Blockupy movement blossoms in Frankfurt
Blockupy gathered disparate groups into a solid force, not only on the question of Greece but against the highway robbery tactics of the powerful private German banks.
Fascists at the gate in Greece
Golden Dawn - with its Holocaust denial, its swastikas, and Hitler salutes - makes it look like it inhabits the fringe, but it has roots that make it dangerous.
Greece: debt and memory of war
Memory is selective and therein lies an explanation for some of the deep animosity between Berlin and Athens in the current debt crisis.
Syriza’s Greece: whispers of battles past
The negotiations between Greece and the EU bring to mind Themistocles, a man who knew when to retreat and when to fight.
Syriza and the banks: a Greek tale for U.S. workers
The banks declarations have been painfully exposed as lies, as Greece's economy has shrunk nearly one-third since it began following austerity policies.
Greece’s Tsipras declares end to austerity, favors jobless over creditors
Alexis Tsipras set his leftist government on a collision course with Greece's creditors, proclaiming an end to the era of austerity and "five years of bailout barbarity."
Left victory in Greece breaks new ground
All eyes are on Greece, where left-wing Alexis Tsipras became the new prime minister on Monday, Jan. 26.
Celebrating Syriza victory, Greeks “finally feel some hope”
Radical left leader Alexis Tsipras took over Monday as austerity-wracked Greece's new prime minister.
Remembering a tragedy: How Cyprus became a nation divided
The illegal Turkish occupation has now gone on for some 40 years, and progressive minded people the world over should take a keen interest.
Europe: The sky's not falling
"The subjugation of democratic process to the markets was the reason why we have the crisis today...we predicted from the onset...that austerity-based policies would backfire."
