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Amnesty International and Circle Up...
Hundreds of volunteers created a human mosaic on the Pnyx Hill on Saturday... |
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Time for society to take action
The crisis that has beset Greece over the past few months is a crisis of the political system, a crisis of political management, and a crisis of confidence in the institutions.
Nevertheless, one should at no point make the mistake of interpreting the ongoing crisis as a crisis of our society at large.
Greek society contains healthy forces and it has the strength to regenerate itself.
It should not be neutralized or stigmatized by the ineptitude and the corruption of passing leaders. |
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The mother of invention
The economic crisis that has broken out across the world looks like the beginning of a difficult time for many countries. Even Europe, with its relatively well-off population and sophisticated safety net for the poorest citizens, looks like it will suffer greatly in the storm. And Greece is no exception. Just six months ago, the government and bankers were proclaiming that Greece would be immune to the credit crunch caused by the subprime mortgage fiasco in the United States. But that crisis kept deepening, making money more expensive after a long period of low rates, at the same time that fuel and food prices, as well as other commodities, began to reach unprecedented highs. |
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