Greek Myths
Newleftproject.org by Duncan Weldon this article is from issue 45 of the journal Soundings written in May 2010. The stories that we tell about the economy are part of the political battle. […]
Tag Archives: Europe
Europe or The End of Politics
by Costas Douzinas* How different does Europe look today from ten years ago. In 2000, influential commentators hailed the dawn of the ‘new European century’ to replace the atrocious ‘American’ […]
The time to organise resistance is now
We reject these cuts as simply malicious ideological vandalism, hitting the most vulnerable the hardest. Join us in the fight Tony Benn guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 4 August 2010 15.32 BST […]
Greece: The EU-ECB-IMF austerity package and the challenge for the Left
by Panagiotis Sotiris* Introduction During the past months Greece has been the most dramatic example of the current sovereign debt crisis and the first to be forced to introduce an […]
Debate on the Greek Insurrection
Legitimation Crisis and the Greek Explosion PETER BRATSIS Abstract The political ‘explosion’ that took place in Greece was a symptom of a systemic and deep-rooted legitimation crisis of the Greek […]
The Greek Laboratory: Shock Doctrine and Popular Resistance
by Stathis Kouvelakis* “There is a shadow of something colossal and menacing that even now is beginning to fall across the land. Call it the shadow of an oligarchy, if […]
The Meaning of the Greek Crisis
by Pascal Franchet Many things have been said about the Greek crisis in recent weeks, most of them obnoxious and confusing [2]. These histories result in an argument that is aimed […]
Greek people resist attacks
Sunday, June 6, 2010 By Afrodity Giannakis, Athens General strike, March. In early March, after a three-month media bombardment about the country’s economic crisis, the Greek government — backed by conservative […]
Europe: Final Crisis – Some Theses
by Etienne Balibar* 1. This is only the beginning of the crisis Within one single month, we have witnessed Prime Minister Papandreou of Greece announcing his country’s default, an expansive […]
Greeks must fight the neoliberal EU
By Costas Douzinas The Guardian, « Comment is free », Thursday 4 February 2010 Paul Bremer, the first post-war American viceroy, imposed on ravaged Iraq economic policies which the Economist […]
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