In one of the last interviews before his fall, Nicolae Ceausescu was asked by a western journalist how he justified the fact that Romanian citizens could not travel freely abroad although freedom of movement was guaranteed by the
GOLD MINING IN CHALKIDIKI – PART 1: GREEK GOVERNMENTS IN THE SERVICE OF MINING COMPANIES
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(Source: Reports from the edge of boardeline democracy http://borderlinereports.net/) The controversy over gold mining in Chalkidiki, a province of rare natural beauty in northern Greece, is dominated by the specter of far-reaching, long-term environmental destruction. However, dubious political machinations … |
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How to distinguish a neoliberal
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Distinguishing neoliberals; by Augustine Zenakos, Unfollow Magazine . ‘Neoliberalism’ is an odd term. It is being assigned, not assumed. Nobody says “I’m a neoliberal”. And in case we characterize someone’s words or actions as ‘neoliberal’, we undoubtedly attach a demeaning … |
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It is forbidden to see this picture -by Aris Hatzistefanou
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According to the more recent decision of NCRTV 1 the Greek mass media are directed not to show images of poverty. Therefore, if we were in Greece, it would be better that Yiannis Kolesidi’s picture shown above from the food … |
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Amazon 'used neo-Nazi guards to keep immigrant workforce under control' in Germany
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Internet giant investigates abuse claims by foreign workers in its German warehouses Amazon is at the centre of a deepening scandal in Germany as the online shopping giant faced claims that it employed … |
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Press release by the workers of Vio.Me.
Workers of Vio.Me. (Industrial Minerals) open and faction the factory on their own!After many months of fight, with the support and solidarity of the movement, the Labor Union of Vio.Me. is in the position to announce the opening of … |
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Nihilism and the Left – by prof. Nicolas Sevastakis
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(Image by Cliffort Harper) In the article below, Nicolas Sevastakis, a political thinker, writer and professor at the Political Science Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, is analyzing terrorist activity in the form that it appears in Greece lately. Sevastakis … |
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Slavoj Žižek: The west's crisis is one of democracy as much as finance
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/west-crisis-democracy-finance-spirit-dictators?INTCMP=SRCH |
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World’s 100 richest earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty 4 times over
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A Reuters article on the recent report by Oxfam for 2012 concerning the status of wealth globally. Oxfam reports astonishing numbers in the increase of the gap between rich and poor as well as strongly pointing out the dangers of … |
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The debt crisis, Africa and the new enclosures – Silvia Federici
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That the debt crisis is a productive crisis for capital is nowhere as visible as in Africa. For the policies the debt crisis has generated have served to “rationalize” class relations, and to tackle the most vexed question of capitalist … |
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