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| Putting Water Back in Public Hands |  | | Nick Buxton: Paris and other cities have remunicipalised water that had
been privatized saving users money and introducing more democracy and
transparency April 25, 13 |
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| Privatizing Europe |  | | Nick Buxton: A massive European fire sale is one way finance is using the
crisis to entrench neo-liberalism April 24, 13 |
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| Greece's Austerity Measures Put Patients at Risk |  | | Pharmaceutical Companies withhold medicine from Greece, fearing that the
medicine will be exported to
other European countries. Greece is penalized for austerity measures it had
been forced to implement. March 18, 2013 |
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| The Greek Trap |  | | Costas Lapavitsas: Lower wages, austerity, high unemployment creating situation like 1930's with a dangerous rise of the right February 14, 2013 |
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| The End of Squatting in the UK? |  | | Calls from within government to fully criminalise squatting gather momentum. It could have serious implications for political occupations, and will it backfire on the government's plans to reduce its welfare budget? February 8, 2013 |
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| Spies and the Media |  | | Annie Machon: Intelligence agencies infiltrate and actively work to influence mainstream media January 29, 13 |
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| What are the German Bankers Thinking? |  | | Michael Ash: German bankers can be ruthless bill collectors, wild speculators, social planners and austerity hawks but they seem to ignore the damage they are doing to Europe January 18, 2013 |
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| The UK's Student Movement at a Crossroads |  | | What was supposed to be the biggest UK student march of 2012 ends as a chaotic washout, leaving the future uncertain for Britain's student movement November 25, 2012 |
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| Greek Society Unravels Under Austerity Measures |  | | Costas Lapavitsas: Merkel's visit to Greece shows Eurozone leadership
don't want to push Greece out, but situation is explosive as people are
furious at austerity measures October 19, 2012 |
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| UK's Poorest Families hit Hardest by Recession and Austerity |  | | A leading British charity warns that 3.5 million children in the United Kingdom are growing up below the poverty line, while the divide between rich and poor continues to accelerate faster than anywhere else in the developed world. September 26, 12 |
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| Spain's Robin Hood Mayor and Landless Peasants Battle Bankers |  | | In Southern Spain, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, mayor of the small town of Marinaleda, is helping organize a growing protest movement against the austerity measures imposed by the Spanish government. Sánchez Gordillo and the landless peasants that follow him are at the forefront of demonstrations seeking a radical change in the country's economic policies in response to the country's worsening crisis. September 4, 12 |
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| Scotland Debates Independence |  | | Will Independence be good for ordinary people and what will it mean for UK's nuclear weapons program? July 23, 2012 |
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| What Did the Greek Elections Decide? |  | | Costas Lapavitsas: Elections were a moral victory for Syriza as vote held up under ferocious pressure; the new pro-bailout Government will not be able to service it's debt as austerity measures deepen, and eventually Greece will leave the Euro-Zone June 18, 12 |
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| Spain's "Indignados" Mobilize Against Austerity |  | | With the highest unemployment rate in Europe, the Spanish people take to the streets in Madrid and elsewhere to mark one year since the massive demonstrations that caused ripples around the world. They're calling for a global revolution, but who will respond? May 14, 12 |
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| Massive Protests Fill the Streets of Madrid |  | | Tens of thousands of Spaniards joined protestors in dozens of other European cities to mark the 1-year anniversary of the "Indignado" movement, and to demand an end to the austerity measures taken in response to the economic crisis (Full report expected tomorrow). May 13, 12 |
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| Portuguese parish protest fills Lisbon |  | | EuroNews: Some 200 thousand people filled the streets of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon to protest at plans to cut 1,500 hundred parishes April 3, 2012 |
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| General strike hits Spain |  | | Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces his first test as unions stage a general strike today against fresh austerity measures. March 29, 12 |
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| Unpacking the Russian Elections |  | | Aleksandr Buzgalin: Putin promised social democratic reforms but will more likely continue neoliberal policies March 6, 2012 |
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| The Greek Experiment |  | | Michael Hudson: Greek crisis used to find out how far finance can drive down wages and privatize February 20, 12 |
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| Class War in Greece |  | | Costas Panayotakis: Greece should default and leave the Eurozone as current policies lead to a decade of depression February 20, 12 |
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| Eurocrisis is a Global Crisis |  | | Leo Panitch: People need to build their own political organizations that push for public banking and serious capital controls January 19, 2012 |
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| On the Russian Left |  | | Boris Kagarlitsky: Young people are joining the movement but left is divided and weak January 10, 2012 |
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| Is the Euro Crisis Over? |  | | William K. Black, Paolo Manasse, and John Weeks discuss the Euro and the danger of global recession January 2, 2012 |
