organization:democratic party

Fermeture des écoles publiques à Chicago et à Washington (où les écoles seront offerts à des exploitants privés...)

DC mayor to offer closed schools to charter operators - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/23/dcps-m23.html

DC mayor to offer closed schools to charter operators
By Nick Barrickman
23 May 2013

A new announcement by Vincent C. Gray, Democratic mayor of Washington, DC would see 12 former public facilities opened up for long-term leasing to charter schools in the District of Columbia, with an additional four receiving short-term rights. The announcement comes days after the rejection of an injunction in Federal court which was intended to halt the planned closures of 15 public schools this year and next.

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Chicago officials release final list of 49 school closures - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/23/chic-m23.html

Chicago officials release final list of 49 school closures
By Kristina Betinis
23 May 2013

In the face of mass opposition, the Chicago Board of Education released its final list of school closings Tuesday, announcing the closure of 49 elementary schools and one high school program this year. The city has shuttered public schools every year since 2001, but the latest round is the largest yet, and one of the biggest mass shutdown of schools in US history.

#éducation #école #enfance #états-unis

A Grand Coalition for austerity in Italy - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/29/pers-a29.html

The formation of a Grand Coalition in Italy, centred on Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s Democratic Party and Silvio Berlusconi’s People of Freedom (PdL) party, shows the degree to which the global financial oligarchy dominates political life.

#italie #austérité #crise

Le père de la doctrine de financement des partisans afghans en guerre contre l’envahisseur l’URSS, Zbigniew Brzezinski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Brzezinski, propose l’instauration d’une zone de libre-échange transatlantique comme solution au déclin de l’occident

http://euobserver.com/economic/119871

Thousands of California teachers receive layoff notices - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/01/cali-a01.html

Thousands of California teachers receive layoff notices
By Kevin Martinez
1 April 2013

Thousands of layoff notices were sent out to teachers in mid-March across California, marking the fifth year in a row of mass teacher layoffs in the richest state of the nation.

When voters in California approved Proposition 30 last fall they were promised that it would halt and reverse the assault on public education, and that Governor Jerry Brown would spare the state’s education system from $5 billion in contemplated budget cuts.

#états-unis #éducation

Etats-unis : à Chicago, l’éducation primaire publique brutalement attaquée. 60 écoles en cours de fermeture.

The attack on public education in Chicago - World Socialist Web Site
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/25/pers-m25.html

The attack on public education in Chicago
25 March 2013

The announcement of plans in Chicago, Illinois to shut down 61 elementary and middle schools marks a new stage in the assault on public education and the social counterrevolution in America.
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It is the largest single school closure announcement in US history. In the latest phase of school shutdowns, some 13 percent of primary schools in the nation’s third-largest district will be closed, affecting 30,000 students and laying off some 1,000 teachers. These cuts will produce higher class sizes and greater strains on the schools that stay open, and four percent of all teachers in the city will immediately lose their jobs.

le film de Ben Affleck passé au vitriol par As’ad AbuKhalil (aka Angry Arab) :

« Argo: The Stupidest Movie of the Year » - By As’ad AbuKhalil

http://english.al-akhbar.com/blogs/angry-corner/argo-stupidest-movie-year

This is a typical Hollywood movie with typical Hollywood twists and turns, and with the typical formulaic ending. I mean, who is going to believe that suspenseful ending: with the plane about to leave Iranian territory, while Iranian armed men were chasing the plane on the runway because they discovered at the last minute that they were duped. But the White Man is always – in Hollywood – more than one step ahead of the native.

It should not be surprising that the movie recycled racist and stereotypical depictions from other racist movies on Iran, like Not Without My Daughter. All the Iranians in the movie were frowning or angry or yelling, and the movie never bothers to subtitle what they have to say. Only the words of submissive natives, i. e. the Iranians who cooperate with the Americans and are smiley are worth translating to the audience.

#Argo #cinéma #Iran #US

Détroit, l’agonie, toujours...

