Tag: greece
‘Bankrupt but free’: Greeks stage nationwide anti-austerity rallies
‘As EU politicians failed to reach a Greek debt deal in Brussels, thousands of people poured onto the streets of Athens and other large cities to protest austerity and voice support for the recently elected […]
Germany faces impossible choice as Greek austerity revolt spreads
‘The political centre across southern Europe is disintegrating. Establishment parties of centre-left and centre-right – La Casta, as they say in Spain – have successively immolated themselves enforcing EMU debt-deflation. Spain’s neo-Bolivarian Podemos party refuses […]
Some Thoughts on Greece’s Exit from the Euro (Grexit)
Greece has the potential to be the small domino that ends up toppling much larger dominoes. Here is a preliminary semi-random list of thoughts on Greece’s exit from the euro. 1. I make no claim to expertise in this matter–but…
Some Thoughts on Greece’s Exit from the Euro (Grexit)
Greece has the potential to be the small domino that ends up toppling much larger dominoes. Here is a preliminary semi-random list of thoughts on Greece’s exit from the euro. 1. I make no claim to expertise in this matter–but…
Is Soros Preparing A Colour Revolution For Greece?
‘With the recent victory of Syriza in Greece, opponents of austerity the world over have been rejoicing. The news from a country crushed by austerity policies, the European Central Bank, the IMF, and corrupt oligarchs […]
Is Soros Preparing A Colour Revolution For Greece?
‘With the recent victory of Syriza in Greece, opponents of austerity the world over have been rejoicing. The news from a country crushed by austerity policies, the European Central Bank, the IMF, and corrupt oligarchs […]
Syriza Defies Technocrats, US Pressure EU to Accommodate Greece, Greeks Buy Gold
Syriza Defies Technocrats, US Pressure EU to Accommodate Greece, Greeks Buy Gold – Tsipras to push ahead with counter-reforms “in their entirety” – Dijsselbloem tells Syriza it must comply with Troika this week or have funding cut from February 28th…
Europe Fractures: France Pivots To Putin, Cyprus Offers Moscow Military Base and Germany-US Splinter On Ukraine
‘Following yesterday’s summary of the utter farce that the Minsk Summit/Ukraine “peace” deal talks have become, the various parties involved appear to be fracturing even faster today. The headlines are coming thick and fast but […]
Europe Fractures: France Pivots To Putin, Cyprus Offers Moscow Military Base and Germany-US Splinter On Ukraine
‘Following yesterday’s summary of the utter farce that the Minsk Summit/Ukraine “peace” deal talks have become, the various parties involved appear to be fracturing even faster today. The headlines are coming thick and fast but […]
Anti-austerity forces grow in Italy after Greece vote
‘After the left-wing Syriza party notched an impressive victory in Greece’s recent parliamentary elections, a gust of energy has swept across debt-laden southern Europe, which has borne the brunt of the eurozone’s fiscal crisis. In […]
Syriza, Greece and Government debt cancellation. Could it happen here in the UK?
As the newly elected Syriza Government make overtures to the so-called Troika of the ECB, EC and IMF on debt restructuring, one thing is increasingly clear. Elites in the UK and across Europe appear deeply uncomfortable the neoliberal logic of…
Syriza Official Vows to Kill EU-US Trade Deal as ‘Gift to All European People’
‘An official with Greece’s newly elected Syriza party may have sounded the death knell for a proposed EU-U.S. trade deal that has faced a mountain of opposition from civil society. The deal is the Transatlantic […]