http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33382046 Greece debt crisis: The cost to pensioners It is a scene that speaks of suffering and exhaustion, One man crying outside a bank in Thessaloniki. The blatant campaign and propaganda across Europe and elsewhere, in the press, television and other media (sadly even parts of Al Jazeera) in favour of the "Yes" campaign in Greece, may result in a victory for those who support the IMF, Brussels, the European Central Bank and European Commission and the imposition of even more and harsher austerity, to support a Greek debt, which everyone now accepts, is totally unsustainable. It has even been suggested that the Greek government of Alexis Tsipras, should be removed and replaced by a team of "technocrats" appointed by Brussels to "steer Greece through the current crisis". Democracy has no place in the offices of the autocrats governing Europe. Regime change in Greece has been the obje...
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/30/were-not-traitors-insist-greeks-yes-campaigners We're not traitors, insist Greece's yes campaigners Yes campaigners The "Yes" campaigners claim that they are not traitors. If that is true, then they are incredibly naive or, more likely, have their own secret agenda for arguing that Greece should accept even more severe austerity handed out by the autocrats of the IMF and the European Central bank. Moreover, to vote "Yes" in Sunday's referendum condemns Greece to another 15years at least of higher unemployment, higher taxation on food, clothing, utilities and other essentials for the vast majority of the population. Perhaps those who campaign for a "Yes" vote, are not affected, or are at least protected from the cuts in pensions, the declining standard of living, the regular interruptions to the supply of gas and electricity, the inability to pay for medical treatment and a thousand and...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/24/alexis-tsipras-summoned-brussels-emergency-talks-greece-bailout-deal#comments Tsipras summoned to Brussels for emergency talks over Greek bailout deal Largarde and Merkel What an arrogant obnoxious collection of autocrats the "Troika" and its other European stooges actually are. Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, and Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister, "summon Tsipras to Brussels" rather like Hitler summoning some European leader to Berlin to be told what his country must do and how its people must behave. The days of the European Dictator return in the 21st Century. Lagarde of the IMF found the proposed temporary resolution inadequate and that German chancellor Angela Merkel was also having second thoughts. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras The response from Tsipras clearly should be...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/19/greek-people-austerity-eu-greece-economic-crisis-democracy The Greek people voted against austerity – why is the EU ignoring this? The whole point about this current Greek economic crisis is a simple one. The European Central Bank, the IMF, Brussels and Berlin, are saying to the 11 million or so Greek people, that you can vote for who ever you like and elect the government of your choice, but in the end, your government and you, must do exactly what we say, without question, debate or argument. Thank heavens that Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza government are saying "No" to the unelected and unaccountable IMF and Brussels cabal. We should have more politicians in this country with the backbone to stand up to the dictators in Europe and Washington. The arrogance of Christine Lagarde and her comment (in respect of next Monday's meeting) that "We do not want children in the negotiating ro...
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/25/greek-pm-emergency-meeting-bailout-negotiation-team-tsipras-imf Greek PM convenes emergency meeting of his bailout negotiation team Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras The world should stop blaming the Greek people for the economic crisis faced by the EU in respect of Greek exit from the Eurozone. The culprits are the banks and financial institution, former corrupt and incompetent Greek governments financed and encouraged by Brussels and the European Central bank, the Germans seeking to gain by financial manipulation what they were unable to achieve by conquest and the sinister American backed IMF. It is the Greek people who have been paying the price with years of ever more severe austerity, cuts to living standards, job losses and reductions of almost 69% in wages, salaries and pensions. The ECB’s governing council (picture taken in February 2014) The way out of the mess created and perpetuated by...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11599513/The-real-sign-that-Greeces-financial-turmoil-is-getting-worse.html Greeks are pulling their money out of banks... and spending it on cars? The Greek people who are living on the streets, or reliant on street soup kitchens, or who are deprived of electricity and other essential utilities, the hundreds of thousand who have been sacked from their jobs, the hundreds of thousands who have had their pensions and other benefits cut or completely stopped and all as the consequence of "austerity" imposed by the IMF, European Central Bank and Germany are not spending their "money" on cars and yachts. The western media, l ed by the propaganda from Europe and the Troika, are all too keen to heap all the blame on the ordinary Greek people rather than the corrupt politicians, bankers and tax evading cliques of the Greek establishment. Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza party won an election with an a...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/25/greeks-view-of-debt-crisis-great-hardship#comment-51044145 Greeks’ view of the debt crisis: ‘What lies ahead is great, great hardship’ Syriza-led coalition government "Three months on from Alexis Tsipras’s victory, hope is ebbing away and support for his party is haemorrhaging" screams the headline. Just goes to show how in the war of propaganda, the Troika, Brussels, European bankers, Angela Merkel, the IMF and no doubt assisted by CIA "advisers", the anti Alexis Tsipras will descend to any depth to discredit the new Greek government, without any consideration of the truth. Perhaps these organistions would prefer a "coup" in Greece and new elections in the hope that the outcome will produce a government more subservient to them than to the Greek people.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/9-reasons-greeces-experiment-with-the-radical-left-is-doomed-to-failure-10008608.html Greece's experiment with the radical left is doomed to failure (says Sean O'Grady of the "Independent" ) Syriza party and its leader Alexis Tsipras gain decisive national election victory, This Sean O'Grady "article" seems to be yet another piece of journalistic nonsense which is, unfortunately, becoming very common in the Independent over recent months. The article argues that countries have no option but to succumb to the power of Brussels, Germany and the IMF. Countries must obey the will of the Troika, no matter what the people of the country may seek. The natural evolution of this proposition of course, is to dispense with elections completely,(whether the y be FPTP or PR) disband or even outlaw political parties and organisation and accept that the "will" of the centre be it in B...
