Update on Greece (from the UK)
4/29/30
Thanks to our friends in Great Britain at the Greece Solidarity Campaign for this update on developments in Greece. To follow the GSC's news and announcements, check out their Facebook page.
Cooking the books (again) - the truth behind 'recovery'
The Greek Government and the Euro Commission use dodgy accounting to hide the dire state of Greece’s public finances. In truth the economy has shrunk by 23% and national debt stands at 170% GDP. See reports in the
Guardian and the
Wall Street Journal
Austerity Europe - their vision for Greece
The European Commission are planning further cuts in public spending in Greece of €7.7 billion in the next 4 years.
Read more.
A plan called Greece 2021 submitted by Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras to the Euro Working Group in Brussels promises more privatisation and cuts in tax for big corporations.
Read more
The Greek people choose the alternative
Radical anti-austerity party Syriza is ahead in most the
major latest polls in Greece for the local and European elections next month.
Anti racists on the march
Last month, thousands of trade unionists, migrant workers and anti-austerity protesters took to the streets of Athens to march against racism and fascism.
See video report
One week later Greek PM faced calls to resign after his top adviser was caught on film apologizing to Golden Dawn for the public inquiry into the fascist party.
Read more.
National strike action in Greece
Last month Greece's state and private sector unions took part in a national strike against austerity as part of a build up of public opposition.
See video report.
From Skouries to Athens, the struggle of
Greek women against austerity
Women in Greece are hit disproportionately by austerity, experience a rise in violence in the home and from the state and
lead the battle to resist.
A law unto themselves - shocking new report into Greek police
New research by Amnesty catalogues the culture of racism, violence and systematic human rights abuses by the Greek police, and highlights the lack of political will by pro austerity politicians to do anything about it.
The
Amnesty report follows the investigation into the police links with Golden Dawn.
Greek child poverty grows with the crisis of 3 mill uninsured say global charities
How to build an anti austerity movement!
There have been over 20 thousand organised public protests on the streets of Greece since pro austerity politicians signed the first memoranda with the Troika in 2010. There have been an average of 4.5 protests in the capital each day. The figures were released by the Greek government.
Read more.