A financial dictator for Detroit - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/15/pers-m15.html

A financial dictator for Detroit
15 March 2013

With the appointment of an emergency manager on Thursday, Detroit became the largest city in US history to be taken over by the state government. The new manager, bankruptcy lawyer Kevin Orr, will have vast powers and one essential task: to carry out a brutal assault on the jobs and living conditions of the working class.

Urban matters : Détroit n’en finit pas d’agonir, c’est maintenant au tour des parcs et des terrains de jeux pour les enfants de disparaître. La municipalité prévoit d’en fermer une cinquantaine.

Detroit to close 51 parks - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/04/park-f04.html

By Shannon Jones
4 February 2013

Detroit’s Democratic Party Mayor David Bing announced Friday that his administration will close 51 city parks and sharply cut back operations at recreation centers by the spring. The cuts mean that only 57 of the city’s more than 300 parks will be in operation this year. Those that remain open will see reduced staffing and maintenance.

Romanowski Park in southwest Detroit is slated to be closed

The park closures are in line with the plans of the Bing administration to deny services to so-called unviable neighborhoods, forcing residents to move out.

One life-long Detroit resident told the WSWS, “Recreation is an important part of a child’s development. When you close down recreation centers and don’t allow children to play it is a detriment to future generations. People still use the parks even though they are not in the same shape they were in previously.

“I believe the closing of these parks is part of a plan to turn the land over to private developers at a cut-rate cost.”

The Definitive Story of How President Obama Mined Voter Data to Win A Second Term | MIT Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/509026/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-rally-voters

they had identified a three-step process they called “Wood’s Triangle.”

Within three or four days of a new entity’s entry into the conversation, either through paid ads or through the news cycle, it was possible to make a well-informed hypothesis about whether the topic was likely to win media attention by tracking whether it generated Twitter chatter. That informal conversation among political-class elites typically led to traditional print or broadcast press coverage one to two days later, and that, in turn, might have an impact on the horse race. “We saw this process over and over again,” says Lundry.

They began to think of ads as a “shock to the system”—a way to either introduce a new topic or restore focus on an area in which elite interest had faded.

#marketing #politique #etats-unis #data-mining

Growing poverty in Germany “politically desired” - World Socialist Web Site

Est-ce que le gouvernement allemand fait réellement le projet d’accepter la paupérisation d’une partie de la population pour maintenir ses objectifs économiques ?

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/03/germ-j03.html

Growing poverty in Germany “politically desired”
By Dietmar Henning
3 January 2013

Austerity measures dictated by the German government are plunging the peoples of Europe into a social catastrophe. Before Christmas, the National Conference on Poverty (NAK), an amalgamation of charities, churches and the German Trade Union Federation (DGB), presented its “Shadow Report”, which concludes that the growth and consolidation of poverty is “politically desired”.

The report, entitled “Those in the shadows are not seen”, is a response to the fourth official government report on poverty and wealth, which will probably be released by the cabinet in January 2013. A first draft of the government report was presented by the Labour Ministry in September 2012, and excerpts were published in the media. Under pressure from the Free Democratic Party (FDP)-led economics ministry, the final report has been delayed and redrafted several times.

Alphabetical List of Organizations / Individuals That Are of Interest to The Leslie Brodie Report — Year 2013

For updates, please see @:

http://lesliebrodie.blog.co.uk/2013/01/01/the-leslie-brodie-report-2013-people-of-interest-15372924

A.

AARP - American Association of Retired Persons;

Peter Arth of CPUC;

Accenture;

Robert Adler of Southern California Edison, formerly of Munger Tolles;

Marty Africa of Lindsey Major & Africa;

Allen Matkins;

Ruthe Catolico Ashley (aka Ruthe Ashley);

Lance Astrella of Astrella & Rice;

B.

