Europe was not, and still is not, ready for the level of consolidation that the Greek Finance Minister suggested. On the other hand, Varoufakis was not ready to compromise his ideas either.
According to the distinction made by Max Weber, Varoufakis answers to his convictions while Tsipras holds the future of Greece in his hands for Greece and Europe.
Ian Rutledge’s book, Enemy on the Euphrates: The British Occupation of Iraq and the Great Arab Revolt, 1914–1921 (Saqi Books, 2014), is a story of imperial arrogance and plunder and the inevitable reaction it generates.
Debt relief must happen now—more than the IMF suggests—to prevent the need for even more debt relief later. This is as much in the creditors’ interest as it is in the Greeks'.
The sociological transformation made manifest in these election results will continue to profoundly affect the political sphere in Turkey for the foreseeable future.
For 20 years, farmers and indigenous people have been fighting the Chevron-Texaco corporation for recognition of the damage it has caused in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Español
Campesinos e indígenas luchan desde hace 20 años para que la multinacional Chevron-Texaco reconozca el perjuicio causado en la Amazonia ecuatoriana. En noviembre de 2013 un tribunal ecuatoriano condenó a la multinacional a pagar 9.500 millones de dólares, un pago que se resiste a abonar. English
It will be important to empower young people, to train them to exercise critical thought, and to make them conscious of the importance of their participation in society. A call to civil society.
The history of this country is one of eternal recurrence. The ‘national question” re-emerges where it has always been, with varying degrees of visibility: at the heart of Ethiopian political life.
Hoy, con una democracia representativa fallida, no podemos restringir la voluntad ciudadana a una expresión pasiva de consentimiento. English
“More cynically (or realistically) the Hellenes must be kept in the NATO orbit and timely aid is the best guarantor of it.”
Tsipras’ room for manoeuvre is completely circumscribed by the euro.
