This article is cross-posted on Naked Capitalism See the guy in the photo there, dangling an ax from his left hand? That’s Greece’s new “Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks” Makis Voridis captured back in the 1980s, when he led a fascist student group called “Student Alternative” at the University... » read this article

Only a few days ago we re-published the article, "Papandreou Is Right to Let the Greeks Decide" That was Sven Böll's opinion, writing for Der Spiegel. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou threw a monkey wrench into the gears of the EU machine this week and in just 3 days Merkel... » read this article

Yiannis manages a small inn in Crete. The 50-year-old from Heraklion with salt-and-pepper hair and a hefty moustache has a son just graduating from college. “We tell the young people to leave,” he says quietly. “There’s nothing for them here.” Protests and strikes are sweeping the nation, but Yiannis doesn’t... » read this article

There is much angst among people of conscience over the fate of Freedom Flotilla II, but by effectively scuttling it, Israel is really just hammering more nails in its own coffin. The efforts by Israel to prevent Freedom Flotilla II from leaving Greece have been largely successful. Of the original... » read this article

  “George Papandreou is not bought, he is rented. He sells public enterprises to the multinationals. He reduces wages, pensions and employment at the behest of the IMF. He turns over the public treasury to the European banks. He supports NATO’s war against Libya. He directs the Greek Coast Guard... » read this article

I have never been more desperate to explain and more hopeful for your understanding of any single fact than this: The protests in Greece concern all of you directly. What is going on in Athens at the moment is resistance against an invasion; an invasion as brutal as that against... » read this article

June 29, 2011. Athens War Zone in Syntagma Square: It's make or brake today in Greece - as the government sits down to vote on tax hikes and spending cuts. It's viewed as the country's last chance to stave off default - something that could have ruinous consequences for the... » read this article

Greek unions have staged mass protests in the city of Thessaloniki against the government's austerity programme. The protests were largely peaceful but police used tear gas on a small group which broke away from the rally. But Prime Minister George Papandreou, who is attending a trade fair in the city,... » read this article

Two Articles Madrid subway shut down by mass strike by Alex Lantier 30 June 2010 Striking train drivers shut down the Madrid subway yesterday, ignoring minimum service rules imposed by the Madrid regional government. Traffic jams rapidly spread throughout the city. The subway network carries 2 million passengers daily; bus... » read this article

With Venezuela's economy having contracted last year (as did the vast majority of economies in the Western Hemisphere), the economy suffering from electricity shortages, and the value of domestic currency having recently fallen sharply in the parallel market, stories of Venezuela's economic ruin are again making headlines. The Washington Post,... » read this article

14 May 2010 In recent days, the US media—led by the standard bearer of American liberalism, the New York Times—has insisted that workers in the US, like their brethren in Greece, have been living the good life for far too long and must accept a drastic and permanent reduction in... » read this article

As the Greek government was announcing that the country would now be under the economic management of the IMF in early April, and the passage of new and harsher austerity measures, Greek newspapers and television were suddenly filled with the high-profile arrest of six alleged “domestic terrorists,” members of the... » read this article

10 May 2010 The Greek general strike and continuing mass protests against the European-IMF austerity package negotiated last week with Prime Minister George Papandreou, of the social-democratic PASOK party, are a sign of coming class struggles in Europe and around the world. There is bitter opposition among Greek workers to... » read this article

Editor's Note: It is fast becoming the opinion of many eurowatchers: Where Greece goes, there goes the rest of Europe. Arturo Rosales wrote for Axis of Logic this week: "The second wave of the global financial crisis is almost upon us. The stock markets were on the run last week... » read this article

6 May 2010 As many as three million workers took part in a general strike in Greece on Wednesday in opposition to the latest round of austerity measures announced last Sunday by the Greek government. Over 100,000 gathered in demonstrations in Athens, the Greek capital. Many services and businesses were... » read this article

23 April 2010 Tens of thousands of civil servants took part in a strike over austerity measures in Greece on Thursday. Government officials, hospital workers, teachers, university professors, dockworkers and customs and tax officials participated. Museums and archaeological sites were also closed. The strikes on Thursday coincided with the second... » read this article

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In each of the three decisive moments of recent history, Greece has been pulled backwards from a chance for social transformation, political independence and freedom from external tutelage by one and another of the Papandreou family. The three periods promising new vistas for the Greek popular movements include: The period... » read this article

20 March 2010 Greece is currently a focal point of the international economic and political crisis. It is where the European and international financial elite is testing its methods for imposing unprecedented attacks on the working class not only in Greece, but in every country. Workers and youth in Greece... » read this article

17 March 2010 As the Greek government begins implementing its austerity measures, the two major trade unions federations, the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the public sector confederation (ADEDY), are systematically demobilising opposition to the government’s assault on the jobs, employment conditions and living standards of working people.... » read this article