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“We Are All Greeks” – Protests of solidarity all around the world!

We Are All Greeks - Protests of solidarity all around the world!

Solidarity protests for Greece are organized in many European countries for this Saturday! People will protest against economic crisis and its effects on the Greek society. As noted in an online call to the international audience, the austerity measures that the ...

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The Shock Doctrine – Documentary (A Must See…)

The Shock Doctrine - Documentary (A Must See...)

An important documentary based on Naomi Klein’s 2007 book, The Shock Doctrine. A study of disaster capitalism, based on Naomi Klein’s proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on disasters, war and terror in order to establish its dominance. Today Greek society seems ...

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DEBTOCRACY – a documentary produced by the audience

DEBTOCRACY - a documentary produced by the audience

“Debtocracy” is a documentary that seeks the causes of the Greek crisis and proposes solutions, hidden by the government and the dominant media. Watch it below with English subtitles: [youtube 1_yTriIJa9I] Debtocracy website: http://www.debtocracy.gr/indexen.html

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TEENAGE RIOT: ATHENS – Documentary Video!

TEENAGE RIOT: ATHENS - Documentary Video!

An extremely interesting documentary from VICE network about the recent riots last month in Athens: On the eve of the biggest Greek strike since the right-wing junta was overthrown almost three decades ago, VICE travels to Athens to meet up with the people ...

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“I, too, am Greek ! Solidarity with the Greek people !”

I, too, am Greek ! Solidarity with the Greek people !

Thousands of ordinary European citizens have joined their voices to the "Movement of Nantes." demanding double nationality! People all across Europe who want to express their support to Greece during this difficult period of crisis, started the "Movement of Nantes" and ...

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CATASTROIKA: Privatization goes public (Video – A must see…)

CATASTROIKA: Privatization goes public (Video - A must see...)

On April 26, 2012 at 20:00 let’s turn off the TV and turn to an alternative source of information. The creators of Debtocracy, a documentary viewed by millions of people around the world, present their new production, entitled CATASTROIKA. They analyze the ...

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17th November Celebration in Greece

17th November Celebration in Greece

Every year, on the 17th of November, Greeks but especially Greek students memorialize the students’ revolt against the colonels’ junta. Students prepare school celebrations, and a big march starts at the Athens Technical University and ends in the American Embassy, ...

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18Jul/12

Picture of the day!!!

 

TROIKA isn't going to renegotiate Memorandum before its implementation!

source: http://twitpic.com/a884zm

3May/12

Papademos paid 511 euros for taxes on an income of 2.2 million euros!

According to the article on the Sunday edition of "To Paron” newspaper, our beloved PM paid the extortionate amount of 511 Euros for taxes to the Greek state, while his income was over 2.2 million euros!

During his term as vice president of the European Central Bank Mr.Papademos received non-taxable income of  250,000 to 311,000 Euros per year...

In addition, he received about 1,400 Euros per month as a professor at the University of Athens (also non-taxable).

The only taxable income of the Greek PM was 24,024.38 Euros, for which he paid the corresponding tax of 511 Euros..!

But the brave man, from the first moment of assuming the position of Prime Minister gave up all monetary compensation!

25Apr/12

 Nigel Farage: euro break-up, just a question of how… (Video)

Nigel Farage: "These are big changes - the euro is doomed. And your policy sir, even if Greece accepts the austerity you're putting upon them, even if for the next eight years they obey all of this, they'll be still in 2020 have a debt GDP ratio of a 120 percent; which makes one ask "What is the point?"

The answer: "Laughing"

Watch the video below:

 

13Apr/12

Joseph Stiglitz: “Wage cuts and austerity can not bring economic growth!”

Nobel laureate economist  and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz criticized sharply the European leaders on the management of the economic crisis.

In his interview for the German newspaper «Sueddeutsche Zeitung» the American economist warns against the austerity policy implemented in many European countries:

"Democracies can withstand cuts without seeing light at the end of the tunnel, but there is always a red line...  nowhere in the world can we find an example where salary, pension and social expenditure cuts resulted in the growth of a weak country!"