Starr Babcock of State Bar of California;

Ophelia Basgal, formerly of PG&E;

Gibor Basri of UC Berkeley Foundation/ CaliforniaALL;

Jeremy Ben Ami of J. Street;

Bet Tzedek Legal Services of Los Angeles;

Jeffrey Bleich of Munger Tolles & Olson/ Obama for America;

Richard Blum;

Geoff Brown of CPUC;

Frederick Brown of Gibson Dunn;

Boyd Gaming;

James Brosnahan of Morrison & Foerster / Obama for America;

Ron Burkle of The Yucaipa Companies;

John Burton of California Democratic Party;

C.

CaliforniaALL;

California Forward;

California Emerging Technology Fund;

California Consumer Protection Foundation (“CCPF”);

California Supreme Court Historical Society;

California Endowment;

Annette Carnegie of Morrison & Foerster;

CB Richard Ellis;

Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE);

Alec Chang of Skadden Arps;

Raj Chatterjee of Morrison & Foerster;

Erwin Chemerinsky of UCI School of Law;

Ming Chin, Associate Justice of California Supreme Court;

Steve Churchwell of DLA Piper;

CityView:

Richard Claussen of Goddard Claussen;

CleanTECH;

Joe Cotchett of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy

Dick Costolo of Twitter / Posterous;

D.

Angela Davis of US Attorney’s office in Los Angeles/ Judicial Council

Howard Dickstein ;

Jeannine Dickstein (aka Jeannine English);

Jack Dorsey of Twitter/Posterous;

DLA Piper;

Duke Energy;

Joe Dunn;

Kinde Durkee;

E.

Edison International

Judge Morrison England;

Torie Flournoy-England;

Jeannine English (aka Jeannine Dickstein);

EPIC Church at 543 Howard;

Martha Escutia;

F.

Jerome Falk of Arnold & Porter(formerly of Howard Rice);

Timothy
Judge Tim Fall of Yolo Couty Superior Court (image:courtesy photo)

Judge Timothy Fall (aka Tim Fall) of Yolo County Superior Court;

Nancy Fineman of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy;

James Brosnahan, Jeff Bleich, Willie Fletcher
From left James Brosnahan, Unknown, Jeffrey Bleich, and Judge Willie Fletcher (Image: courtesy photo)

William Fletcher : FOB — Friend of Bill Clinton;Democratic Party Operative; Judge with Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; UC Berkeley;

For People of Color, Inc. — entity associated with MTO;

Mark Friedman of Fulcrum Property;

Holly Fujie;

Fulcrum Property;

G.

Ronald George;

Eric George;

Girardi & Keese;

Thomas Girardi;

Golden Pacific Bank;

Joilene Wood Grove;

David Grove ;

Jasmine Guillory;

H.

Karina Hamilton of UC Irvine;

Robert Hamilton of Allen Matkins;

Leslie Hatamiya;

Kamala Harris;

William Hauck of Goddard Claussen;

Robert Hawley of State Bar of California;

Tony Haymet of Scripps Institution of Oceanography ;

James Hsu

I.

Institute on Aging;

J.

Judy Johnson;

K.

Raoul Kennedy of Skadden Arps;

Freada Klein Kapor;

Mitchell Kapor;

Keker & Van Nest;

John Keker of Keker & Van Nest;

Brenda Kempster of LINK AMERICAS Foundation

Pat Fong-Kushida

Stewart Kwoh

L.

Walter Lack of Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack;

David Lash;

Tom Layton of State Bar of California / Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department;

Patricia Lee

Richard Lehman of Lehman Levi Pappas & Sadler;

Larry Lessig;

Level Playing Field Institute;

David Lira;

Little Tokyo Service Center;

Donna Lucas of Lucas Public Affairs

Greg Lucas

M.

Susan Mac Cormac of Morrison & Foerster;

Nancy McFadden of PG&E / UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy / Jerry Brown’s

Dennis Mangers;

Manika Jewelry;

Patrice McElroy;

Nancy McFadden of PG&E;

Sunne McPeak;

Howard Miller of Girardi & Keese;

Victor Miramontes of CityView / CaliforniaALL;

Gwen Moore of GEM Communications / Shrimpscam/ State Bar of California;

Munger Tolles & Olson;

N.

