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Parchment in the Fire: Will the Greek Referendum Bring the Troika Back to the Bargaining Table? (1/2)
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Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Tsipras goes for referendum on 5 July | Paul Mason | Paul Mason
Tsipras goes for referendum on 5 July | Paul Mason | Paul Mason. It may come down to: who has the biggest social power on the streets – the Greek left, including the KKE, Syriza, the unions etc. – or the right. Which is what Greek history has always tried
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Hopes for Greece bailout deal rise sharply as Athens gives ground | Business | The Guardian
Hopes for Greece bailout deal rise sharply as Athens gives ground | Business | The Guardian. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
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Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Greece has nothing to lose by saying no to creditors – FT.com
Greece has nothing to lose by saying no to creditors – FT.com. By Wolfgang Münchau So here we are. Alexis Tsipras has been told to take it or leave it. What should he do? The Greek prime minister does not face elections until January 2019. Any course of action
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: The Looming Austerity Package | Jacobin
The Looming Austerity Package | Jacobin. by Costas Lapavitsas Developments in the debt negotiations between Greece and the European institutions have come thick and fast in the last days: the submission of proposals by the Greek side, leaks of lenders’ supposed counter-proposals, their rejection by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, pre-agenda
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Greece – A Sad Story of the European Establishment – EU Politics Today – EIN News
Greece – A Sad Story of the European Establishment – EU Politics Today – EIN News. by Robert Savio ROME, Jun 9 2015 (IPS) – Only 50 years of Cold War (and the fact that German Chancellor Angela Merkel grew up in East Germany) can possibly explain the strange political
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Creating an Economy of Need in Greece
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Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Tsipras lambasts ‘absurd proposals’ of creditors for Greece debt-deal failure | Business | The Guardian
Tsipras lambasts ‘absurd proposals’ of creditors for Greece debt-deal failure | Business | The Guardian. Filed under: Crisis, Eurozone crisis, Greece Tagged: Austerity, EU, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza, Troika
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Why Greece’s Syriza party is not sticking to the script on an IMF deal | Paul Mason | Paul Mason
Why Greece’s Syriza party is not sticking to the script on an IMF deal | Paul Mason | Paul Mason. The leaked IMF document seen by Channel 4 News last weekend effectively signals a three-week endgame in the Greek debt stand-off. The IMF thinks there is “no possibility” that Greece
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: ekathimerini.com | Greece toying with ‘chaos’ has Eichengreen urging lesser evil
By Lenka Ponikelska Greece’s exit from the euro would unleash turmoil whose fallout will far exceed the cost of staying in the currency union, said U.S. economist Barry Eichengreen. Reintroducing the drachma would solve none of Greece’s problems and instead set the stage for “even more chaos and uncertainty,” Eichengreen,
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Would leaving euro be more of a catastrophe for Greece than staying? | Business | The Guardian
Would leaving euro be more of a catastrophe for Greece than staying? | Business | The Guardian. Larry Elliot Yanis Varoufakis rues the day when Greece joined the euro. The Greek finance minister says his country would be better off if it was still using the drachma. Deep down, he
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Greece: The Noose Tightens | Jacobin
Greece: The Noose Tightens | Jacobin. There are only three options remaining for the Syriza government. by Stathis Kouvelakis Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Events in Greece have taken a dramatic turn, and insolvency is at the gates. On April 20, the Greek government issued a decree forcing
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Greece: Phase Two | Jacobin
Very interesting interview with Syriza MP and SOAS Professor of Political Economy Costas Lapavitsas. Greece: Phase Two | Jacobin. Much — too much — has been written in a journalistic, superficial vein about Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and last month’s negotiations with the European Union. But now that the lines
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Contesting Capitalism in the Eurozone
In light of the new Syriza government’s difficult struggle against the German dominated institutions of the Eurozone, I’ve revisited a little known book published ten years ago by political scientist Richard Dunphy called Contesting Capitalism? Left Parties and European Integration (Manchester University Press, 2004). In the book, Dunphy charts out the
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Syriza’s Only Choice: A Radical Step Forward | The Bullet No. 1089
Syriza’s Only Choice: A Radical Step Forward | The Bullet No. 1089. 1. Introduction The transitional “bridge Agreement” of the 20th of February is a truce intended by the Greek government and welcomed by the other side (the European “institutions”). Within the truce period (the next four months), the
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: The rise of Europe’s new Left
The rise of Europe’s new Left. By Bryan Evans Filed under: Europe, Socialism Tagged: Austerity, Europe, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Podemos, Spain, Syriza
Continue readingPolitical Eh-conomy: Syriza buys four months of breathing room
Belatedly, here is an article I wrote on Greece’s agreement with the Eurozone for Ricochet. It focuses on the next four months with their opportunities and pitfalls. Given that the list of reforms authored by Yanis Varoufakis looks to get the approval of the Eurogroup member states, the article remains relevant, the breathing
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Varoufakis Keeps Greece in the Eurozone, by its Fingernails » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Varoufakis Keeps Greece in the Eurozone, by its Fingernails » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names. Mike Whitney It’s not easy to negotiate with a gun to your head. Nevertheless, that’s the situation Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis found himself in on Friday preceding a crucial meeting with the Eurogroup. According to one report, the
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