Day: May 8, 2012
News
Greek Political Crisis Emerges as Leftist Coalition Syriza’s Leader Alexis Tsipras Vows to Reject Austerity
- May 8, 2012
- Alexis Tsipras
- Antonis Samaras
- Austerity
- Bailout
- Chryssi Avgi
- coalition government
- Euro
- Euro bonds
- Europe
- European Central Bank
- European Debt Crisis
- Golden Dawn
- Greece
- Greek
- Greek Debt
- Greek debt crisis
- IMF
- Karolos Papoulias
- left coalition
- leftist coalition
- New Democracy
- Pan Hellenic Socialism
- PASOK
- socialist
- Sovereign Debt
- SYRIZA
The fate of Greece rests in the hands of a newly elected far-left leader, Alexis Tsipras, propelled to power on a platform that Greece could no longer support her international loan agreements. The anti-austerity, leftist coalition, Syriza, emerged surprisingly strong after this past weekend’s poll, winning 16.8% of the vote. News of Greek anti-austerity measures […]
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Wall Street: The Intersection of Money and Power in the American Empire, Part 1
- May 8, 2012
- 2008 financial crisis
- academics
- Austerity
- Bank of America
- Bear Stearns
- business
- Business & Finance
- Citibank
- Continental Politics
- Debt Crisis
- Democrats
- Documentary
- Economic Crisis
- Finance
- financial crisis
- Goldman Sachs
- Great Recession
- i banking
- international finance
- investment banking
- Lehman Brothers
- leverage
- Monetary Union
- money
- mortgage crisis
- PBS
- politics
- power
- Republicans
- Video
- Wall Street
Watch Money, Power and Wall Street: Part One on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. Politics, money, and power are three concepts typically associated together, particularly with regard to the American political system. Often cited by critics as one of the main democratic deficiencies of the American political system, the convenient marriage of money and power […]
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People’s Republic of China Expels Al-Jazeera
- May 8, 2012
- Al Jazeera
- Asia
- China
- Chinese Communist Party
- Chinese media
- Chinese news media
- Emirates
- Foreign Correspondents' Club of China
- Foreign Direct Investment
- freedom of speech
- freedom of the press
- gulags
- journalism
- journalistic freedom
- journalists
- People's Republic of China
- political re-education
- PRC
- Qatar
- state controlled media
The Emirates-based Al-Jazeera satellite television news network was expelled from China yesterday, May 7, after Beijing refused to renew the press credentials for correspondent Melissa Chan, a normally routine process. Such an action represents the first time in over 14 years that Beijing has refused to renew press credentials for a foreign network. Though no […]
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