Journalists on strike
08/04/2014
The Journalists Union of Athens (ESIEA) has called for a 24 hour strike for today, Tuesday April 8th, in protest of policies imposed in the name of austerity that are…
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As Merkel prepares to visit, many question timing of Greece’s return to debt markets
07/04/2014
Greece appears poised for an imminent return to sovereign debt markets marking the next chapter in the ‘success story’ narrative being pushed by the government. But critics accuse the administration…
Outstanding debts to the state increase by almost 1 billion euros in a single month
27/03/2014
The government’s policy of levying ever higher taxes and fines, together with the dire economy have made it impossible for ever greater numbers of citizens and businesses to meet their…
Why the Left in Britain and in the Eurozone must aim for a radical Pan-European Green New Deal
26/03/2014
European capitalism was always going to become unhinged once the post-war global system, known as Bretton Woods, had run out of steam. And so it did.
It’s not all teargas and riots: why ‘crisis pornography’ is hurting Greece
24/03/2014
“The image crisis is as worthy of attention as any problem the Greek’s are facing,” says Mehran Khalili, of the Omikron Project: a volunteer grassroots initiative to combat the negative…
Athens of 2014, meet Cairo of 1875, you have a lot in common
19/03/2014
A biography written 50 years ago about the poet Cavafy living 150 years ago in Egypt is not the first place one would look for insights into Greece’s current crisis.…
Understanding and confronting financialisation
10/03/2014
The growth of finance over the last forty years has changed capitalism profoundly. It is time for its critics to grasp the nature and significance of these changes. Only then…
The ‘r’ in Grecovery is for record unemployment: 28% is a new historical high
13/02/2014
Despite government confidence that Greece is turning the corner economically, the unemployment rate is continuing to rise. The ΄Grecovery΄ is now in the realm of the absurd: 3.5m workers are…
Real cost of basic goods is highest in Greece among European countries
10/02/2014
Out of all Europeans, Greeks on minimum wage spend the highest proportion of their income on groceries. Relative to monthly salaries the price of basic goods in Greece is about…