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Syriza's policy for ecological and energy transformation | P2P Foundation

Syriza's policy for ecological and energy transformation | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
“The actions of the new government suggest that Syriza is ready to take steps to implement key aspects of the platform adopted at its first Congress in July 2013. Syriza is committed to “a new paradigm of social, environmental and economic development” and for the “ecological transformation of the economy.” Syriza says it will pursue …
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The New Greek Government Endorses Commons-Based, Peer Production Solutions

The New Greek Government Endorses Commons-Based, Peer Production Solutions | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The Internet of Things, the Collaborative…

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Self-organized workers press SYRIZA to keep its promises

Self-organized workers press SYRIZA to keep its promises | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Autonomous and horizontal workers’ movements in Greece embarked on a caravan to Athens to remind the SYRIZA government of the base from which it arose.
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Varoufakis and Tsakalotos on the Eurozone institutions and bank bailouts – INET-OECD April 9th 2015

Varoufakis and Tsakalotos on the Eurozone institutions and bank bailouts – INET-OECD April 9th 2015 | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Two SYRIZA ministers for the price of one! Here you can find audio of our talks at the INET-OECD 9th April conference on the subject of ‘Eurozone institutions during the bank bailout negotiations’.
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Tsipras: we are a sovereign nation not a debt colony

Tsipras: we are a sovereign nation not a debt colony | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Greek PM promises to act in its own self interest in Putin talks, as the country's IMF representative resigns before crunch repayment is due
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Greece Drawing Up Contingency Plans To Nationalize Banks, Bring In Parallel Currency: Report

Greece Drawing Up Contingency Plans To Nationalize Banks, Bring In Parallel Currency: Report | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The country is involved in tense negotiations with international lenders, as it teeters on the brink of default on an IMF loan.
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Could Syriza boost the co-operative economy in Greece?

Could Syriza boost the co-operative economy in Greece? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Excerpted from Anca Voinea: “In its manifesto, Syriza highlights the importance of reviving the co-op movement as a form of social and economic activity for the future, and suggests drawing up a strategy by looking at the most suitable sectors for...
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Greece: breaking illusions

Greece: breaking illusions | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A recent poll conducted by the University of Macedonia found that 56% of those Greeks asked believed the Greek bailout extension had been a success compared with 24% who said it represented a failure.
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Yanis Varoufakis: more erratic than Marxist

While the ‘enfant terrible’ of the financial media, Greece’s new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, enters key negotiations with other Eurozone finance ministers on a deal over Greek debt and economic recovery, I have been reading up on Varoufakis’ economics and philosophical ideas.

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In Greece, Syriza Struggles to Deliver Promises as Money Runs Out

In Greece, Syriza Struggles to Deliver Promises as Money Runs Out | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Having promised an anti-austerity revolution, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing questions about whether he has a viable plan to restart growth.
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Of Greeks and Germans: Re-imagining our shared future

Of Greeks and Germans: Re-imagining our shared future | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Any sensible person can see how a certain video[1] has become part of something beyond a gesture. It has sparked off a kerfuffle reflecting the manner in which the 2008 banking crisis began to unde...
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Syriza’s new plan for economic development

Syriza’s new plan for economic development | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
By Vasilis Kostakis
Syriza is the left-wing party who won the recent Greek elections and managed to form a government with the support of the right-wing party of Independent Greeks.
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Greek FinMin Varoufakis: Govt Can Delay Some Pre-Election Promises

Greek FinMin Varoufakis: Govt Can Delay Some Pre-Election Promises | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The Greek government wants a final deal with its EU partners by April 20, or even sooner, and is prepared to delay implementation of some pre-election promises in order to win their trust and achieve this, Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis...
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The Economic Realms: The New Greek Government Endorses Commons-Based, Peer Production Solutions

The Economic Realms: The New Greek Government Endorses Commons-Based, Peer Production Solutions | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

All attention in Greece and global financial circles has been understandably focused on the new Greek Government’s fierce confrontation with its implacable European creditors. Less attention has been paid to the Government’s plans to help midwife a new post-capitalist order based on commons and peer production.

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Self-organized workers press SYRIZA to keep its promises

Autonomous and horizontal workers’ movements in Greece embarked on a caravan to Athens to remind the SYRIZA government of the base from which it arose.
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German FinMin Schaeuble: ‘Tsipras’ Govt Destroyed the Greek Economy’

German FinMin Schaeuble: ‘Tsipras’ Govt Destroyed the Greek Economy’ | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has accused the newly elected Greek leftist-led government for backsliding on reforms and destroying the economic progress achieved by its predecessors.
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un-be-lea-va-ble... 

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Greece puts figure of €279bn on claim for German reparations

Greece puts figure of €279bn on claim for German reparations | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Athens officially quantifies sum which includes repayment of forced loan and return of archaeological treasures
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Opinion Poll: Greek PM Tsipras Popularity at Impressive 78%

Opinion Poll: Greek PM Tsipras Popularity at Impressive 78% | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A recent opinion poll conducted by Public Issue for the daily newspaper Avgi shows that the Greek Prime Minister and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras’ popularity has reached an impressive 78%, while 63% of those questioned are in support of the...
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Greece draws up drachma plans, prepares to miss IMF payment

Greece draws up drachma plans, prepares to miss IMF payment | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
'We are a Left-wing government. If we have to choose between a default to the IMF or a default to our own people, it is a no-brainer,' says senior Greek official
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Opinion Poll: Greeks in Support of SYRIZA Govt But Afraid of Grexit

Opinion Poll: Greeks in Support of SYRIZA Govt But Afraid of Grexit | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The newly elected SYRIZA – Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition government has managed to attract the Greek public opinion to its side in the first two months since it took office.
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Greece: Keynes or Marx?

Greece: Keynes or Marx? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The Greeks are now in a so-called four-month breathing space, an extension of the existing ‘bailout’ programme agreed by the previous Conservative-led government with the Troika (the EU Commission, the ECB and the IMF).
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Could Syriza boost the co-operative economy in Greece?

Could Syriza boost the co-operative economy in Greece? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

While the Eurogroup discusses its next steps following the decision to extend financial assistance to Greece by up to four months, there are indications that left-wing Syriza’s win in January could boost the co-operative sector. Reaching an agreement with European counterparts remains the new government’s top priority, but rebuilding the country’s economy is another major pledge made by Syriza prior to this year’s election.

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Vassilis Petsinis - Open Democracy

Vassilis Petsinis - Open Democracy | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Vassilis Petsinis
Open Democracy
Dr Vassilis Petsinis is a Visiting Researcher at the Herder Institute (Marburg, Germany). His main areas of specialization are European Politics and Ethnopolitics with a regional focus on Central and Southeast Europe.
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Poll Shows 47.8% of Greeks Trust SYRIZA and 84% Want the Euro

Poll Shows 47.8% of Greeks Trust SYRIZA and 84% Want the Euro | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Despite the recent impasse in negotiations between the SYRIZA government and lenders that brought threats of a Grexit, Greek people show their trust to the leftist party as 47.8 percent of them would vote for them if elections were held tomorrow.
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Greece: Phase Two | Jacobin

Greece: Phase Two | Jacobin | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Greek MP Costas Lapavitsas on the economic barriers ahead for Syriza and the challenges of eurozone exit.

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