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Greek debt, austerity and past military contracts

Since the 2008 capitalist downturn sparked the debt crisis, Greek working people have held huge demonstrations, general strikes and now…

February 10, 2015

Tsipras pledges to fight austerity but ‘observe euro norms’ as bankers prepare to stonewall Syriza

Feb. 9 — A showdown in Greece in the struggle between the newly elected leftist Syriza government and the European…

February 10, 2015

Novorossiyan militia encircle Kiev regime’s troops

European Union leaders made a flurry of diplomatic visits in early February, holding panicky negotiations with Kiev and Moscow to…

February 9, 2015

Anti-Islam frenzy in France targets kids

An 8-year-old boy in Nice, a small city on France’s Mediterranean coast near Italy, was hauled out of school to…

February 6, 2015

The IMF and debt worsen the Ebola epidemic

By Jérôme Duval Member of the Citizen’s Debt Audit Platform Publico, Feb. 1 Although the International Monetary Fund claims it…

February 6, 2015

Mass anti-austerity rally clogs Madrid

The specter of anti-austerity is haunting Europe’s ruling bankers and bosses. Excitement over Syriza’s victory in Greece’s parliamentary election jumped…

February 5, 2015

Deported after anti-Muslim witchhunt, Sami Al-Arian thanks friends, supporters

The following is a statement from Dr. Sami A. Al-Arian, who was deported from the U.S. on Feb. 4. Dr.…

February 5, 2015

Basic facts about Greece

The austerity program imposed on Greece in 2010 by the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary…

February 4, 2015

Syria says Israeli attack helps al-Qaida

“How can you say that al-Qaida doesn’t have an air force? They have the Israeli air force,” Syria President Bashar…

February 4, 2015

Syriza’s first anti-austerity moves hearten masses

Maneuvers begin as bankers push back The new left social-democratic government of the Syriza party was swept into office in…

February 2, 2015