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The choice for Greece: a post-modern coup or a new kind of society?
March 2012
Alex Nunns

"Every few months there is an event that is more than a demonstration but less than a revolt. And every time it gets bigger.”

Breaking with fear in Greece
February 2012
Yiorgos Vassalos

The real news in Greece is not about riots, but of a growing number of people who have broken away from fear and decided to fight back against the austerity imposed by the 'Troika' of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF.

For its own sake, Greece needs to declare default
February 2012
Costas Lapavitsas

The ruthless austerity programmes imposed on Greece and the endless cycle of debt renegotiations will only come to a close when Athens takes charge of its predicament and announces a democratic and sovereign cessation of payments.

Will the Mercozy deal save Greece and the Euro?
November 2011
Susan George
Fiona Dove
 Yiorgos Vassalos, Dominique Plihon, Kenneth Haar

In a podcast debate, four activist researchers debate why the European Union is wedlocked to economic policies that will only worsen the crisis and further undermine democratic control of public budget.

 

 

The EU Crisis Pocket Guide
October 2011
TNI

A useful pocket guide on how a crisis made in Wall Street was made worse by EU policies, how it has enriched the 1% to the detriment of the 99%, and outlining some possible solutions that prioritise people and the environment above corporate profits.

Greece: Same tragedy, different scripts
July 2010
Walden Bello

If ever there was a crisis created by global finance, it is Greece. Yet the same financial institutions have hijacked the narrative of the crisis to get yet more public bailouts.

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