They point out that Elgin had a permit from the Ottoman occupying forces in Athens to take what he liked from the Acropolis — which, they insist, gave him the right to own and to sell on whatever he removed…..Imagine if the Nazi occupying forces in Paris had granted some gentleman a permit to remove statues from the Louvre. Or if Putin’s men in Mariupol were, today, to grant a visiting antiquities dealer a permit to remove priceless artefacts from a local museum. The very notion that these permits bestow secure property rights over the removed artefacts is an affront to every decent person worldwide.
Austerity
Ann Pettifor: A triumph for George Osborne’s austerity plan? Not when our social fabric is in tatters
The ex-chancellor rejoices as his target is finally hit, but austerity has taken a terrible toll Read here
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Julian Assange just Called. To talk about the Pandemic’s Effect on Capitalism & Politics!
A quick take on the current economic and financial situation. Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. Cross-posted from […]
Geopolitics
David Landy – How Irish Students Won a Victory for Palestine
‘Students at Ireland’s Trinity College organised a solidarity encampment this week and successfully negotiated an agreement with the university to divest from Israeli companies.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
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