Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty and Other Renowned Economists Demand an End to Greek Austerity

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 12, 2015 Twenty-six of the world’s most distinguished economic minds proclaimed their solidarity with Greece’s ruling anti-austerity party in an essay published in the Financial Times in early June. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Michael Hudson: The TPP and Europe’s Central Bank Against Syriza

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 28, 2015 Acclaimed heterodox economist Michael Hudson tells The Real News Network that if passed, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal will overturn state sovereignty, and that leading International Monetary Fund economists have described the organization as captured by private bondholders. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Is Democracy as We Know It Unraveling?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 29, 2015 The world's democracies, perhaps especially our own, face a peculiar set of contradictions that are undermining faith in public endeavor and unraveling old loyalties. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Greek Finance Minister Says Austerity Is Bad Medicine

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 22, 2015 Greece's new left-wing, anti-austerity Syriza Party raises concerns over international creditors’ demands to restructure the country's labor market and curtail its pension system in exchange for a new package of bailout funds scheduled for release Friday. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis speaks with “Democracy Now!” Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Greece Submits Reform Proposals and Warnings to Eurozone Creditors

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 28, 2015 Their country would stop cooperating with creditors if negotiations failed and aid was not forthcoming, government leaders said as they submitted a long-awaited list of 18 policy reforms to eurozone administrators. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

German Politicians Confirm Greece Has Case for Wartime Reparations

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 18, 2015 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has accused Germany of trying to avoid paying reparations for Nazi crimes committed during World War II—and several German politicians agree. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Noose Around Greece: How Central Banks Harness Governments

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Mar 11, 2015 It seems the European Central Bank has made good on a threat by Goldman Sachs to cut off liquidity to Greek banks in the event the nation elected an anti-austerity government. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Greece Can’t Do It Alone: Austerity Victims of the World, Unite!

By Ismael Hossein-zadeh, Counterpunch Mar 6, 2015 For the anti-austerity struggle in Greece and elsewhere to become effective and sustainable, it must be raised from the national level to the international level. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Tariq Ali: The Time Is Right for a Palace Revolution

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 2, 2015 One of our most trenchant critics of corporate capitalism deplores the rise of an "extreme center" that has seized control of the political process and wages endless war while doing the bidding of global corporations Our only hope, he says, is revolt One of our most trenchant critics of corporate capitalism deplores the rise of an "extreme center" that has seized control of the political process and does the bidding of corporations . Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Is Syriza in Retreat?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 20, 2015 Greece's anti-austerity party has declared itself willing to sign the leaked “Moscovici document," which a central committee member says defangs the Greek government in its struggle against its creditors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Can the Greek Tragedy Be Rewritten?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Feb 20, 2015 The world is watching to see if the anti-austerity party Syriza can turn things around for Greece Success may inspire hope in the economically desperate across the globe -- and fear among the elites Success may inspire hope in the economically desperate across the globe—and fear among the elites. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

From ‘Demos’ to ‘Podemos’: Popular Uprisings in Greece and Spain

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 19, 2015 Like Greece, Spain has been wracked by the global recession and could soon elect an anti-austerity government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )