The Real Reason the U.S. Wants to Overthrow Venezuela

Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Feb 12, 2019 Ignore their lip service to democracy. American officials are determined to crush any possible alternative to their hegemonic rule. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Greece Bailout Was for EU Banks: Study Confirms That Rescue Loans Didn’t Serve the Greek People

By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams May 5, 2016 "The only reason why they effected this so-called bailout of Greece was to save their own banks and to present this as solidarity with Greece." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Yanis Varoufakis, Former Greek Finance Minister, Returns to Public Life More Hopeful Than Ever

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Apr 29, 2016 The left-wing Syriza member resigned in 2015 after five tumultuous months battling eurozone creditors as they turned the austerity screws on Greece. Now he is continuing the fight through the new democracy movement, DiEM25. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Something Remarkable Is Happening on the Political Left in Portugal

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2015 After a general election left political options in Portugal a bit hazy this month, a coalition made up of the Socialist, Communist, Green and Left Bloc parties ousted a conservative government that held the reins for a mere 11 days. And that's not all the anti-austerity Portuguese have done in recent weeks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky on Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, Syriza and the Power of Activism

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2015 In an interview in Jacobin magazine, the linguist and scholar predicts what would happen if Bernie Sanders won the 2016 presidential election and comments on the rise of progressive political parties like Greece's Syriza and figures such as Jeremy Corbyn of the U.K. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Looks Like Greece’s Progressive Syriza Party Has Been Elected … Again

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 21, 2015 Most of Sunday's snap general election results are in -- and it seems Syriza has claimed another important victory in Greece and Alexis Tspiras will continue to lead the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Resign

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 20, 2015 The prime minister and leader of the Syriza party will submit his resignation to the country’s president Thursday, making way for early elections scheduled for Sept. 20, government officials report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greece Debt Crisis: Massive Stock Plunge After Five-Week Shutdown

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 3, 2015 Ending down 16.23 percent by the end of Monday, Athens' stock market experienced its worst daily performance since at least 1985, when modern record keeping began. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Greek Coup: Liquidity as a Weapon of Coercion

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Aug 2, 2015 In the modern global banking system, all banks need a credit line with the central bank in order to be part of the payments system. Choking off that credit line was a form of blackmail the Greek government couldn’t refuse. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Greek Reforms ‘Will Fail,’ Former Finance Minister Varoufakis Says

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 19, 2015 Yanis Varoufakis, who resigned recently, predicted that the measures will “go down in history as the greatest disaster of macroeconomic management ever.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Grexit or Jubilee? How Greek Debt Can Be Annulled

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Jul 16, 2015 The crushing Greek debt could be canceled the way it was made—by sleight of hand. But saving the Greek people and their economy is evidently not in the game plan of the Eurocrats. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Civil Servants Want Greece to Leave the EU, ‘Which Is Like a Noose Strangling People’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 15, 2015 As Greek lawmakers prepare to vote on EU austerity demands attached to a new bailout, civil servants announced a 24-hour strike, and hundreds of protesters gathered in Athens to show their opposition to the terms. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )