Thursday, 26 December , 2024

Privatization

Greece’s Tragic Rail Accident Was Caused by Austerity and Privatization

Last week, two trains collided in central Greece, claiming 57 lives. Unions had long warned that cuts to the now-privatized rail network would cause...

ILS GAGNENT DES MILLIARDS CHAQUE ANNÉE EN NOUS VENDANT DE L’EAU...

Apr. 12. 2019 Comment le géant suisse Nestlé gagne des milliards chaque année en nous vendant... de l'eau gratuite.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Political Nightmare: a Neo-Nazi ‘Phenomenon’ Made in the...

By Edu Montesanti October 26, 2018 Not even the military dictatorship defended an ideology which is so openly fascist like Bolsonaro does today. He does not...

180 million Workers Strike Back in India

On Friday the 2nd of September 2016 the biggest single strike action in world history took place in India. As many as between 150 and 180 million workers took part in the All India Strike around a 12 point charter of demands put forward by the Central Trade Unions. These included a raise to the minimum wage and pension for all workers, an end to privatization of

Looting and colonizing Greece

The Greek Company of Property and Holdings SA was created in May 2016 by the Greek parliament as the fourth part of the general law "Urgent provisions for the implementation of the Agreement for fiscal goals and Structural Reform and other provisions". All assets of the Greek state for sale to individuals or "co-management" with so-called institutions were transferred to this company for 99 years, a procedure which is a mere formality since this

ΙΜF researchers question neoliberalism

By Jonathan D. Ostry, Prakash Loungani, and Davide Furceri Instead of delivering growth, some neoliberal policies have increased inequality, in turn jeopardizing durable expansion Milton Friedman...

Greece captured in death spiral

By Stathis Habibis The economic and social situation in Greece day by day is getting worse, after SYRIZA’s capitulation on the 13th of July 2015....

Why Greece’s third ‘bailout’ solves nothing

Since 2010 when financial markets first realized Greece could never afford to pay its debt, the country has been subjected to a brutal regime...