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By Ellen Brown | 13 Mar 2015

The ECB’s Noose Around Greece : How Central Banks harness Governments

Remember when the infamous Goldman Sachs delivered a thinly-veiled threat to the Greek Parliament in December, warning them to elect a pro-austerity prime minister or risk having central bank liquidity cut off to their banks? (See January 6th post here.) It seems the European Central Bank (headed by Mario Draghi, former managing director of Goldman Sachs International) has now made good on the threat.

13 Mar 2015

ETUC declaration: Greece after the election – an opportunity for Europe

The political change in Greece is an opportunity, not only for that crisis-ridden country but also for a fundamental reassessment and revision of EU economic and social policies focusing on failed austerity and structural reforms of the labour market.

13 Mar 2015

ETUC declaration: Greece after the election – an opportunity for Europe

The political change in Greece is an opportunity, not only for that crisis-ridden country but also for a fundamental reassessment and revision of EU economic and social policies focusing on failed austerity and structural reforms of the labour market.

By Yiannis Bournous | 10 Mar 2015

The return of politics to Greece and Europe

Learn to swim, mateThat the tide will liftThat freedom is happening here(Sergio Godinho, Mare Alta) Long period of clashes ahead The Eurogroup agreement does not bring the negotiation into conclusion. It does not even postpone the clash. In contrast, it opens a new, long period full of hard clashes both inside and outside our country;

By Hickel Jason | 10 Mar 2015

The death of international development

The European Union decided to focus on the development in 2015 with the event "2015 European Year of Development". It's a good opportunity to deal with the European Union's external action and its failures. As Jason Hickel wrote in this ‘Development’ has failed to deliver. The reason is that organisations have failed to address the structural drivers of poverty.

5 Mar 2015

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By Alexis Cukier | 3 Mar 2015

Nicos Poulantzas, a Marxism for the 21st century

An international conference gathered philosophers, historians, sociologists and geographers around the question of the actuality of Nicos Poulantzas thought.

2 Mar 2015

Civil society’s response to the political change in Greece

With the SYRIZA government in Greece Europe, the Left in Europe as well as progressive social movements and trade unions are entering in a new phase with new opportunities and challenges. transform! europe invited on 23 and 24 February to a seminar in order to deepen the discussion on how to cope with the new situation.

By Walter Baier | 2 Mar 2015

The Far Right in Europe

In last year’s European elections of which in three countries (Great Britain, Denmark and France) radical right-wing nationalist parties became the strongest forces.

2 Mar 2015

IMF should not play politics with European recovery

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has strongly criticised the negative attitude the International Monetary Fund has taken towards the agreement reached on 24 February between Eurozone finance ministers and the Greek government for a four-month extension of the current European crisis loan to Greece.

By James K. Galbraith | 1 Mar 2015

Reading The Greek Deal Correctly

On 20 February, as news of the Brussels deal came through, Germany claimed victory and it is no surprise that most of the working press bought the claim. They have high authorities to quote and to rely on. Thus from London The Independent reported: “several analysts agreed that the results of the talks amounted to a humiliating defeat for Greece.”

26 Feb 2015

Bridging agreement at the Eurogroup: a first step to put an end to austerity

The list of reforms of the SYRIZA government has been accepted on 24 February by the Eurogroup. The fight for democracy and against austerity in Europe is far from being finished, but this bridging agreement is a very important first step.

By Elena Papadopoulou | 25 Feb 2015

10 Points on the Eurogroup Decision

1. The Eurogroup of the 20th of February was the end of the first (short) round of negotiations between the new Greek government and its European partners.

11 Feb 2015

Urgent motion to the Spanish National Congress

This morning, in order to support the efforts of the Greek government and understanding that the debt problem concerns the whole of Europe, Izquierda Unida and Iniciativa Por Cataluña submitted to the National Congress an urgent motion stipulating:

10 Feb 2015

Action days of solidarity with Greece

On 11 February action days of solidarity are starting in Greece and all over Europe.

By Marco Siddi | 10 Feb 2015

The European Left needs to understand left-wing self-determination movements

transform! hereby publishes a contribution to a necessary discussion.

8 Feb 2015

The Greek people needs our solidarity!

The pressure on Greece on the part of the European Central Bank, the Euro-group and some EU government has tremendously increased. Counter pressure is necessary. transform! europe has therefore agreed to issue the following call:

By Gerassimos Moschonas | 7 Feb 2015

Syriza’s tremendous path to power*

No European country has been plunged so deep into crisis as Greece, which has experienced a situation analogous to that of the 1930s.

By Haris Triandafilidou | 5 Feb 2015

The Greek election and the day after

The first projections had already revealed that the election on 25 January would lead to a fundamental change of political direction. This turned out to be true even though the goal of achieving an absolute majority was just missed out on. Instead of the required number of 151 Parliamentarians; SYRIZA now has 149 out of 300 deputies in the Greek Parliament (Vouli).

4 Feb 2015

Scholars Appeal for Greece

We the undersigned call on the governments of Europe, the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF to respect the decision of the Greek people to choose a new course and to engage the new government of Greece in good faith negotiations to resolve the Greek debt.

3 Feb 2015

Hope over Cynism

The team of the Austrian solidarity and information initiative “Griechenland entscheidet” (Greece Decides) gives its opinion on the election results and Greece’s new government.

3 Feb 2015

Greece – not a threat but an opportunity for Europe

The list of first signatories includes seven out of nine German TU presidents, all members of the executive boards of DGB and IG Metall, plus some (primarily social-democratic) politicians at German Bundestag and European Parliament levels, including two vice-chairmen of SPD, as well as numerous academics.

3 Feb 2015

Civil society groups denounce “regulatory cooperation” in TTIP negotiations

Regulatory cooperation is the ultimate tool to prevent or weaken future public interest standards. Civil society organisations denounce it as a danger to democracy and an attempt to put the interests of big business before the protection of citizens, workers and the environment.

2 Feb 2015

Studying Social Movements against EU Austerity

Please find below a Call for Papers for a workshop on ‘Studying Social Movements against EU Austerity’, 7-8 May 2015 at Roskilde University, Denmark.

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