La Coalition opposée à la tarification et à la privatisation des services publics has declared this week a week of action. More than 15 demonstrations will take […]
Tag: Austerity
Wars of economic terror: Greece, Venezuela and Argentina
The electoral success of SYRIZA, even though a foreseen outcome, sent an electro-shock throughout the European continent. It was the proof that what had been deemed as dangerous, radical and suicidal could actually work.
2014 in Posts
2015 has been off to quite a busy start, but before we get too involved, let’s take one final look back at 2014. Every year […]
2014: A year in the life of Austerity
The curtain falls on 2014 and it’s time to look back on all of the great accomplishments, all of the great eye-watering moments, the laughs, the […]
Our collective struggle: Austerity and Spring 2015
What is austerity? Very simply put, it is when governments decide to ‘tighten the belt’ in order to resolve ‘debt crises.’ A government starts running […]
Portugal: Golden visas and casino capitalism
On the March 5, 2013 Paulo Portas, the vice prime-minister of Portugal, and leader of the Partido Popular (the right-wing neo-liberal member of the austerity governing coalition) visited India […]
Kleptocracy: the dictatorship of austerity
This past Monday, November 17, marked the 41st anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising, which pitted young Greeks against the oppressive regime of a military junta. Fast […]
Austerity and the radicalization of mental health
Wednesday April 4, 2012. Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece is bustling at its habitual frantic pace. A 77 year old man stands solemnly in front […]
Commune in the 21st century: The real struggle in Ukraine
The month of March 1871 French society was rocked by two astonishing events; first the crushing of the French army at the hands of the […]
Ontario: Austerity is dead. Long-live austerity?
As the results trickled in last Thursday night throughout Ontario one thing was obvious, Kathleen Wynne had succeeded where many had failed before – she […]