In Greece today, government power comes with few trappings. Unable to tap capital markets and dependent wholly on international aid, the debt-stricken country’s senior officials are acrobats in a tightrope act. They are placating creditors, whose demands at times seem insatiable, and citizens, whose shock is never far away.
Economist Michael Hudson says IMF's concern about Greek debt is bogus, this is full scale financial war, forcing Greece give up ports, pensions, properties...
You can watch the press conference held in Athens by president Putin and PM Tsipras from the 27th minute of the video and on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMk0SfSJ-k
Alain Badiou, a well known French leftist philosopher gave an interview on propaganda.gr on 9.05.2016 where amongst else said about Tsipras:
“It's almost a tragic...
by Costas Lapavitsas and Daniel Munevar
The latest flare up regarding Greece has followed publication by Wikileaks of illegally taped discussions among IMF officials. To...
In July 2015, the SYRIZA leadership signed the Third Memorandum with Creditors. By doing it, it violated the legally bounding verdict of the referendum...