerity measures imposed by the government, back home lay-offs are rampant on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs relieving over 200 employees from their positions today. Is there a way out before Americans begin to emulate the Greeks?
1 July 2011 — RT
More and more of the world economy is crumbling and America doesn’t seem too far behind.
While riots erupt in Greece over austerity measures imposed by the government, back home lay-offs are rampant on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs relieving over 200 employees from their positions today. Is there a way out before Americans begin to emulate the Greeks?
29 June 2011 — RT
On the streets of Athens the voices of discontent are growing louder. From the next bailout installment the Greek politicians are eager to receive, the people will not get a penny, experts believe.
‘Not a cent of this bailout money actually comes into the Greek economy,’ author and economic analyst Nick Skrekas told RT. ‘It all goes out into interest payments and repayments.’
Whilst the battle is on to save the banks and prevent a large-scale financial crisis, for the Greek people the price is simply too high.
28 June 2011 — RT
At least 46 people have been injured as violent clashes and strikes paralyzed Greece on the eve of the vote for fresh austerity cuts. Over 20,000 people took out on the streets of Athens on Tuesday, beginning a massive general 48-hour strike.
As the protest in Athens turned violent on Tuesday, at least 14 people were arrested. Police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse aggressive youths, reportedly anarchists, who joined in the rally, throwing stones and marble chipped from nearby buildings, as well as Molotov cocktails. Twenty-one police officers have reportedly been injured in the clashes.
Most of the demonstrators have not been involved in violence, but tear gas forced them to leave the square outside the Finance Ministry for some time.
22 June 2011 — Socialist Resistance
As Ruling Class fight over another bailout, is Greece another Lehman’s – that’s the question that has been raised in the financial markets over the last few weeks by financial analysts and more mainstream commentators.
22 June 2011 — RT
The Greek Parliament has won a crucial confidence vote, 155 for and 143 against, allowing it to proceed with savage new austerity cuts needed for another EU and IMF bailout loan.
Prime Minister George Papandreou’s new Cabinet was approved by a majority of the 300-member legislature on a pledge to pass deeply disliked austerity measures that have provoked strikes and mass protests.
The new finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, will now seek to push through harsh austerity measures against fierce public opposition, in return for another EU/IMF bailout to prevent the country from defaulting on its loans.
20 May 2011 — The Real News Network
EuroNews: A lack of jobs and the bite of austerity measures prompted thousands of people to take to the streets of Lisbon on Thursday
8 January, 2009 Global Research
Paulson’s Financial Bailout
It is becoming clear that the bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001. Many members of Congress felt coerced into voting against their inclinations, and the normal procedures for orderly consideration of a bill were dispensed with.
The excuse for bypassing normal legislative procedures was the existence of an emergency. But one of the most reprehensible features of the legislation, that it allowed Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to permit bailed-out institutions to use public money for exorbitant salaries and bonuses, was inserted by Paulson after the immediate crisis had passed.
The U.S. administration has prompted a huge surge in the U.S. dollar, which may help refinance its financial sector. The cost is a currency whirlwind that threatens the collapse not just of banks and companies but entire countries.
In the past week the financial crisis, which began in banking and spread to stocks, has careered into the currency markets. The U.S. actively decided back in September 2008 to shut down the investment banks that lend to the biggest professional investors. This has caused those investors to sell anything and everything and to settle their trades.
The result was a whirlwind of liquidation. Korean won, Turkish lira, Brazilian real, British pounds and commodities from oil and metals, all were sucked into the downdraft.
The New Dark Age 
