EU politics
Reuters – Greeks protest against low wages ahead of 2026 budget vote
Twenty-four hour public sector strike across Greece today [16 December] against low wages. Read the full article HERE.
Greece
Austerity
Georgios Samaras – Greece’s Broken Democracy Is a Warning for Europe
‘European authorities promote Greece as a postcrisis success story. Yet Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s right-wing government relies on spyware and the opaque use of EU subsidies — and is now overseeing a brutal cost-of-living crisis.’ In Jacobin. […]
Corruption
Euronews – Greek farmers block Athens motorway as fallout from illegal subsidies fraud continues
‘The blockade comes after dozens of people were arrested last week in a spiralling farm fraud case that revealed millions of euros were paid in illegal subsidies by the organisation in charge of distributing EU […]
Climate Crisis
Anna Toniolo, Corina Petridi, Pierluigi Bizzini – Boosted By Floods: Private Insurance in the Climate Emergency
As floods become more common in Europe, the cost of insurance grows, a financial burden that weighs heaviest on those with least. Anna Toniolo is a freelance journalist and a member of the FADA Collective. […]
Climate Crisis
Moira Lavelle – Greek Unions Want Paid Time Off When It’s Too Hot to Work
Greece’s latest heat wave in July highlighted the danger of 100°F-plus temperatures for workers toiling in the sun. Trade unions are proposing a sensible solution: mandatory, paid stoppages on outdoor work when temperatures reach dangerous […]
Economics
Brave New Europe – Costas Lapavitsas: The State of the EU Economy
The State of the Union is a series of events organized by alternative media organizations Brave New Europe and Conter ahead of the European Parliamentary elections. Costas Lapavitsas is a professor of economics at SOAS […]
EU politics
Euronews – ‘Punishment beatings’ used at EU-backed Greek refugee camps and detention centres, alleges NGO
“Staff have abused refugees for talking in line, coughing, and not cleaning their rooms, the Border Violence Monitoring Network claims.” Read the full article HERE.
EU politics
C.J. Polychroniou: Endgame for Syriza? The Unbearable Lightness of the Greek Left
With the election of a Goldman Sachs centrist as leader, Syriza has ceased to have any affinity to leftist politics in any shape or form. C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who has taught […]
EU politics
AP News: Political neophyte Stefanos Kasselakis elected new leader of Greece’s main opposition Syriza party
A centrist banker who has lived in the US for most of his life and has no political experience has taken over Syriza. You couldn’t make it up. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Polykarpos Georgiadis: In Greece, social despair is helping the rise of fascist conspiracy theories
Greece’s recent elections saw two new far-right parties enter parliament for the first time. Grinding austerity is not fueling continued popular resistance but the rise of conspiracy theorist cranks who promote war among the poor. […]