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What is to be Done with the Banks? Radical Proposals for Radical Changes Immediate measures for moving towards socialisation
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Nine years after the outbreak of the financial crisis that continues to produce damaging social effects through the austerity policies imposed on victim populations, it’s time to take another look at the commitments that were made at that time by bankers, financiers, politicians and regulatory bodies. Those four players have failed fundamentally in the promises they made in the wake of the crisis – to moralise the banking system, separate commercial banks from investment banks, end exorbitant salaries and bonuses, and finally finance the real economy. We didn’t believe those promises at the time, and for good reason. Instead of a moralising of the banking system, all we’ve had is a long list of misappropriations that have been brought to light by a series of bank failures, beginning with that of Lehman Brothers in 15 September, 2008. -> read article... |
| Syria/Kurdistan
The Kurdish national movement in Syria: political goals, controversy and dynamicIn this interview for the Greek website Ela Liberta at the end of October, Joseph Daher explains his position on the Kurdish movement in Syria in detail. -> read article... |
| Spanish State
The European Challenge ,
For all of its success, Podemos has refused to deal seriously with the European Union and what it would take to truly transform Spain. -> read article... |