Berlusconi Shown the Door

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2011 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has powered his way through political crises with all the subtlety and grace of a battering ram, but in the end, he couldn't fix Italy's foundering economy. So, Il Cavaliere (The Knight) is about to lose his occupazione (job). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

So Long, Silvio?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2011 Either Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in serious denial mode or he's about to pull off a recession-defying stunt of unprecedented proportions, as pressure is mounting for the embattled PM to follow the fresh example of his Greek counterpart (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More on the Greek Crisis

Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, NZZ am Sonntag Nov 6, 2011 Dig deeper

‘Left, Right & Center’: End of an Era in Iraq and Libya

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2011 This was a big week in international news, with the death of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi and President Obama's announcement that U.S. troops will be leaving Iraq before 2012. And let's not forget the latest unrest in Greece, stemming from the passage of a highly contested austerity bill by that country's parliament. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Package

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 While the international media zoomed in on Libya on Thursday, another important story was unfolding in Athens, where two days of strikes and protests failed to sway parliament members from passing a bill of austerity measures the Greek government insisted was necessary to avoid an even more catastrophic economic mess. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greek Euro

Hajo de Reijger Sep 15, 2011 Dig deeper

Naomi Klein on Riots and Resistance

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 Britain's riots were not political, we are assured, and looting is simply un-British, but "Shock Doctrine" author Naomi Klein takes a different view: From Iraq to Argentina, when corrupt elites pass the bill to the struggling masses, civil unrest is to be expected. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America Is a Spark Away From Riots of Its Own

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 12, 2011 The unrest tearing apart Britain greatly resembles that of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and conditions across the U.S. could set off a new explosion of violence. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Financial Contagion and Other Ills

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2011 Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are making the same blind, stupid, ideological error: trying to rescue faltering economies with spending cuts. It doesn't work, as John Maynard Keynes explained decades ago. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Even Wall Street Hates the Debt Deal

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2011 The Dow Jones Industrial Average has plummeted by 760 points since the terms of the debt ceiling deal were announced Monday. If austerity was supposed to encourage economic growth, someone forgot to tell Wall Street. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Greece Bailout

Martin Sutovec, Slovakia Jul 25, 2011 Dig deeper

Papandreou Among the Ruins

Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico Jul 11, 2011 Dig deeper