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The 17 June Elections in Greece

Polarization and impasse: rise of the Left, Pyrrhic victory for the Right The right wing New Democracy won in the Greek elections on June 17 a pyrrhic victory, with a very narrow lead from the second party, the reformist SYRIZA: … Lisää …

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The coming elections of June 17 in Greece

As only less than two weeks separate us from the new critical parliamentary elections in Greece, on June 17, polarization, fears and hopes dominate the political climate. The clashing forces are mainly polarized on the question of who- and if- … Lisää …

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The Greek Elections of May 2012

The popular wrath against the barbaric austerity imposed on Greece by the EU, the European Central Bank and the IMF has exploded in the early parliamentary elections of May 6th leading into a crushing and humiliating defeat both the ruling … Lisää …

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Greece and the decline of Europe[1]

By Savas Michael-Matsas It is well established, following Edgar Allan Poe and his Purloined Letter, that the better place to hide a secret is the most exposed one. Today’s Greece undoubtedly is the most exposed place in the world to … Lisää …

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DIP holds its conference on international work

The Revolutionary Workers’ Party (DIP) held its conference on international work over the weekend of 18-19 February 2012 in Ankara. The conference was part of a series of conferences organised by all the sections and supporting organisations affiliated to the … Lisää …

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Pictures from the future of the European Union

The General Strike of October 19-20, 2011 in Greece While the EU leaders, particularly those of Germany and France, divided by their irreconcilable national antagonisms and paralyzed by terror in front of the bankruptcy not solely of Greece but of … Lisää …

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The Arab Spring:The Revolution at the doors of Europe

WORLD CRISIS AND REVOLUTION In February 2011, the US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was bluntly asked, during a speaking engagement, “whether the central bank was culpable for the revolution in Egypt” (Financial Times, March 26/March 27 2011). Bernanke, as … Lisää …

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Tunis, Cairo, Benghazi, Athens, Wisconsin

By Savas Michael-Matsas The rhythms of History have been dramatically accelerated in early 2011: in January the dictator Ben Ali was swept out by the Tunisian revolution that ignited the flames of revolution in Egypt and in the entire Arab … Lisää …

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The Arab Revolution Has Started!

Statement of the Initiative for the Revolutionary Workers’ Party (DIP) of Turkey on the Incidents in Tunisia: 1. The Revolutionary Workers’ Party (DIP) salutes with great respect and joy the heroic struggle of the Tunisian workers and unemployed, braving police … Lisää …

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New upsurge of the masses in Greece

Over one hundred angry workers were marching in the streets of Athens, on December 15, the day of the 24 hours General Strike called by the GSEE (General Confederation of Workers of Greece involving the private sector) and ADEDY (National … Lisää …

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