Update from Skouries

The last time I travelled to Ierissos was before the gold mines issue had arisen in its current form. Before this struggle began, one of the most powerful ongoing ones in Greece, against the massive intrusion into the old-growth forest …

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IMF demands mass layoff legislation in Greece

The greek government is being demanded to find ways to save a couple of billion euros next year and 1,7 billions in 2016, by the International Monetary Fund, as part of the bailout scheme the greek government is under.

IMF …

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Turkey blocks use of Twitter after prime minister attacks social media site

Kevin Rawlinson, theguardian.com, Friday 21 March 2014

Turkey restricted access to Twitter hours after its prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, threatened to “root out” the social media network where wiretapped recordings have been leaked, damaging the government’s reputation ahead of …

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25 Horrifying Images of the "Free" Market at Work

By Alternet

When economists talk about how a market “regulates itself,” what they mean is that markets reach an equilibrium between supply and demand.

This says nothing about whether or not this equilibrium will be a good thing for society. …

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"Bild-zeitung" seems to be launching a new cycle of propaganda against Greece

 

Recent headlines of the German tabloid press called “Bild-zeitung”, which apparently is Germany’s most widely sold daily paper, seems to be starting a new propagandistic campaign against the Greek people. According to Bild’s recent headline article entitled “the …

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Everyday communism and the “spirit of Christmas”

By Jerome Roos at ROAR magazine, on December 25, 2013

 

In these times of crisis, it is crucial to remember that the seeds of a better society already lie embedded in the contradictions of the current one.

In …

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German grand coalition to intensify austerity policies in Europe

An important political lesson must be drawn from the coalition agreement struck after two months of negotiations between Germany’s conservative parties (the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union) and the Social Democratic Party: It is impossible for working …

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