Thanatopolitics in Greece: when a fascist ruling the ministry of health handles public health over to a private business
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Another organized crime-act, performed under the austerity pre-text, legitimized by the punitive rationales of conservatives and neoliberal economics. Thanatos [than–uh-tos, -tohs], meaning ‘death’ in Greek. Thanatopolitics is a philosophical term that discusses the politics organizing … |
Documentary: Fascism Inc
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“Given that the crisis conditions that foster fascism are upon us, not past us…” “Given that the whole of Europe is sinking rapidly into the darkness of the far right…” Debtocracy and Catastroika’s production team steps into the discussion with … |
Impressions from the 14N in Lisbon
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In 14N, during the European General Strike, two of us were in Lisbon seizing the chance to join the demonstrations, observing a general strike a la Portuguese and showing our solidarity. This text is by no means a journalistic reportage, … |
Moody's downgrades France
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According to BBC the well-known credit ratings agency Moody’s downgraded France’s debt from AAA to AA1. In my humble opinion, what is really important to see is the rhetoric that surrounds this move. The grounds Moody’s provided were elegantly summed … |
14 November Strike Website
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More information on the 14 November strike day can be found on the European strike day website: http://europeanstrike.org… |
Does Europe need a general strike?
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Yes. European citizens need a general strike. We need to interrupt Europe’s economy for at least one day. We need to show we won’t tolerate any longer the financial terrorism and social blackmail that, banks, corporations and their puppet governments … |
The crisis, Occupy, and other oddities in the autumn of capital
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Translation of the editorial of Kosmoprolet #3 All over the world, events are keeping up with the pace of a crisis, the end of which was just recently cheerfully proclaimed by people who thought ludicrous |
Manifesto of the appalled economists
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6/8/2010
Click here for the french version Click here for the web site of the appalled economists First signatories : Philippe Askenazy (CNRS) ; Thomas Coutrot (scientific council of ATTAC) ; André Orléan (CNRS, EHESS, president of the French Association |
Crisis Mirror comments on Folkeuniversitet's lectures
Recently, we came across a series of lectures (http://fuau.dk/main.aspx?pagetype=15&HoldNr=135-162) taking place at Folkeuniversitet in Copenhagen, Denmark. We decided to comment on it because we have often observed that there is a series of myths and half-truths that stir …