The Huffington Post, “A Radical Post-Bernie Cooperative Multicultural Immigrant Manifesto”

Just how could this cooperative-immigrant alliance actually work? One need look no further than Athens, Greece for the ultimate gold standard. There, anarchists have established the so-called Notaria solidarity center in the Exarcheia neighborhood. Eschewing a purely philanthropic approach, Notara asks refugees to attend assembly meetings where decisions are made on a consensus basis. Continue […]

CBS, “Huge anti-Obama protests met with tear gas, stun grenades”

Left-wing and anarchist groups who organized the protest had planned to reach the U.S. embassy in Athens. But authorities banned demonstrations in a large swath of the city to ensure that protesters came nowhere near Mr. Obama, who was attending a dinner at the residence of Greek President Procopis Pavlopoulos. 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 […]