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Financial Fascism? ‘Greeks should revolt against debt slavery!’

By dog | Published: February 22, 2012

It’s been a tough night in Brussels where Eurozone ministers have reached a deal on a second bailout for Greece. It took them several hours to agree on the one-hundred-and-thirty-billion euro cash injection, expected to save the country from default. Earlier the Greek Parliament went through a storm of public outrage and several internal conflicts [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged athens, austerity, bailout, crisis, cuts, Euro, government, Greece, greek, IMF, Οικονομική, κρίση, λιτότητας, μέτρα, Αθήνα, Ελλάδα, measures, protests, rodney, rt, shakespeare | Comments closed

Greeks sceptical despite bailout deal

By dog | Published: February 22, 2012

Eurozone finance ministers have approved a 130bn euro ($170bn) second bailout package for Greece to resolve the debt-ridden nation’s immediate repayment needs. However, the deal, reached after 13 hours of tortuous talks in Brussels, is unlikely to revive Greece’s ailing economy. There is much scepticism that an economy in such a poor state could pay [...]

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged ailing, al, bailout, brussels, english, Europe, Eurozone, Greece, jazeera, package, recession | Comments closed

Inside Story – Bailing out Greece, again

By dog | Published: February 22, 2012

Eurozone ministers have agreed to provide a rescue package to the tune of $170bn to save Greece from bankruptcy. But can Greece deliver on its undertakings this time around, and at what cost? Guests: Fokion Zaimis, Vicky Pryce, Constantine Michalos.

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged aljazeera, athens, austerity, bailout, bank, banks, brussels, central, commission, constantine, european, Eurozone, finance, fokion, fund, Greece, hanna, insidestory, international, measures, michalos, mike, military, monetary, politics, protests, pryce, spending, street, union, vicky, youtube, zaimis | Comments closed

What’s My Debt, Dad? ‘Greece left to beg for pocket money’

By dog | Published: February 21, 2012

Short of saving Greece from a financial abyss, investment advisor Patrick Young is one of those who thinks the country’s supposed salvation at the hands of the EU will leave it more or less powerless. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged army, athens, austerity, bailout, budget, crisis, cuts, debt, EU, Euro, eurocrisis, Europe, Eurozone, Greece, healthcare, Οικονομική, κρίση, λιτότητας, μέτρα, Αθήνα, Ελλάδα, military, papademos, patrick, rt, scandal, spending, taxpayers, Violence, young | Comments closed

Frenemies Forever: US taken hostage by China?

By dog | Published: February 20, 2012

The Chinese Vice-President’s been touring America this week and hailing ties between the two countries. The US media isn’t quite as positive, often vilifying the communist country which holds more than a trillion dollars of American debt in its coffers. But for the White House, business comes before public opinion, as RT’s Gayane Chichakyan reports [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged arms, asia, beijing, chian, chichakyan, china, currency, debt, dollar, escobar, gayane, House, jin-ping, jinping, military, obama, Pacific, pepe, policy, politics, romney, rt, shi, states, stocks, syria, talks, tibet, united, US, usa, vice, visit, Washington, White, xi, yuan | Comments closed

Greek austerity clashes video: Protesters vent anger at police

By dog | Published: February 20, 2012

Thousands of Greek citizens took to the streets of Athens once again throughout Sunday, protesting painful austerity on the eve of a crucial eurozone meeting in Brussels that could determine Greece’s salvation from financial meltdown in March and its future in the common currency zone. At the city’s main square youths threw rocks and flares [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged athens, austerity, bailout, clashes, crisis, cuts, Euro, government, Greece, greek, IMF, injustice, Οικονομική, κρίση, λιτότητας, μέτρα, Αθήνα, Ελλάδα, measures, protests, rt, Social | Comments closed

CrossTalk: Fall From Middle Class

By dog | Published: February 20, 2012

Are we witnessing the downward mobility of the middle class of the rich developed countries? People are falling out of the middle class because they’ve lost their jobs, and many have also lost their homes. Almost one in three families with a mortgage is now “underwater, holding their breath against imminent foreclosure. The percentage of [...]

Posted in Russia Today | Also tagged chauvel, class, crisis, david, debt, downward, foreclosure, home, homeless, jobs, katz, lavelle, louis, middle, mobility, mortgage, peter, Poverty, problem, rt, schweickart, society, status, tony, unemployment, US | Comments closed

Counting the Cost – Is Capitalism bankrupt?

By dog | Published: February 20, 2012

With a world-wide financial crisis, towering government debt and the public outrage of the 99 per cent it is suggested that the free market is not free enough. . Is capitalism in fact bankrupt? Guests: Mark Weisbrot, Bryan Caplan, Loretta Napoleoni

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged banking, bryan, capitalism, caplan, kamahl, loretta, maonimcs, Mark, napoleoni, santamaria, weisbrot, youtube | Comments closed

Frost Over the World – Dreaming of an independent Scotland

By dog | Published: February 20, 2012

Many Scots now want to leave the UK, but will it be enough to win a referendum on independence in 2014? Sir David Frost speaks to the man who has led the movement for independence, Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond.

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged al, alex, aljazeera, david, economist, edinburgh, first, frost, frostovertheworld, frostworld, independence, jazeera, kingdom, krugman, minister, Nobel, over, paul, Prize, salmond, scotland, scottish, sir, The, UK, united, US, World, youtube | Comments closed

Frost Over the World – Can a woman become Afghanistan’s president?

By dog | Published: February 20, 2012

It may seem early to turn to Afghanistan’s 2014 presidential race but one candidate is already capturing the imaginations of many Afghans. Fawzia Koofi, the second deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament, discusses running for the presidency.

Posted in Al Jazeera | Also tagged afghan, afghanistan, al, aljazeera, david, Europe, Eurozone, fawzia, frost, frostovertheworld, frostworld, Greece, greek, jazeera, kate, koofi, leontitsis, nash, over, Rights, sir, The, vasilis, woman, women, World, youtube | Comments closed

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