Have the people of Greece been singled out for particularly harsh punishment by its international creditors for daring to elect Syriza? Are they being used as a warning to other countries not to emulate Greece? The economic argument for demanding more cuts and austerity no longer makes any sense.
By MICHAEL HUDSON | CounterPunch | June 29, 2015 Back in January upon coming into office, Syriza probably could not have won a referendum on whether to pay or not to pay. It didn’t have a full parliamentary majority, and had to rely on a nationalist party for Tsipras to become prime minister. (That party […]
Greece has a unique opportunity to exit the Eurozone gracefully, head high, telling the troika, especially the fratricidal Brussels gang, that honoring the election commitment to the Greek people is a priority – no more austerity, no more pension cuts, no more privatization of public services and public assets, no more closing of hospitals – for these honorable reasons Greece will exit the Eurozone – not surrender, never surrender. This is not surrender; this is a wise move that will lead Greece into a new and prosperous future.
How the ‘Hard Left’ embraces the policies of the Hard Right
Greece has been in the headlines of the world’s financial press for the past five months, as a newly elected leftist party, ‘Syriza’, which ostensibly opposes so-called ‘austerity measures’, faces off against the “Troika” (International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and European Central Bank).
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-06-25%20Financial%20Survival.mp3"][/audio]As the Greek drama continues to play out in the Eurozone, James and Alfred ponder the question: What are we being distracted from? From the Iranian nuclear talk breakdown to the rise of NATO in Europe and Russian questions about the moon landings, join us this week for an exploration about some of the stories that are slipping under the radar.
the Greek “sovereign debt crisis” is being used to create a precedent that will apply to every EU member government. The member states will cease to exist as sovereign states. Sovereignty will rest in the EU. The measures that Germany and France are supporting will in the end terminate their own sovereignty, very little of which actually remains as they do not have their own currency and their foreign policy is subservient to Washington.
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-06-24%20Finance%20Liberty.mp3"][/audio]Today James joins Elijah Johnson of Finance and Liberty to discuss the latest court case confirming that the Federal Reserve can do anything it wants, the possibility of Greece aligning with Russia during the ongoing Eurozone crisis, the continuation of the long-term plan for global governance, and the Texas state gold bullion depository.
Greece's former representative to the IMF, Panagiotis Roumeliotis, in front of the special parliamentary committee on the Greek debt, said that several Greek journalists were "trained" in Washington D.C. in order to support the positions of the IMF and the European Commission in Greek media.
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