Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Zoltan Dujisin BUDAPEST, Jan 20, 2012 (IPS) – Protests in Hungary and Romania are the first signs of anti-systemic mobilisation in the Eastern half of the continent. While protests in both countries indicate dissatisfaction with their governments’ authoritarian turn, their origins differ, as does the European [...]
U.S.: Occupy Targets Foreclosures
December 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Judith Scherr People march through West Oakland to the foreclosed home now owned by Fannie Mae that will be occupied as a community centre. Credit:Judith Scherr/IPS Buy this picture OAKLAND, California, Dec 7, 2011 (IPS) – Five months ago, Gayla Newsome was at work when she [...]
“Occupy” Actions Across the Country
November 18, 2011 By
The Real News Network November 18, 2011 In DC and other cities, demonstrators rally at bridges More at The Real News
MIDEAST: Palestinians Won’t Learn Israeli Lessons
July 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours EAST JERUSALEM, Jul 12, 2011 (IPS) – Widespread strikes across Palestinian civil society could be in store for East Jerusalem at the start of the next school year, as the municipality moves ahead with its current plan to implement an Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools. [...]
GREECE: Public Outrage over Austerity Plan
July 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Bego Astigarraga ATHENS, Jun 30, 2011 (IPS) – The mass protests in Greece swelled by the hour as parliament voted this Thursday to implement the social and economic adjustment plan approved Wednesday, including measures for privatisation, tax hikes, spending cuts and mass lay-offs in the state sector. [...]
U.S.: New Yorkers Occupy Streets to Protest Budget Cuts
June 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Elizabeth Whitman NEW YORK, Jun 25, 2011 (IPS) – They have taken over a strip of the sidewalk at Park Place and Broadway, handing out flyers to passersby and taping posters to the ground and to the metal crossbars of the scaffolding that shelters them from the [...]
Pyrrhic Victory for the Israeli Ship Of State
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint By Eric Walberg* CAIRO (IDN) – Israel has extended its criminal siege of Gaza and occupation of the West Bank to Greek and other European airports. In doing so, it is encouraging anti-Jewish sentiment where there is none, by way of insisting it speaks on [...]