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…
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Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Edward Keenan weighs in on the role a basic income could play in a job market marked by increasingly precarious work: I am…
Greece’s rich: insulated against an EU exit | World news | The Guardian
Greece’s rich: insulated against an EU exit | World news | The Guardian. Filed under: Greece Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Grexit
Europe ready to kill Greece to keep TINA alive
My latest piece on Greece was published yesterday at Ricochet. In short, Europe and the IMF’s message that ‘there still is no alternative’ proves that objective of punitive austerity is…
Europe ready to kill Greece to keep TINA alive
My latest piece on Greece was published yesterday at Ricochet. In short, Europe and the IMF’s message that ‘there still is no alternative’ proves that objective of punitive austerity is…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sheila Block points out the problems with the spread of low-paying, precarious jobs. And PressProgress fact-checks the CFIB’s attempt to make as many…
UK: 250,000 march to “End Austerity Now”…the Tories respond with more cuts
UK: 250,000 march to “End Austerity Now”…the Tories respond with more cuts. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, UK
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mark Anderson reports on the Change Readiness Index’ findings that the growing concentration and inequality of wealth is making it more and…
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
Anti-austerity protests: tens of thousands rally across UK | World news | The Guardian
Anti-austerity protests: tens of thousands rally across UK | World news | The Guardian. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, UK
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Roderick Benns reports on Ryan Meili’s argument for a basic income: Dr. Ryan Meili was in Kingston, Ontario, recently to talk to more…
Repeat after me: Alberta isn’t Greece
Last week it was Andrew Coyne; this week it’s Jack Mintz. Seems all the National Post’s favourite conservative commentators have suddenly decided to offer their Very Serious Advice™ to Alberta’s…
‘Making us poorer won’t save Greece’: how pension crisis is hurting its people | World news | The Guardian
‘Making us poorer won’t save Greece’: how pension crisis is hurting its people | World news | The Guardian. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, pensions
Drip Feeding Greece Will End in Default
Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
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.…
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…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Scott Santens rightly notes that even if every single person without a job was willing to accept absolutely anything, we have no reason…
Academics attack George Osborne budget surplus proposal | Business | The Guardian
Academics attack George Osborne budget surplus proposal | Business | The Guardian. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, Britain, Conservative Party
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Michael Hiltzig examines the evidence showing that austerity serves as a major obstacle to economic growth. And Ian Hussey argues that Alberta…
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…