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Greek pensioner suicide video

Stories and News No. 429 That is false: it was not a suicide ... Share the post:

Greece referendum austerity: dictatorship or democracy?

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From Greece Peoples of Europe rise up

Stories and News No. 164 Today in Greece a great 48 hours strike begins to protest against the austerity plan implemented by Papandreou government. Concurrently, here is a fact which I think is particularly symbolic: the communist trade union Pame, the All-Workers Militant Front - close to the Communist Party of Greece - has occupied the Acropolis and some protesters hoisted a banner which says: " Peoples of Europe rise up ." Oh, how I love this phrase. Do you know why? You could say that’s because of the rise up , because this verb stimulates my perennially boiling rebel mind. Maybe. But what I appreciate most is someone who speaks of the Peoples of Europe and not always States, Governments and especially Banks… The Story: Peoples of Europe rise up! Peoples of Europe shut the TV and rise up from those graves disguised as chairs… Because you are Europe. You are Italy, Greece, Germany, France and all the other countries. They are just those who have patented the name. T...

Greece crisis and laughs in Italy: here’s why

Stories and News No. 160 Many not Italian newspapers, dealing with the economic crisis in Greece, speak about the danger that Portugal, Spain and especially Italy live, as today Wall Street Journal , which indicates my country at serious risk of infection because it has a debt seven times the Greece one. However, even since the serious financial Greek situation is on all media, we continue to hear from our government assurances and calls for optimism. Maybe Berlusconi and C. know something we do not know... The Story: Once upon a time there were two peasants, one Greek and one Italian. The two peasants, who lived side by side, had a field. Both lived only of their own harvest and both had a wife and children. One day a terrible drought struck on the two farms. A field without water is destined to the end. A peasant with no field doesn’t get a harvest. And the children of a peasant without harvest have nothing to eat. Now, you know how humans do. They are diverse and everyone differe...