New text by TPTG: "Burdened With Debt Reloaded: The Politics of Devaluation"
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In Greece, the initial austerity measures developed into a full blown shock policy of devaluation of capital, which has deepened the recession and increased public debt. A main ingredient of the politics of devaluation of capital is the depreciation of … |
Greece shows us how to protest against a failed system, by John Holloway
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/17/greece-protest-failed-system The rage displayed in Greek cities against austerity measures inspires all who are suffering for the benefit of banks and the rich I do not like violence. I do not think that very much is gained by burning banks … |
Capitalism has learned to create host organisms, article by Zygmunt Bauman, The Guardian
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In the face of financial crisis, any hope that the parasite will die when it runs out of food is in vain – capitalism is far too inventive. The news of capitalism’s demise is (to borrow from Mark Twain |
ALAIN BADIOU. SAVE THE GREEKS FROM THEIR SAVIORS!
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http://www.egs.edu/faculty/alain-badiou/articles/save-the-greeks-from-their-saviors/
At a time when one Greek youth out of two is unemployed. Where 25,000 homeless wander the streets of Athens. Where 30% of the population has fallen under the poverty line and where millions of families are forced … |
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 |
Greek woes drive up suicide rate
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Experts attribute rise to the country’s economic crisis following release of statistics that show a 40% jump since last year Helena Smith in Athens guardian.co.uk, A homeless man begs for money in Athens. |
The illegitimacy of demands (Demetra Kotouza, Mute)
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With demands over the wage and welfare in austerity Greece deemed illegitimate because unaffordable, what shape can struggle take? Demetra Kotouza sees the all-out attack on living standards as producing a de facto opposition that can’t be cohered by ideologies … |
Foreign investors speculate on Danish bankruptcy (Jennifer Buley)
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December 12, 2011 – 14:56 An American hedge fund is placing bets that Denmark is headed for an Iceland- or Ireland-style economic collapse. The New … |
Less healthcare, but Greece is still buying guns (Roxane McMeeken)
Greeks furious at ‘intact’ arms spending as eurozone leaders insist on cuts to their public servicesRoxane McMeeken
Athens Sunday 06 November 2011 As Greece is forced by European leaders to abandon a referendum to allow the people the chance |
Europe's revolution from above (Étienne Balibar)
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Europe’s revolution from aboveWednesday 23 November 2011 The EU’s new technostructures are embarking on a strategy to protect the euro that could fundamentally change its institutions The Franco-German ‘directorate’: Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images
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