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Political earthquake in Greece | yalmpanis

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May 8, 2012 at 4:21 pm

Greece – The urgency of an independent women’s movement against debt and austerity measures

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http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article2468

Solidarity, Greetings, to all friends – International Women’s Day 2012

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Mar 8, 2012 at 12:29 pm

Greek Auditing Commission of the Public Debt – No to the 50% haircut, no to the new Occupation. Cessation of payments and debt audit!

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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 »

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Nov 4, 2011 at 7:53 am

The Billion Dollar Anglo Irish Bond – Cedar Lounge Revolution – and the Greece Referendum

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Declaration from the Athens Conference on Debt and Austerity

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Afri – Action from Ireland –  is one of the groups that has signed the declaration below –

http://www.afri.ie/

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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.

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Jun 17, 2011 at 10:56 pm