Greece
US now encouraging the division of Ukraine along religious lines
US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback has visited Ukraine. On Sept. 11 he was received by President Poroshenko. The ambassador seized the opportunity to offer assurances that Washington would continue to support the idea of an independent Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), despite the fact that that institution is currently under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Moscow.
#MorningMonarchy: September 10, 2018
Confidential business, elite apocalypse and criminal complaints + this day in history w/the Lattimer massacre and our song of the day by Live on your Morning Monarchy for September 10, 2018.
Eight Years After EU-IMF Bailout, Greece Sees Poverty, Suffering, and Want
ATHENS – It is a tale of two realities. Later this week, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will give his annual speech to the nation – Greece’s equivalent of the State of the Union address — at the 83rd Thessaloniki Trade Fair.
Politicians And Media Say The Greek Financial Crisis Is Over, But It’s Too Late. Greece Already Is Dead
350,000 Greeks, mainly the young and professionals, have fled Greece, and the decreased birth rate cannot sustain the population. Greece's economy has contracted 25% due to austerity. Under a controlled government and a controlled media, the people have no idea what happened to them and, therefore, cannot act in their own interest. [...]
The Working Class Strikes Back
Reading the daily headlines, it’s easy to forget that the corollary of a civilization in precipitous decline is a world of creative ferment, a new world struggling to be born. If you could have a God’s-eye view of all the creative resistance rending the fabric of political oppression from the U.S. to Indonesia to Colombia, you would surely be persuaded that all hope is not lost.