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Latest Greece
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Did you think the debt crisis in Greece was over because it's not in the news anymore? It's still going on because there's more to be looted from that country
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Christopoulos: Europe’s solidarity crisis: a perspective from Greece
Refugees are not a cause but a symptom of a broader European political crisis
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Rasmus: Greek Debt Negotiations: Will the IMF Exit the Troika?
Expect an intensification of austerity for Greece between now and 2018
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Hudson: The Financial Invasion of Greece
MF's concern about Greek debt is bogus, this is full scale financial war, forcing Greece give up ports, pensions, properties and much more
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Savio: Greece, the Punching Ball of Germany
Greece is again in the media, because a new negotiation is due between the embattled country and its creditors
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Smith: ‘Everyone’s outraged’: angry Greeks foresee Grexit and drachma’s revival
Greece faces its toughest austerity measures yet, with €5.4bn of budget cuts backed by the leftist government of Alexis Tsipras
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Hunziker: The Ugly Truth Behind The Greek Bailout
Christine Lagarde, the Queen of Troika and the Head Honcho...
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Nichols: Greece: vulture creditors jostling for their next feed
It has taken only nine months for relations between the...
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Rasmus: The IMF and Troika Have Greece in Their Crosshairs — Again!
WikiLeaks reveals new austerity measures are planned for the southern European nation.
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Konstantakopoulos: Greece, Cyprus, Sanders and Dignity
Time and again in our history, we witness the abyss between the Greek people and its supposed leaders and “elites”
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Hunziker: Greece Loses its Soul
The streets of Greece recurrently experience rioting, which has now morphed into the Necktie Movement, as lawyers, notaries, insurers, and engineers join in street protests
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Assange: IMF Internal Meeting Predicts Greek ‘Disaster’, Threatens to Leave Troika
Today, 2nd April 2016, WikiLeaks publishes the records of a...
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Fauset: Greece, Austerity, Brexit: What might a Plan B for Europe look like?
This is a coup! Shouted the Twittersphere when Alex Tsipras...
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Horner: Greek dock workers feel betrayed by Syriza’s broken promises
Dock workers in Greece are striking against further privatisations as Syriza's popularity tumbles
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Domoney: The farmers come to Athens
A look at the moment Greek farmers entered Athens for a major protest against a new set of social security reforms
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Varoufakis: On Greece, Syriza, Podemos and the Democracy in Europe Movement
Is any European democrat happy with the situation in which all important decisions are taken in complete darkness and secrecy?
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Spourdalakis: Rekindling Hope: SYRIZA’s Challenges and Prospects
The necessity for renewed party building and organizational development is a prerequisite to reconnecting with the strategy that propelled SYRIZA into the government
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Syriza was elected a year ago today, only to retreat in the face of European pressure. Is there a way forward for the Greek left?
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Finding tragedy, hope, and answers on the frontlines of Europe’s refugee crisis in Lesvos
ZMag Greece
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Visram: Greek Austerity & African Patronage
The current situation in Greece resembles the debt peonage that many African countries have been subjected to for decades. They suffered the consequences of the so-called structural adjustment under the supervision of the international finance institutions and the result was economic and social devastation.
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Rasmus: The Greek Debt Interim Agreement
Greece and Syriza have not sold out. To declare such is premature at best and counterproductive politically at worst. Yes, Greece blinked at the February 28 deadline. If it hadn’t what would have been the consequences?
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Lawler: The Politics of Austerity and the Ikarian Dream
As a long-time fan of the leisurely aspect of European...
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Rasmus: The Greek Debt Crisis As Harbinger of Things to Come
The crisis in Greece is not a sovereign (government) debt...
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Bix: What the Past Teaches About U.S. Democracy
This article examines how American elites have expanded an empire...
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Panayotakis: Greece and the Global Capitalist Crisis
As the global capitalist crisis continues to unfold into 2010,...
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Petras: Greece: The Curse of Three Generations of Papandreous
In each of the three decisive moments of recent history,...
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Esther: Costas Gavras Talks About Z, 40 Years Later
A riveting action thriller about political assassination at the highest...
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Panayotakis: Making Sense of the Greek Uprising
On the evening of Saturday, December 6, 2008, a police...
Greece Audio/Video
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Varoufakis: Massive IMF Bailouts are “Ponzi Austerity” Scheme
Negotiations between Greece and international creditors hit an impasse over the bankers’ demands for extra austerity measures
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Varoufakis: How The Greek People’s Magnificent “No” Against Austerity Became “Yes”
This program that was agreed to in August was designed to fail
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Sanders: From Greece to Puerto Rico, the Financial Rules Are Rigged to Favor the 1%
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders recently convened a panel of economists in Washington to discuss the debt crisis in Greece and throughout the world
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Alternate views on recent developments in the fight against austerity waged by Syriza and the Greek people
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Lapavitsas: Exit as the Only Strategy for Greek People
In a speech in Athens, Costas Lapavitsas says the Syriza plan was to achieve radical change within the Eurozone - and that's impossible
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The humiliating offer presented by Eurozone finance ministers to the Greek government is designed to bring down Syriza
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Lapavitsas: Syriza MP: It’s Time to Take Over the Banks
Interview on what the Greek people are willing to say yes to
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Chomsky: Greece Faces “Savage Response” For Taking on Austerity “Class War”
Interview on Europe’s "savage response" to the pushback against austerity demands
Greece Blogs
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: Why? Why? Why? Wasim’s Tragedy is Our Tragedy
These past few months have been deeply affecting. For us...
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: Samos is Bleeding: Tourism, Migration and Survival
Samos is Bleeding: Tourism, Migration and Survival Sofiane...
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: Political Lessons From Greece; Summits, Refugees and Protest.
Political Lessons From Greece; Summits, Refugees and Protest. ...
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: A Contribution to the Alter Summit Athens June 2013
Alter Summit: Athens, June 2013 A Contribution on Thinking...
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: Greek Lessons from Below: Learning from the Refugees and Questions for the Left
Sofiane Ait Chalalet and Chris Jones June 2nd...
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: Listen to the Voices of Algerian Refugees in Central Athens
Listen to the voices of refugees in the centre of...