"We can't allow these Greek people to win" "The verdict of the Greek people ends, beyond any doubt, the vicious circle of austerity in our country," Alexis Tsipras The obnoxious arrogance of some European pundits is breathtaking. I have just heard a comment in respect of the Greek renegotiation of their "bailout" conditions with the Troika.The Greek election happened less than 36 hours ago and this arsehole actually said, "Of course we cant allow these Greek people to win (the negotiations) as this would be bad for Germany, Holland and others.If they (the Greek government) are allowed to win, then other governments Spain and Italy for example would be queuing up to renegotiate their bail outs". This seems to be the dictatorial attitude of many in Germany, Brussels and the European banks, encouraged by the IMF. To Hell with the people of countries, it seems that only the banks and financiers are worthy of consideration in ...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/04/alexis-tsipras-antonis-samaras-greece-syriza-election Alexis Tsipras or Antonis Samaras? Greece begins to weigh up the options Antonis Samaras SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras On Sunday, 17 June 2012, in response to a Daily Mail article, I wrote the following comment in the news paper, and posted it on the pages of my Blog, Hew Agenda”. “When fear is employed as a weapon to influence voters, it is obvious that the scaremongers are very worried. European leaders yesterday piled pressure on Greek voters to reject Left-wing parties threatening to rip up the country’s bailout deal – a move that could leave the euro on the brink of collapse." They now use fear as a weapon to conserve their untenable positions. The "European leaders" who in collaboration with the banks,the IMF, the speculators of the markets, caused and perpetuated this whole mess in the first place, and incidentally got ver...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/merkel-returns-from-holidays-and-wades-straight-into-eurozone-row-8038715.html Merkel returns from holidays and wades straight into Eurozone row. The demands of a German Chancellor seeking domination of Europe are well known. May she fare even worse than the last one.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- A coalition for Greece or the Troika? From all the available reports, it seems that after weeks of confusion and uncertainty, the Greek people will finally have a government. PASOK have agreed with New Democracy, to form a coalition which may include the moderate Democratic Left. The irony of this solution will not be lost on the Greeks or anyone else. The two parties, New Democracy and PASOK who have been the government of Greece for around 40 years, and who are responsible for negotiating with the Germans and the Eurozone, the most draconian package of austerity measures and cuts in exchange for a 130 billion Euro bailout which was poured straight down the drain directly into the banks, and did nothing for the Greek unemployed, the homeless, the pensioners who rummage in dustbins for food or any of the other consequences resulting from the previous governments duplicity. It is difficult to conceive how the scenes o...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/ On Sunday 20 th May this year, I wrote an item on this Blog under the heading of, “ The dinosaur of economic dogma”. The theme of the piece was to argue how fear would be employed, by the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority, now apparently known as the “Troika”, as a weapon, “to frighten the voters of Greece into electing those parties who support German dictates of further austerity” . With the result of the election in Greece now confirmed, it seems that the tactic of injecting fear into the democratic process has achieved the objective, namely by ensuring that New Democracy has gained a victory, albeit by a small margin, and will be invited to take the first attempt to form a government. Of course it remains to be seen whether Antonis Samaras and his New Democracy party can or will deliver the promise of renegotiation of the bailout package, and what will happen should Merkel retain...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- When fear is employed as a weapon to influence voters, it is obvious that the scaremongers are very worried. The first sentence of this article says it all. "European leaders yesterday piled pressure on Greek voters to reject Left-wing parties threatening to rip up the country’s bailout deal – a move that could leave the euro on the brink of coll apse." They now use fear as a weapon to conserve their untenable positions. The "European leaders" who in collaboration with the banks,the IMF, the speculators of the markets, caused and perpetuated this whole mess in the first place, and incidentally got very fat in the process, "PILE PRESSURE ON GREEK VOTERS" to elect New Democracy or any other party who will continue to impose austerity. These same "European leaders" who have no concept of the reality of austerity but theorise on the measures to enforce it, over one or more of their in...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may Christine Lagarde, the self appointed "World Protector", and leader of the unelected "IMF Supreme Council" weighs in with her contribution to the growing distorted hysteria, attempting to influence the outcome of the forthcoming Greek elections. There can be no thinking person who really believes that the crisis in the Greek economy is the consequence of ordinary people, "Greek parents" to use her terminology, not paying their taxes. This simplistic, almost naive analysis, is an attempt to convince ordinary people in the rest of the Eurozone, together with those, like ourselves who are not members of the "Euro Club", that the crisis has nothing to do with the banks, financial institutions, speculators and the like, and the duplicitous politicians of the coalition of New Democracy (ND) and Pasok and more recently the unelected “technocrat” prime minister and government, who entered into austerity agreem...
There are now only 25 days to go before the Greek people go to the polls on Sunday 17 th June, for an election which could rate amongst the most important decisions that they have ever made. It is noticeable however, that the attention of the worlds media, the politicians of the Euro zone, the G8 conference, the politicians of those European countries who are not members of the Euro zone “Club” and practically every news presenter, are specifically focused on one issue and its consequences. The ramifications of Greece leaving or being forced out of the Euro zone, seems to be the only focus of media and press speculation and political comment. Not the social consequences, but the economic and financial consequences not to the people of Greece but to the “markets”, the banks and to the perceived standing of the European politicians. This almost hysterical speculation, seems coupled with threats, warnings and inducements attempting to influence the voting. Every evening on Sky News,...