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. […]

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 […]