The REinFORM.nl would like to thank everyone who participated in the solidarity action on the 18th of February in Amsterdam. We hope that the solidarity message which was sent yesterday to the Greek people from all over Europe will help them to keep on struggling. Even though we live thousands of kilometres away from Greece, our spirit is with them. And is the spirit of resistance... Solidarity Message From ...

The beginning of the tragedy Only in the first three weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, on September 15th 2008, almost 2.5 millions Americans lost their houses, being unable to repay off their mortgages. From October, 2007 to the first quarter of 2009, the international stock market losses had overcome those of 1929. More than 42 trillion dollars were lost, amount that, at that time, corresponded ...

Privileged access to EU summits helped the banking lobby avoid paying for their own excesses At the Euro Summits in July and October 2011[1], crucial decisions “to save the Euro” and “to save Greece” were made. It was agreed to restructure Greek debts and banks were asked to accept a 'haircut' to their profits to avoid a Greek default and the risk that some banks might default as a result. In Summer 2011, t ...

Our Future in Hasty Writing John Bogiopoulos reads the new memorandum and notes the incredible improvisations of the document will seal our future Yannis Bogiopoulos Source in Greek The Greek Parliament has been repeatedly filed bills for voting that were half-processed or “photographic acts”, some of them badly translated and quoting suspicious numbers. But what happened with this new MoU is unprecedented. ...

The society belongs to the people and not to the banks.   GREEK PEOPLE DO NOT WANT ANY OTHER RESCUE PLAN Yesterday, the Greek Parliament approved the new austerity packaged that forces the people in to the misery in order to save the European banks. Under the pressure of the EU, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the IMF, and at the joy of the bankers all over Europe the Parliament decided to reduce t ...

Helena Smith, who has reported from Athens for more than 20 years, says the country is on the edge of a precipice Helena Smith in Athens     Despair has enveloped Greece. This weekend the bankrupt nation, for that is what it is, began negotiating the latest act of a drama that many fear will end in catastrophe – financially, socially and politically. In an electric atmosphere, with thousands demon ...

Ian Traynor and Helena Smith in Athens The Guardian   MPs in Athens approve severe budget cuts imposed by the EU after rallies against the bill erupt in street violence. Greece enacted billions of euros in spending cuts and fresh austerity measures last night in a volatile parliamentary vote aimed at avoiding default on its national debt and keeping the eurozone intact, despite some of the worst riotin ...

“In order to liberate ourselves from debt we must destroy the economy” greek original February 9 Statement by the Occupied Athens Law School In order to liberate ourselves from debt we must destroy the economy The political and financial spectacle has now lost its confidence. Its acts are entirely convulsive. The government of “emergency” that has taken over the maintenance of social cohesion is failing in ...

The past 2,5 years the Greek population is witnessing the harshest austerity measures since the introduction of the Euro. Greece became the ‘black sheep’-EU-member state and had to be punished hard. In 2010, the first austerity package was imposed by the Greek government under the supervision of the Troika (the IMF, the EU and the ECB). As a result, in November 2011, unemployment reached 18% and 40% among t ...

Translated from www.grenzeloos.org One more episode of the Greek drama is about to be played in the coming 2 months. After repeated bail-outs, hair-cuts and ‘successful’ (according to the European media…) interventions of the EU, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the IMF, Greece is about to default. According to many economists, the default will take place on the 20th of March, the day that Greece has to ...