Sunday, January 25, 2015

Change is in the Air Across Southern Europe » CounterPunch:

Change is in the Air Across Southern Europe » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

"Last night (Thursday, January 22, 2015), Pablo Iglesias of Podemos spoke at a massive Syriza rally in Athens, just three days before the Greek elections that Syriza is expected to win. The fates of Syriza and Podemos are increasingly seen as linked – both by their own leaders and the European establishment. In late December, a headline in Bloomberg Business week asked, “Is This the Dawn of the #Tsiglesias Era in the Euro Zone?” (12/30/2014). Both parties have surged into the lead in their respective countries on the basis of their rejection of years of austerity imposed by Brussels, and on a pledge to recuperate national sovereignty and democracy. Their programs call for a renegotiation of their national debts, higher taxes on the rich, major jobs programs, and the restoration of rights and benefits taken away during the economic crisis..."  -  check it out directly, from Counterpunch:

Si Grecia venció, España vencerá. 
Democracy won against the Bankers and the Capitalists in Greece!

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