Alexis Tsipras’ leftist party comfortably wins Greece election again

Published on The Financial Express, Sept 21, 2015.

… With 54 per cent of the vote counted, Syriza stood at 35.5 per cent, with the conservative New Democracy at 28 per cent while the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn was coming in third with 7.1 per cent, followed closely by the once-mighty socialist PASOK party with 6.4 per cent (what can people do else than stay on or despair – Heidi).

Abstention was high, at nearly 45 per cent in an election-weary country with a traditionally high voter turnout. Continuer la lecture de « Alexis Tsipras’ leftist party comfortably wins Greece election again »

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The Case of Greece

Published on ZNet, by Nikos Raptis, Sept 19, 2015.

The problem:

More than seventy years ago the US elites, as leaders of the West, decided that there should never be a leftist government in any European country. Especially in countries like Greece with its geopolitical importance. Also, if successful, a leftist government in a ‘poor’ country like Greece could be a deleterious example for the other countries of Europe.   Continuer la lecture de « The Case of Greece »

a normal day's different concerns

Wolf Richter: Bankers Threaten Fed with Layoffs if it Doesn’t Raise Rates, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Sept 18, 2015;

The Star Trek Fallacy: Romanticizing Imperialism, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Sept 18, 2015 (yes, we know this but nevertheless enjoy the actors);

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U.S. Warning: All U.S. Citizens Still In Libya Must Leave Straight Away, Episode 768b, 21.01 min, Sept 17, 2015;
Current Economic Collapse, News Brief, Episode 764, 18.02 min, Sept 13, 2015; Continuer la lecture de « a normal day's different concerns »