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The 3+1 heads of the neoliberal monster in euro elections

EU ELECTIONS by system failure All indications point to the fact that the oncoming euro elections will be marked by a rise of the eurosceptic forces. According to a recent research, the percentage of the eurosceptics in the new European parliament could reach 30%. According to Open Europe, these parties could not build a coherent alliance since they cover a quite broad ideological spectrum. ( http://www.openeurope.org.uk/Article?id=19919 ) There is a different picture for the traditional parties in power which, according to the research, will maintain the majority in the euro parliament, although with less power. These parties are the three components of the neoliberal doctrine that strikes Europe and European humanitarian values to serve the big businesses and banks. The first component is the conservative Right which has completely adopted the neoliberal perception. Traditional values of the conservative-patriotic Right in Europe have been corroded by the inter

Christodoulos Xiros behind the recent explosive mechanism

The Greek Police announced that has detected genetic material in the powerful explosive mechanism that had been mailed to the police department of Itea in Fokida, which coincides with that of the former November 17 member, Christodoulos Xiros. ( http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2014/01/breaking-former-member-of-armed.html ) According to some information, the genetic material has been found in the wiring assembly of the mechanism. The organization "Conspiracy of Cells of Fire" took responsibility for sending a package of an explosive mechanism (neutralized by the police through a controlled explosion) on April 29, at the police department of Itea. http://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/genetiko-yliko-toy-ksiroy-ston-ekriktiko-mixanismo-tis-iteas A culmination of provocative operations as we approach EU elections? “ In case that Christodoulos Xiros will stay out too long, it would be a strong indication that the systemic establishment uses now every mean to disor

Τα 3+1 κεφάλια του νεοφιλελεύθερου τέρατος στις ευρωεκλογές

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

Europe’s brutal discipline

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

1st May: International Workers' Day

“ 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