The New York Times, “Anarchists Fill Services Void Left by Faltering Greek Governance”
“People trust us because we don’t use the people as customers or voters,” Mr. Sagris said. “Every failure of the system proves the idea of the anarchists to be true.” Continue Reading
Sarah Leonard: Austerity Has Been Discredited. So Why Won’t It Die?
Austerity Has Been Discredited. So Why Won’t It Die?Sarah Leonard, The Nation, July 16, 2015 “All of the economic research that allegedly supported the austerity push has been discredited,” The New York Times‘s Paul Krugman wrote in April. Need evidence? Look at Greece, where EU-imposed austerity has sent the country’s GDP into a death spiral. […]
Antonis Vradis and Hara Kouki: Our “no” means a “yes”
Our “no” means a “yes” Antonis Vradis and Hara Kouki, Verso, July 3, 2015 It’s a strange thing, hope. Five years ago, it made the sound of acronyms like the IMF, EU and EBC sound soothing to Greeks as the country’s first troika agreement was announced. Memorandum after memorandum, measure after measure, hope that things […]
Theodoros Karyotis: Our responsibility to vote ‘NO’ in the Greek referendum
Our responsibility to vote ‘NO’ in the Greek referendum Theodoros Karyotis, Roar, July 2, 2015 The decision of the Greek government, late last Friday, to put the proposals of the creditors to referendum caught by surprise even those who, from a grassroots perspective, have been fighting against the murderous austerity in Greece in recent years. […]
Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi: A coup in Greece: four difficult questions
A coup in Greece: four difficult questions Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi, Verso, June 29, 2015 If one follows day by day the actions of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission, it is easy to describe the scenario: the global financial system is organising a coup d’etat in Greece. And, in […]
Antonis Vradis: Why I will be voting NO in Sunday’s Greek referendum
Why I will be voting NO in Sunday’s Greek referendum Antonis Vradis, Open Democracy, June 29, 2015 Sunday’s referendum vote is not about one fiscal detail or another, a bad agreement or one that is less so. In its essence, Sunday’s question is about dignity and our lives from this point on. It is about […]
Ryan Harvey: Syriza, Greece and Glimpses of the New World
Syriza, Greece and Glimpses of the New World Ryan Harvey, teleSUR, June 29, 2015 We talk sometimes of spaces of hope, where glimpses of the new world become visible through the metaphorical and sometimes physical cracks of the old one. Such spaces give breathing room to those on the front-lines of very hard and very […]
Natasha Lennard: American protesters should be inspired by the Quebec student strike
American protesters should be inspired by the Quebec student strike Natasha Lennard, Fusion, March 23, 2015 I haven’t thought much about Quebec since 2012. That spring, the longest student strike in Quebec history lasted over 100 days and drew as many as 300,000 people on to the streets of Montreal, bringing the city to a […]