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In rebuff to European financial oligarchy, Greek masses vote ‘No!’ to austerityIn rebuff to European financial oligarchy, Greek masses vote ‘No!’ to austerity

In rebuff to European financial oligarchy, Greek masses vote ‘No!’ to austerity

July 6, 4 p.m., EDT -- By a vote of 61 percent to 39 percent, the Greek masses have given…

July 6, 2015
Solidarity with Greek workersSolidarity with Greek workers

Solidarity with Greek workers

Demonstrators from the International Action Center, the Peoples Power Assembly, the revolutionary youth group FIST (Fight Imperialism, Stand Together) and…

July 6, 2015
Greek Debt Committee declares all debt to the Troika ‘illegal, illegitimate, and odious’Greek Debt Committee declares all debt to the Troika ‘illegal, illegitimate, and odious’

Greek Debt Committee declares all debt to the Troika ‘illegal, illegitimate, and odious’

Last spring the Syriza-led Greek Parliament, over the protests of opposition parties, authorized a committee to audit the debt. Below…

July 6, 2015
Report confirms root of Detroit foreclosure crisisReport confirms root of Detroit foreclosure crisis

Report confirms root of Detroit foreclosure crisis

A powerful report on Detroit’s foreclosure crisis was published in the Detroit News June 25-27. (See tinyurl.com/ncymc9f.) The articles were…

July 2, 2015
Bankers aim to strangle Greece, seeking capitulation and regime changeBankers aim to strangle Greece, seeking capitulation and regime change

Bankers aim to strangle Greece, seeking capitulation and regime change

June 30 -- As we go to press, rumors of a last-minute attempt by the Syriza government in Athens to…

June 30, 2015
From Spain to Canada: Austerity pushes voters leftwardFrom Spain to Canada: Austerity pushes voters leftward

From Spain to Canada: Austerity pushes voters leftward

Capitalist austerity programs are nothing new to people living in oppressed countries, most of which are former colonies or neocolonies…

June 2, 2015
Global economic slowdown and the Greek crisisGlobal economic slowdown and the Greek crisis

Global economic slowdown and the Greek crisis

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew sounded the alarm recently about the Greek debt crisis on his way to a G-7…

June 1, 2015
Boston homeless lead marchBoston homeless lead march

Boston homeless lead march

Boston’s organized homeless people continued their fightback against oppressive conditions in city shelters by mounting an unprecedented March of the…

April 30, 2015
Slowdown, unemployment plague world capitalismSlowdown, unemployment plague world capitalism

Slowdown, unemployment plague world capitalism

The finance ministers of the largest capitalist economies exuded gloom and pessimism at the recent Washington meeting of the G-20.…

April 23, 2015
Detroit lawsuit demands right to public protestDetroit lawsuit demands right to public protest

Detroit lawsuit demands right to public protest

A lawsuit largely initiated by the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop…

April 17, 2015