A coup in Greece: four difficult questions from Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi
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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 |
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Where did the Greek bailout money go?
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Published at the Guardian (29/6/2015): http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/29/where-did-the-greek-bailout-money-go?CMP=share_btn_fb Less than 10% of the money was used by the government for reforming its economy and safeguarding weaker members of society |
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Frédéric Lordon: The euro, or hating democracy
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“As always,” Frédéric Lordon writes, “institutional orders reveal their true essence when they are at their limits, in conditions of extreme crisis.” For Lordon, the actions of the troika over |
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Baltimore – The scandal is not that we are killed, but that they force us to live like that
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The Anthropocene Myth
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Blaming all of humanity for climate change lets capitalism off the hook.by Andreas MalmLast year was the hottest year ever recorded. And yet, the latest figures show that in 2013 the source that provided the most new … |
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What is TTIP?
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By John Hillary* Business groups on both sides of the Atlantic have long harboured the dream of a pro-corporate trade and investment agreement between the EU and USA. The TransAtlantic Business Dialogue, an invitation-only group of chief executives from … |
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Is Isis the ultimate evil? They would love you to think so
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by Owen Jones | Source: The Guardian Something about the term “barrel bomb” fails to convey the horror of the weapon. Perhaps it is the alliteration, which has a kind of playful quality; maybe it’s because we associate … |
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The poor fetish: commodifying working class culture
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By On February 25, 2015 Source: http://roarmag.org/2015/02/london-middle-class-culture-poverty/ Bullshit jobs and a pointless existence are increasingly driving London’s spiritually dead middle class towards a fetishization of working class culture. Literally, he paints her portrait, then he can fuck … |
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This is Libertarian Communism Mr. Varoufaki
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The new minister of economics of Greece declared in Australia’s ABC radio that he is a “libertarian communist”. A reply couldbe posed by the words of Sebastien Faure, who explains what libertarian communism means. Libertarian Communism by Sebastien Faure 1903… |
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The Racism of Intellectuals
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by Alain Badiou The record vote for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in this year’s French elections stunned everyone and left them scrambling for answers. The political establishment has always had easy sociological explanations at hand. They blame the French … |
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