Greece did not fail on its own. It was made to fail. In summary, the banks wrecked the Greek government and deliberately pushed it into unsustainable debt so that oligarchs and international corporations … Continue reading Greece – What You Are Not Being Told by the Media

Italian company Hacking Team which made software and sold it to such countries as Egypt, Sudan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Lebanon, and Mongolia which helped those countries spy on, suppress and most … Continue reading Italian Hacking Team Company HACKED! They helped Governments repress (and kill?) people.

Germany struggled in the early years of their membership of the Eurozone with deficits well in excess of the Maastricht fiscal rules (maximum of 3 per cent of GDP), which I wrote … Continue reading Germany’s serial breaches of Eurozone rules | Bill Mitchell – billy blog

Piketty: When I hear the Germans say that they maintain a very moral stance about debt and strongly believe that debts must be repaid, then I think: what a huge joke! Germany … Continue reading Thomas Piketty: “Germany has never repaid its debt”

A crucial referendum will be held in Greece this coming Sunday, July 5. PP-GR ask its members to vote freely, dictated by their their conscience. Source: In A True Democracy Referenda Should … Continue reading In A True Democracy Referenda Should Be The Rule Not The Exception | PirateTimes

For their countries, realizing the dream of EU membership did not mean achieving liberal democracy, as advertised, but being thrown to the wolves of neoliberal capitalism. Local elites made a killing out … Continue reading A Laboratory Sitting on a Graveyard: Greece and the Neoliberal Debt Crisis – The Los Angeles Review of Books

Every single mainstream media has the following narrative for the economic crisis in Greece: the government spent too much money and went broke; the generous banks gave them money, but Greece still … Continue reading Greece – The one biggest lie you are being told by the media

Essentially, my job was to identify countries that had resources that our corporations want, and that could be things like oil—or it could be markets—it could be transportation systems. There’re so many … Continue reading An Economic Hit Man Speaks Out

It is evident that democracy and social justice have become incompatible with the European project; that the people of the European periphery are treated as scapegoats and called to pay the cost … Continue reading Our responsibility to vote ‘NO’ in the Greek referendum | ROAR Magazine

je suis #Greece pic.twitter.com/arRtbnxOqO — Fabio Pittau (@FbaPtt) July 1, 2015 Continue reading Je Suis

Even its own officials recognize that the IMF played a leading role in Greece’s economic collapse. It is time for the Fund to own up and pay its dues. Source: The IMF … Continue reading The IMF defaulted on Greece a long time ago | ROAR Magazine

While watching the super talented Kawehi do a cover of Muse’s Uprising (it starts at 4:42 in, she plays all the parts live, and loops them), I was reminded of how timely … Continue reading Muse – Uprising