Greek debt, austerity and past military contracts
by Sara Flounders Since the 2008 capitalist downturn sparked the debt crisis, Greek working people have held huge demonstrations, general strikes and now have voted in the Syriza government to oppose...
View ArticleEU cannot give military responses to political problems
By Sabine Lösing Three key reports have moved through parliament’s security and defence subcommittee which represent an alarming approach to problems facing the European Union. First, there is the...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Supports Robin Hood Tax in Landslide Vote
Under pressure to address a massive deficit, legislators voted overwhelmingly this week in favor of a tax on financial speculation. This really happened, I swear. Robin Hood Tax supporters scored a...
View ArticleBulgarians Wear Their Pessimism as a Badge
Cross-posted from JohnFeffer.com. John is currently traveling in Eastern Europe and observing its transformations since 1989. Bulgarians are proud to be pessimistic. Many of the people that I recently...
View ArticleSerbia’s Strategic Ambiguity and the EU
Cross-posted from JohnFeffer.com. John is currently traveling in Eastern Europe and observing its transformations since 1989. Srdjan MajstorovicSerbia this week adopted new guidelines for its talks...
View ArticleThe Two Europes
Cross-posted from JohnFeffer.com. John is currently traveling in Eastern Europe and observing its transformations since 1989. The subtitle of Benjamin Disraeli’s novel Sybil, about Britain of the...
View ArticleThe Pedigree of the “Horsewich”
Conn Hallinan began a recent Focal Points post titled The Sunset of the “Celtic Tiger” Led to the Dawn of the “Horsewich”: “As the Great Horsemeat Crisis continues to spread—“gallops” is the verb...
View ArticleInside-outside Strategy on Wall Street Tax
Cross-Posted with The Huffington Post The International Monetary Fund is accustomed to rallies outside their Washington, D.C., headquarters during their annual meetings. What was different this past...
View ArticleThe European Union May Be on the Verge of Collapse
(Photo: Robdeman / Flickr) Europe won the Cold War. Not long after the Berlin Wall fell a quarter of a century ago, the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States squandered its peace dividend in an...
View ArticleWhy the World Is Becoming the Un-Sweden
(Image: Flickr / tiger_days) Imagine an alternative universe in which the two major Cold War superpowers evolved into the United Soviet Socialist States. The conjoined entity, linked perhaps by a new...
View ArticleWhy Won’t Greece Take a Deal?
(Image: Flickr / SpirosK photography) Greece is in dire straits. As a Greek American, it hurts to watch. Without emergency loans from its European partners, Greece will default on its debts and likely...
View ArticleBlood from a Stone
(Image: Flickr / Therese Trinko) Like many other proud Greek-Americans, I’ve visited the country of my ancestors many times over the years. I even lived in Athens for two years while working for the...
View ArticleGreek debt, austerity and past military contracts
by Sara Flounders Since the 2008 capitalist downturn sparked the debt crisis, Greek working people have held huge demonstrations, general strikes and now have voted in the Syriza government to oppose...
View ArticleEU cannot give military responses to political problems
By Sabine Lösing Three key reports have moved through parliament’s security and defence subcommittee which represent an alarming approach to problems facing the European Union. First, there is the...
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