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Ireland vote NO for us on 31 May
May 2012

Solidarity actions are organised across Europe asking the Irish to vote NO for all Europeans in their referendum on the austerity treaty.

Video: Trevor Evans: Why is Europe in crisis?
May 2012
Trevor Evans

The EU focus on fiscal deficit is completely mistaken. They are the result of the crisis, not the cause.

EU in crisis - another Europe is possible
May 2012
Alternative Regionalisms

A new Pan-European network to fight against the EU's austerity policies and support a fairer, greener, more democratic Europe has been launched in Brussels, following two days of discussion and debate at CEO's conference on the EU in Crisis.

The European crisis through the lens of financialisation
May 2012
Antonio Tricarico

The financial sector through the Euro crisis hopes to further extract wealth from public sectors, driven by its goal to commodify the whole economy and nature itself.

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.”

Greece: life at the epicentre of the earthquake
March 2012
Alex Nunns

Frontline report from Athens on the human consequences of the austerity measures, how they are being resisted and why solidarity is needed to stop EU-wide attacks on democracy and human rights.

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.

Critical Perspectives and Alternative Solutions to the Eurozone Crisis
December 2011
TNI

2011 witnessed the implementation of some of the most comprehensive undemocratic structural changes in the EU since the Lisbon Treaty. Alternative proposals for a progressive exit from the euro crisis are laid out here.

 

 

 

European Democracy Now!
November 2011
TNI

While banks and European leaders negotiate the next public bail out of private greed, and the financial speculation that caused the crisis continues unheeded, Europeans have shown that like many people around the world, from Tahrir to Syntagma Square and Wall Street, they are not going to take...

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.

 

 

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