Police crackdown as striking miners march on Madrid/ roarmag.org
 |
by Jerome Roos on July 12, 2012 Dozens injured as riot police attack striking miners and their sympathizers in Madrid while Spanish government announces further austerity measures.The crisis of European capitalism took a major turn for the worse on …
|
Spanish coal miners: 'We need to keep on fighting' – The Guardian/video
|
Spanish miners are protesting in Madrid against government cuts that threaten their livelihoods. More than 8,000 have been on indefinite strike since the end of May. Jason Parkinson filmed violent clashes over the past month between miners and riot police … |
Statement about the mobilization outside the greek embassy (15/6/12)
|
On the elections on Sunday the 17’th Greece stands on the verge to profound political change. In solidarity with the Greek left wing, on 15th of June, several Danish and Greek activists tried to organize a manifestation in front of … |
Asturias miners' strike: Letter from a miner
|
A translation of a letter from a retired miner from Asturias, where miners have been on indefinite strike for weeks, explaining the dispute and giving its background. I’ve worked for twenty five years in the mines. I first went down … |
The Eurozone Debt Crisis – It’s Now ABOUT Germany NOT UP TO Germany! – Satyajit Das
|
It’s now about Germany, not about Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland or Portugal! Germany is financially vulnerable. Irrespective of the course of events, it faces crippling costs. Germany may have left it too late to excise the gangrenous body parts of … |
We Are Not Indignant, We Are Pissed Off To Our Balls
|
It took a while for the Quebec student revolt to reach the Anglophone press. The same appears to be true of the Spanish miners’ strike, which is only now appearing in the UK newspapers after more than two weeks of … |
Crisis Mirror are proud to present Active Member in Copenhagen June 2nd.-3rd.
|
Crisis Mirror invites you to a musical, theatrical and politicized break from the permanent state of emergency which, in this time of crisis haunts the continent. In sign of solidarity, we have invited the political hip hop group Active Member, … |
Greece: here come the vulture funds
Greece: here come the vulture funds19 Mayby Nick Dearden Financial ’investors’ have already made a killing on Greek debt, but this activity isn’t inevitable – such vultures can be challenged
Not everyone is unhappy about the desperate |
Who's who in Greek politics: the radicalization of the right – by Radiobubble.gr
|
In the past few days, there have been so many changes, transfers, counter-transfers and mergers on the Greek political scene that it has all become a little confusing, even for experienced observers of Greek politics. While this phenomenon can be … |
A Short History of Neoliberalism (And How We Can Fix It)
|
Where did neoliberalism come from? In the following paragraphs I offer a simple sketch of the historical trajectory that got us to where we are today. I demonstrate that neoliberal policy is directly responsible for declining economic growth and rapidly … |
