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ΦΑΚΕΛΟΣ ΕΥΡΩΕΚΛΟΓΕΣ του system failure Όλα δείχνουν ότι οι προσεχείς ευρωεκλογές θα σημαδευτούν από μία άνοδο των ευρωσκεπτικιστικών δυνάμεων. Σύμφωνα με μια πρόσφατη έρευνα, το ποσοστό των ευρωσκεπτικιστών στο νέο Ευρωπαϊκό κοινοβούλιο μπορεί να φτάσει έως και το 30% ( http://www.tvxs.gr/news/eyropi-eop/sto-30-mporei-na-ftasei-i-psifos-se-antieyropaika-kommata ). Με βάση την έρευνα του Open Europe ( http://www.openeurope.org.uk/Content/Documents/140428_EP_Briefing_Open_Europe.pdf ), τα κόμματα αυτά δεν μπορούν να αποτελέσουν ένα συμπαγές μέτωπο, καθώς προέρχονται από ένα ιδιαίτερα ευρύ ιδεολογικό φάσμα. Την αντίθετη εικόνα παρουσιάζουν τα παραδοσιακά κόμματα εξουσίας, τα οποία με βάση την έρευνα, θα διατηρήσουν την πλειοψηφία στο ευρωκοινοβούλιο, αν και με μειωμένη δύναμη. Τα κόμματα αυτά αποτελούν τις τρεις συνιστώσες του νεοφιλελεύθερου δόγματος που σαρώνει την Ευρώπη και τις Ευρωπαϊκές ανθρωπιστικές αξίες για χάρη των μεγάλων επιχειρήσεων και τραπεζών. Η πρώτη

by Serge Halimi The European utopia is turning into a system for delivering punishment. As Europe’s regime gets tougher, there is a growing sense that interchangeable elites are taking advantage of each crisis to tighten their austerity policies and impose their federal fantasy. This twin objective has the support of boardrooms and newsrooms. But even if you boost their ranks with German rentiers, a few Luxembourgers specialising in tax evasion and most of France’s Socialist leaders, popular backing for the present “European project” isn’t much greater. The European Union does not stop chiding states that fail to be concerned first with reducing their budget deficit, even when unemployment is rife. As they usually fall into line without further persuasion, the EU immediately imposes a programme of corrective measures, with objectives worked out to the last decimal point and a timetable for completion. But when a growing number of sick Europeans have to forgo treatm

“ Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers' Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like Cuba or the former Soviet Union. Most Americans don't realize that May Day has its origins here in this country and is as 'American' as baseball and apple pie, and stemmed from the pre-Christian holiday of Beltane, a celebration of rebirth and fertility.” “ At its national convention in Chicago, held in 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (which later became the American Federation of Labor), proclaimed that 'eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labor from and after May 1, 1886.'” “ On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers in 13,000 businesses across the United States walked off their jobs in the first May Day celebration in history. In Chicago, the epicenter for the 8-hour day agitators, 40,000 went o

key points: “ According to NED’s 2013 annual report, the agency channeled more than $2.3 million to Venezuelan opposition groups and projects. Within that figure, $1,787,300 went directly to anti-government groups within Venezuela, while another $590,000 was distributed to regional organizations that work with and fund the Venezuelan opposition. More than $300,000 was directed towards efforts to develop a new generation of youth leaders to oppose Maduro’s government politically.” “ One of the groups funded by NED to specifically work with youth is FORMA, an organization led by Cesar Briceño and tied to Venezuelan banker Oscar Garcia Mendoza. Garcia Mendoza runs the Banco Venezolano de Credito, a Venezuelan bank that has served as the filter for the flow of dollars from NED and USAID to opposition groups in Venezuela, including Sumate, CEDICE, Sin Mordaza, Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones and FORMA, amongst others.” “ Another significant part of NED fund

Maria Spyraki, ex-journalist for MEGA channel, one of the biggest tv channels in Greece, now candidate for the euro-elections with the main government coalition party Nea Dimokratia, revealed among other things: “ Greece had a bank-run in the period between the elections of May and June of 2012. This means that, in reality, people were going to the banks and taking their money. This was something that no one in my position could ever tell. No one could ever tell for example that there could be a moment where someone could go to a bank and say 'Good evening, I want ten thousand euro' and the bank would say to him 'I'm sorry, we have no money', because then, everything would end." “ There was a process which was very painful, it was the process of supplying cash to Greece. The plane was taking off from Elefsina, flying to Italy, and returning with cash for the Bank of Greece which was distributing them to the other banks. This was something that we n