Greece to EU - Drop Dead!
Michael Collins “The referendum of 5 July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage.” Yanis Varoufakis, Finance Minister, Greece Sixty percent of Greek voters rejected the financial bailout… more »
Ukraine Under Water to IMF
Michael Collins The Financial Times broke a major story yesterday about the Ukraine and its benefactor, the International Monetary fund. FT revealed the shocking truth of the financial crisis. The $15 bn in IMF loans provided to Ukraine are at risk.… more »
The Debtor’s War: A Modern Greek Tragedy
By: Andrew Gavin Marshall Early on Thursday, 7 November 2013, Greek riot police stormed the offices of Greece’s main public broadcaster, which had been under a five-month occupation by workers who opposed the government’s decision to shutdown the… more »
Egypt Under Empire, Part 3: From Nasser to Mubarak
By: Andrew Gavin Marshall Egyptians Prepare In Tahrir Square For The First Anniverary Of The Revolution Between 1952 and 2011, Egypt was ruled by three military dictators: Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak. Nasser placated labour unrest and imposed many social… more »
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PASOK: Pan Hellenic Socialist Kleptocrats
James Petras “George Papandreou is not bought, he is rented. He sells public enterprises to the multinationals. He reduces wages, pensions and employment at the behest of the IMF. He turns over the public treasury to the European banks. He supports… more »
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: The Colonial Predator Legacy
James Petras The attempted rape and sexual abuse of an African cleaning woman by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) embodies, in microcosm, the entire historical and contemporary legacy of colonial… more »
"Old Europe" Backs French Finance Minister Lagarde for IMF Head
Michael Collins The Financial Times reported that French Finance minister Christine Lagarde was the leading candidate for Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She would replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn, now charged with sexual… more »
IMF Rates Up Dictatorships Just Before Revolutions
By Michael Collins The International Monetary Fund (IMF) made an embarrassing error just two days before the start of the Libyan people's revolution on February 17. This quote from an IMF country study appeared in a previous article: "The outlook for… more »
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Icelanders egg PM as global protests condemn corruption, banksters
By Rady Ananda As proceedings begin against Iceland's former Prime Minister, Geir Haarde, for the banking crisis of 2008, at least two thousand Icelanders took to the streets in two days of protest this weekend. Iceland joins over a dozen other nations… more »
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