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Το πάρτι των λόμπι σε μια Ευρώπη που παρακμάζει

Μπαρόζο: Χρυσό μετάλλιο στην εξυπηρέτηση συμφερόντων κατά τη διάρκεια της “λαμπρής” του θητείας “ Το μεγαλύτερο δώρο όμως που προσέφερε ο Μπαρόζο στις μεγάλες ευρωπαϊκές επιχειρήσεις ήταν η δυνατότητα της Κομισιόν να παρεμβαίνει άμεσα στον καθορισμό των μισθών των Ευρωπαίων εργαζομένων. Τα μεγαλύτερα επιχειρηματικά λόμπι της Ευρώπης όπως το BusinessEurope και η Στρογγυλή Τράπεζα Ευρωπαίων Βιομηχάνων (ERT) χειροκροτούσαν εκστασιασμένα τις αποφάσεις του Μπαρόζο, τις οποίες τα ίδια είχαν παρουσιάσει σαν προτάσεις ήδη από το 2002 – χωρίς όμως τότε να βρουν ανταπόκριση από την Επιτροπή και το Συμβούλιο. Σε αρκετές περιπτώσεις οι προτάσεις που κατέθεσε η επιτροπή για τον περιορισμό της προστασίας των εργαζομένων ήταν κυριολεκτικά αντιγραφή, λέξη προς λέξη, από τις προτάσεις του BusinessEurope, δηλαδή της ένωσης Ευρωπαίων εργοδοτών.” “ Η μεγαλύτερη 'καινοτομία' του Μπαρόζο όμως ήταν να συμπεριλάβει τις ίδιες τις εταιρείες στους μηχανισμούς λήψης αποφάσεων των θεσμικών ο

Greece: Unprecedented propaganda before euro elections

A mainstream media message: Vote for "stability"=current government regime or you will get chaos They are called "Psychological Operations" and used normally during periods of war. Their goal is to demonize the opponent through terrorising population. During the Cold War, one of the most famous American propagandistic films was depicting Soviets attacking US with nuclear weapons and the reactions of American pupils in a school. In Greece we had similar operations last week. This time, however, were not conducted by the government, but by a private TV station. All the Greek mainstream media excessively promoted politicians' statements like Evangelos Venizelos who warned that in case that voters would not support his party Elia (ex-PASOK), chaos will come to country. However, in one of the biggest TV channels of Greece, the "dirty job" has been done by the "reporters". It was like a thriller or a farce comedy when these reporters

More jobs in danger due to hyper-automatization?

Google's self-driving car “ Google unveiled a brand new self-driving car prototype on Tuesday; the first company to build a car with no a steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedal.” “ It is the first truly driverless electric car prototype built by Google to test the next stage of its five-year-old self-driving car project.” “ It is the first real physical incarnation of Google’s vision of what a self-driving car of the near future could be.” “ Once the journey is done, the small screen displays a message to remind you to take your personal belongings – reinforcing that this is not aiming to be a substitute for your personal car at the moment, but more as a replacement for the taxi without the human driver.” “ They are designed to be more like shared vehicles, possibly within a family or more likely as a replacement for taxis.” “ A law was passed in California over a year ago that made the testing and operation of self-driving vehicles

The Greek government in constant denial

A historical win for the Left in euro elections (a short comment) Although the Leftist party SYRIZA has won the elections by a difference nearly 4 pc, the parties of the government coalition are in constant denial, claiming that there is no need for a government change. The neoliberal regime will pass the new measures by "sword and fire", but this situation is very unstable for the systemic establishment. It is the first time in history that the Left wins any election in Greece. The mainstream media focused on the fact that SYRIZA has just maintained its power compared to the national elections in 2012, but they tried to downgrade the fact that the government coalition parties Nea Dimokratia and PASOK (now called Elia), had heavy losses, as well as that in traditional Right-wing regions of the country, Nea Dimokratia suffered historical losses. We should worry for the very high percentage of the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn which took the thi

What the European neoliberal economic empire fears

EU ELECTIONS by system failure The latest four years, Greece has been experienced one of the worst periods in its modern history. Due to the economic crisis, the country has become the lab rat in an experiment which seeks to detect the reactions against the new conditions imposed by capitalism in its most destructive version. In the field of the new conditions imposed, the strength and tolerance of a whole society is being tested - a society that fate have chosen to play the role of the lab rat in one of the most cruel experiments in modern history. However, since the experiment is not finished yet, what the European neoliberal economic empire fears most, is its abrupt termination which will put in danger the plans for its expansion throughout Europe. The fact that current European political class is being used by the European economic elite to deregulate the system further, proves that this economic elite fears the rise of other European political forces