Dancing on the Global Fiscal Cliff

NoisyRoom And the depths of chaos beckon while the financial sands beneath our feet shift into oblivion. Today, we offer you a metaphor salad to describe the current progress of the financial apocalypse. Yep, more happy news from the economic war front. To say we are skating on thin ice globally as well as here in the US is an understatement of epic proportions. It's the new and improved walking dead … [Read more...]

Riots in Spain

New Zeal Kremlin propaganda channel Russia Today covers riots in Spain. At least 76 people have been injured in Madrid as clashes flared up between protesters and police, the latter using rubber bullets. Thousands of Spanish anarchists, communists and labor unionists turned out against new austerity measures introduced by the Socialist government. … [Read more...]

Nations will be Nations: ‘Euro Zone Fragmenting Faster than EU can Act’

Spain is likely to do the trick. The jolt from that nation's banking collapse is about to "tilt" the rickety EU pinball game, as the score of debt is racked up higher and higher. This is no time to be in debt, personally. Prepare for the tsunami from the seismic shift across the Atlantic. And here we've been told (at least since 1913) that central banking prevents collapses -- well, for the central banksters, that … [Read more...]

Greek Communists Organize Demonstrations “Like Those Which Are Taking Place in Spain”

New Zeal From the Greek Communist Party (KKE) website: A Planned People’s Struggle is Necessary “The large majority of the workers, of the people must declare this to the power of capital: We do not believe whatever you tell us. We are regrouping to win small and big battles and ultimately the war.” Aleka Papariga stressed this amongst other things when speaking to a mass and dynamic rally of the KKE on … [Read more...]

The Egyptian Disease Spreads to Europe

New Zeal From Cuba’s Prensa Latina: Greece witnessed on Monday another day of protests against further cuts that the Government intends to implement in exchange for the rescue package of the European Union and the IMF. Convened by the unions, hundreds of workers from the OTE telecommunications company took to the streets on Monday to reject the privatization plans that the adjustment … [Read more...]

Spain Ripe for Revolt?

New Zeal From the Irish Socialist Workers Party website: Protests against Spain’s economic crisis gained fresh momentum, as social networking fueled demonstrators to take to the streets of Puerto del Sol plaza with the local elections just days away. The nature of this peaceful protest, echoes the pro–democracy rallies that have revolutionized Egypt. The rallies have been instigated by the major economic … [Read more...]

Revolution Spreads to Europe

New Zeal As predicted by Glenn Beck and others, the revolutions that began in Tunisia and Egypt are being exported to Europe. Greece and Spain are already feeling the first effects. From the New Zealand’s Socialist Aotearoa website: A beautiful video of solidarity from the Egyptian revolutionary people to the youth of Spain, defying their failed political class to bring the Arab Spring to Europe. Now … [Read more...]