Archive for the ‘Greece’ Category
Syriza Member of Greek Parliament to Speak in Dublin on Thursday May 24 in Wynn’s Hotel, Abbey Street, 8pm – Supporting Campaign for a No Vote on the Austerity Treaty in the May 31 referendum
The Irish Government’s Finance Minister Michael Noonan explains the crisis in Greece by guessing how much feta cheese Irish people buy each week.
Let Them Eat Greek Cheese
Defending these comments he said :
I’m trying to stop contagion. It’s one of my jobs as finance minister to protect the Irish economy.
According to a well-researched article on politico.ie, Deputy Noonan has got that wrong too :
http://www.politico.ie/social-issues/8569-michael-noonan-there-he-goes-again.html
If you are in Dublin on May 24, come to the meeting addressed by the Syriza MP – we will publish more details as they become available.
International Viewpoint has published three contrasting articles called “What next for Greece?”
Austerity will send Greece to hell, warns Syriza Leader Alexis Tsipras
Austerity will send Greece to hell, warns Alexis Tsipras
A Guardian Article we recommend :
Emboldened by yet another poll showing his party’s wide appeal, the leftwing Syriza leader, Alexis Tsipras, said the international accord that Greece had signed up to in return for rescue loans was catastrophic for the country. Instead of a rescue, the debt-stricken nation has been thrown into its worst recession since the second world war.
“With this policy [bailout agreement] we are going directly to hell,” he told CNN. “To save Europe we need to change direction,” insisted the politician who has pledged to “tear up” the €130bn (£104bn) “memorandum of understanding” that Athens reached with the EU and IMF earlier this year.
The latest Opinion Poll Figures from Greece :
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_14/05/2012_441959 Read the rest of this entry »
SYRIZA Lays out Five Points of Greek Coalition Talks – Austerity in Smithereens All Over Europe
http://socialistresistance.org/3487/syriza-lays-out-five-points-of-greek-coalition-talks
Austerity in Smithereens All Over Europe.
See also this very good survey by Éric Toussaint :
http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article2604
Seismic election results
Syriza, the radical left-wing coalition comes first in all major cities and among people aged 18-35. Its campaign advocated suspending debt payment and cancelling austerity measures.
1. Results
At the May 6 polls, the radical left-wing coalition Syriza becomes the second “party” in numbers of voters as it moves from 4.5% at the previous elections (2009) to 16.8% (52 MPs instead of 13). It is the first party in the major agglomerations and among people aged 18-35.
The Socialist Party (PASOK) lost 2/3 of the votes it had received in 2009 (from 44% to 13.2%, a loss of 119 MPs, from 160 to 41!). PASOK pays ‘cash on the nail’ their rigorous austerity programme and subjection to the ‘Troika’ and big private business interests. Read the rest of this entry »
Political earthquake in Greece | yalmpanis
http://yalmpanis.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/political-earthquake-in-greece/
Well written survey
Greece – The urgency of an independent women’s movement against debt and austerity measures
http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article2468
Solidarity, Greetings, to all friends – International Women’s Day 2012
Greek Auditing Commission of the Public Debt – No to the 50% haircut, no to the new Occupation. Cessation of payments and debt audit!
Greek Auditing Commission of the Public Debt
No to the 50% haircut, no to the new Occupation. Cessation of payments and debt audi
Éric Toussaint has circulated this useful summary of the crisis in Greece and the Eurozone.
In the early hours of the 27th October, the Eurozone leaders reached a decision marking the tightening of the public debt¢s grip over the Greek people. The proposed haircut of the public debt held by the private sector will not resolve Greece¢s debt problem, whilst instead it brings new burdens. The reasons are plenty: Read the rest of this entry »
The Billion Dollar Anglo Irish Bond – Cedar Lounge Revolution – and the Greece Referendum
http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/the-billion-dollar-anglo-bond/
and a cartoon which says it all :
More, from the NAMA Winelake :
Dave Allen has the last word :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5y_gE1Rb1Y
Declaration from the Athens Conference on Debt and Austerity
Afri – Action from Ireland – is one of the groups that has signed the declaration below –
Source :
http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article2173
The attempt to make working people and the poor bear the costs of the crisis, while the very rich escape, will be opposed by those in the firing line. The people of Greece, Ireland and Portugal, but also Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe, challenge the austerity policies of the EU and the IMF, oppose international financial power, and reject the slavery of debt. We call on people across the world to show solidarity with movements in these countries struggling against debt and the pernicious policies it brings in its wake.
Tomás Ó Flatharta 