Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Greek debt, austerity and past military contracts

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Greek debt, austerity and past military contracts

Click here to access article by Sara Flounders from Workers World.

Flounders tells the real truth about Greek debt and many other sovereign debts that few others are willing to reveal:

The corporate media tell the same lie to workers in Ireland, Portugal and Spain, and to the workers in Germany whose incomes have shrunk, and in the U.S. to the working people of Detroit. This lie must be challenged politically on every front so that the people understand that their modest gains are not the source of the problem. The capitalist system and its inevitable crises are the problem.

Military spending

And, she touches on the post-WWII history of Greece and the Empire's suppression of left-wing parties and their support of fascist regimes.