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The significance of Tsipras’ visit to Moscow
By Jacques Sapir Alexis Tsipras, the new Prime Minister of Greece will be in Moscow April 8. The following day, Greece must make a payment to the International Monetary Fund. The statements by Greece’s Minister of Finance does are unambiguous: Greece will honour its debts. [1] But on April 14, the Greek government must simultaneously … Continue reading
Spain, 1936; Greece, 2015
With a newly elected government opposing the troika’s brutal austericide policies, Greece finds itself alone – like Spain was in 1936, argues Pedro Luis Angosto* That history does not repeat itself does not prevent it from being cyclical; in other words whenever a period of progress occurs it provokes a reaction that tries to roll … Continue reading
3 Greek myths
By Vincente Navarro Dominant economic thinking, that is, neoliberalism, constantly uses lines of argument to create moods that make its proposals – always involving sacrifices by the masses – more tolerable and acceptable. These arguments are repeated in the mass media to the point they become the conventional wisdom. That is, the “platitudes” promoted by the … Continue reading
The Greek sun
By François Delapierre* Amid this icy return to work, those who aspire to a thaw in the European climate, something [French Socialist President] Hollande has not achieved, have their eyes turned towards Greece, and their thoughts on Spain. The Greek people vote first on 25 January and the Spanish have their general elections in September 2015, and before … Continue reading
When the FT supports Europe’s radical left
By Bernard Cassen Fingers in your ears and blindfold over your eyes: faced with the crisis, this is the policy of denial practised by the European Union (EU), especially with respect to the euro area. A policy is not judged by its intentions but by its results. And the results are catastrophic: the Eurozone is on … Continue reading
Yanis Varoufakis on the coming Greek elections and myths surrounding the country’s economic ‘recovery’
With a snap general election due January 25, a Greek economist close to SYRIZA dismantles some myths surrounding the Greek economy and believes victory for the left-wing opposition is increasingly likely After the announcement that on 25 January, Greece will return to the polls (due to the failed the third and decisive vote for the … Continue reading
Why has the EU’s political revolt been confined to Greece and Spain?
Paolo Gerbaudo Amid a worsening economic crisis, a look at the protest movements that are struggling against austerity could be described as a two-speed.Europe An expression abused by economists and political scientists talking about the different levels of economic productivity and political integration of European countries, it also captures well the distance between countries where … Continue reading
Still on air: how 20 Greek TV workers are keeping the flag flying for independent public broadcasting
French journalists Erwan Manac’h and Marie Chambrial find a group of colleagues in Greece weary but in determined spirits and experimenting with a new type of broadcasting, as they continue on air 24/7 despite the forced closure of the ERT state TV a year ago. They were thought to be history when the government axed the signal in … Continue reading
Syriza: We’ll reverse the Government-Troika job cuts
The Greek government this week passed measures slashing thousands of public sector jobs. Argiris Panagopoulos, correspondent of Il Manifesto newspaper interviewed Panos Lamprou, a leading member of the opposition Syriza party, on this latest round of Troika-inspired austerity, dubbed a ‘mini-memorandum’. Lamprou, a member of the Secretariat to SYRIZA’s Central Committee, also talks about alternative … Continue reading
Why Greece must unilaterally suspend repayment of its debt
‘In Greece, the ruling class and the government are destroying democracy,” says debt campaigner Eric Toussaint, who urges SYRIZA to stick to its radical agenda. Translation of an Interview in the Greek press. CADTM website
Tsipras: For a European debt Conference
By Alexis Tsipras IN THE RADICAL PRESS / MICROMEGA, IL MANIFESTO February 1953. The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) is crushed by the weight of public debt and threatens to drag other European countries into the vortex. Concerned about their own salvation, FRG’s creditors – including Greece – take note of a phenomenon that may … Continue reading
Syriza paid for its ambiguity
By Emiliano Brancaccio Syriza, the main party of the Left, lost the elections in Greece. The first real opportunity to launch a clear political message about the unsustainability of the European monetary union has thus been lost. Consequently, save surprises, the agony of the single currency is destined to endure, and with it the suffering of the peripheral … Continue reading
Greece’s Tsipras concedes election defeat
Radical left Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras concedes defeat in Greek election on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Tsipras vowed to continue opposition to bailout agreement terms as a ‘robust and responsible’ main opposition party. (Athens News)
The shock doctrine doesn’t work and Greece clearly shows it
IN THE RADICAL PRESS / IL MANIFESTO by Constantinos Dimoulas* The austerity measures imposed on Greece by the Troika are ravaging the economy, which is now in its fifth consecutive year of recession and has sufffered a reduction in gross domestic product exceeding 17%. Meanwhile, there is an unprecedented social catastrophe. The unemployment rate exceeds … Continue reading
The man who could decide the future of Europe
Who is Alexis Tsipras? What is Syriza? Can Greece find a way out of the crisis? A wide–ranging in-depth interview with the leader of the radical left party that could emerge as the largest force in the country’s June 17 elections. The interview was conducted days before the May 6 general elections in Greece.
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