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The right to leisure: Roosevelt’s example and the Greek counterexample
05/03/2014
Wouldn’t it be nice? What about 2 months paid holidays in summer? What about establishing Friday as a day-off without reducing your salary? During the Great Depression President Roosevelt showed…
Watch the trailer for a new documentary about SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras
05/03/2014
΄Hope on the Line΄ seeks to document the meteoric rise of SYRIZA (the Coalition of the Radical Left) and its leader Alexis Tsipras, from a political party with marginal support…
Press Review March 5: "Russian Roulette"
05/03/2014
Concern for Greek exports as Putin and Obama face off over Crimea; a former 17N leader releases a tell-all book about his days as a terrorist; a TV journalist launches…
What is a disaster for average Greeks, is a golden opportunity for the rich
04/03/2014
Two recent articles – one in the Financial Times and one in the Guardian – present very different views of the same story: the collapse of the Greek property market.
‘A story too hot for the history books’: a new film tells the story of Ludlow Massacre and the Greek who shaped the US labour movement
04/03/2014
April 20th 2014 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre, an event that marked a turning point in US labour relations when members of the Colorado National Guard…
Press Review March 4
04/03/2014
A cold war climate returns to Ukraine as Russia takes control of Crimea; milk and pharmaceuticals block an agreement between troika and the government; investors are bullish on the Athens…
Six charged in plot to murder investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis – two are alleged to be former secret agents
28/02/2014
In what sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller, six people including alleged agents of the Greek secret services, have been charged with conspiracy to murder Kostas Vaxevanis, the…
US State Department: unprovoked racist attacks are among the most serious human rights abuses in Greece
28/02/2014
The US State department has released its annual report into human rights practices for the year 2013. The report makes clear that by far the main victims of human rights…