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| The G20 and Global Policy Paralysis |  | | Ilene Grabel: There's neither the political will nor the courage to take on the austerity and privatization
policies pushed by finance December 14, 11 |
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| Eurocrisis: "Democracy is Not a Given" |  | | Dr. Heiner Flassbeck (Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD): German policy of low wages and beggar thy neighbor is root of euro crisis December 11, 2011 |
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| The War on Wages |  | | Dr. Heiner Flassbeck: If wages don't rise and the "pathological" power of finance is not pushed back, we will face a deep depression December 20, 2011 |
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| Eurocrisis Solutions for Whom? |  | | Matias Vernengo: Proposed new rules for the Eurozone based on interests of bankers, large companies and the European elite December 9, 2011 |
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| Should Greece Pull Out of the Euro? |  | | TRNN Replay - Costas Lapavitsas: The Greek people face a decade of depression in the Eurozone, it's better to leave and make major reforms. February 20, 12 |
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| Should Greece Pull Out of the Euro? | | | Costas Lapavitsas: The Greek people face a decade of depression in the Eurozone, it's better to leave and make major reforms. February 20, 12 |
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| Indignados keep up protests |  | | EuroNews: If the euro crisis is not going away, nor are the "indignados" or "occupy" protests November 6, 2011 |
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| Euro-Chaos and Global Capitalism |  | | Leo Panitch: We are witnessing the irrationality of capitalism and the incredible struggle of people in the street October 4, 2011 |
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| Greeks pour scorn on bailout poll plan |  | | EuroNews: Over the past year widespread protests and strikes across Greece have shown the level of opposition to the government's austerity measures November 2, 2011 |
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| High stakes at euro summit |  | | EuroNews: As the latest euro rescue summit loomed, there remained major differences on confronting the currency bloc's worsening sovereign debt crisis October 26, 2011 |
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| Greeks dying from financial despair |  | | EuroNews: No vessels have been entering or leaving Athens' main port, Piraeus, frozen by strikes and many people are sinking into serious depression September 20, 2011 |
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| Rome 'Occupy' protest turns violent |  | | AlJazeera: Violence has broken out in Rome as tens of thousands nicknamed "the indignant" have marched in European cities in protest against capitalism and austerity measures October 16, 2011 |
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| Rome 'Occupy' protest turns violent | | | AlJazeera: Violence has broken out in Rome as tens of thousands nicknamed "the indignant" have marched in European cities in protest against capitalism and austerity measures October 16, 2011 |
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| Germany takes part in global economic protests |  | | EuroNews: More global support mobilizes for Spain's Indignado movement and Occupy Wall Street in the United States - Germany showed its anger about economic injustice October 16, 2011 |
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| Icelandic People Said No |  | | Michael Hudson: Peoples of countries indebted without their consent should refuse to repay odious debts October 26, 2011 |
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| Dale Farm Travelers in Final Plea Before Eviction |  | | Residents of Dale Farm who face the clearance of the UK's largest illegal site on Monday build a barricade against bailiffs amid a last-minute struggle to find somewhere else to go. September 19, 2011 |
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| Murdoch in London to save BSkyB deal |  | | EuroNews: Media baron Rupert Murdoch has arrived at the London headquarters of his newspaper empire to take control of the phone hacking crisis July 11, 2011 |
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| Germany Votes 'Nein' to Nuclear |  | | EuroNews: Germany's lower house of parliament has voted overwhelmingly to end the country's nuclear energy programme by 2022 July 1, 2011 |
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| Strikes put Greece on the Brink |  | | EuroNews: Modern-day Greeks have exercised their democratic right and have practically closed the whole country down June 15, 2011 |
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| Spain takes to the street against austerity |  | | Spaniards protested for a seventh consecutive day on Saturday against high employment and austerity measures, ignoring a ban on rallies on the eve of local elections. May 22, 11 |
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| Anti-Austerity Rallies in Spain |  | | EuroNews: Police in Madrid made several arrests after a peaceful protest against government austerity measures ended in violent clashes May 17, 2011 |
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| Iceland Vote Freezes Repayment Plan |  | | Iceland could be facing a political and financial crisis after voters appeared to have rejected a referendum on a plan to repay debts to Britain and the Netherlands for a second time April 13, 11 |
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| WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Granted Bail |  | | Channel 4: Julian Assange granted conditional bail but remains in custody after what his lawyer says is a "vindictive campaign" by Swedish prosecutors December 15, 2010 |
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| Protestors clash with Greek police |  | | Al Jazeera: Police and demonstrators have clashed in the Greek capital, after thousands of people gathered to mark the anniversary of a police shooting. December 7, 2010 |
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