Bettina Neuefeind;

Tom Nolan of Skadden Arps;

Bill Novelli of AARP/Porter Novelli;

O.

Barbara O’Connor of AARP, Lucas Public Affairs;

Pierce O’Donnell

Ron Olson of Munger Tolles & Olson / Berkshire Hathaway / Southern California Edison

P.

Pacific Gas & Electric Company;

Larissa Parecki;

Mark Parnes of Wilson Sonsini;

David Pasternak of Pasternak Pasternak & Patton ;

Bradley Phillips of Munger Tolles & Olson;

Michael Peevey of CPUC;

Pegasus Capital;

Roman Porter;

Porter Novelli;

Q.

R.

Sarah E. Redfiled of UNH School of Law;

Jeff Reisig ;

Reliant Energy;

JoAnn Remke;

Mark Robinson of Robinson Calcagnie Robinson/Judicial Council;

Richard Robinson

John Roos, formerly CEO of Wilson Sonsini;

Alan Rothenberg of 1st. Century Bank;

Fred Rowley of Munger Tolles;

Dave Rosenberg of Yolo County Superior Court / Judicial Council;

Bonnie Rubin of 1st. Century Bank / State Bar of California Legal Services Trust Fund Commission

S.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography;

Douglas Scrivner of Accenture

Thomas Silk;

Larry Sonsini

Southern California Edison;

State Bar of California Legal Services Trust Fund Commission

Station Casinos;

Jon Streeter of Keker & Van Nest;

Aaron Swartz;

T.

Mary Ann Todd of Munger Tolles & Olson / California Bar Foundation

Richard Tom of Southern California Edison / California Bar Foundation

U.

UC Irvine School of Law;

UC Irvine Foundation;

UC Berkeley Foundation;

UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy

University of Phoenix;

V.

Venoco;

Verizon Communications

Voice of Orange County

W.

James Wagstaffe of Kerr & Wagstaffe;

Monica Walsh of Manika Jewelry;

David Washburn of Voice of OC;

Madge Watai

Henry Weissmann of Munger Tolles & Olson

David Werdegar of Institute on Aging;

Kathryn Werdegar, Associate-Justice of California Supreme Court;

Matthew Werdegar of Keker & Van Nest;

Tony West of United States Department of Justice;

Steve Westly;

Anita Westly

Wilson Sonsini

Douglas Winthrop of Arnold & Porter(formerly of Howard Rice), California Bar Foundation;

X.

Y.

Christopher Young of Keker & Van Nest
Christopher Young of Keker & Van Nest (image: courtesy)

Christopher Young of Keker & Van Nest

Z.

Carry Zellerbach (aka Mary Ellen Zellerbach);

Daniel Zingale;

Zurich Financial Services / Zurich Insurance;

Obama defeats the Southern Strategy (Le Monde diplomatique)
http://mondediplo.com/2012/12/05usa

Until this year’s presidential election, victory meant both parties had to win the white vote — by appealing to racism if necessary. The changing demographics of the US have now ended that simple route to constant success Source: Le Monde diplomatique

Japan’s paradoxical shift to the right | Inside Story

http://inside.org.au/japans-paradoxical-shift-to-the-right

29 October 2012

A nationalist troika forming in the run-up to next year’s Japanese election poses challenges for the region, writes Tessa Morris-Suzuki

THIS has proved to be a momentous year for the Asia-Pacific region, and particularly for Northeast Asia. North and South Korea and China are all undergoing or about to undergo important transitions in leadership – transitions attracting global media attention – but relatively little has been said about Japan, which is also in a state of political flux. Yet the implications of the changing configurations of Japanese politics are profound and potentially troubling.

#japon #politique #droitisation #nationalisme

The US elections and the unemployed

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/oct2012/pers-o08.shtml
8 October 2012

The controversy that has broken out over the US Labor Department’s report Friday on jobs and unemployment only testifies to the unbridgeable gulf between the corporate ruling elite, including both the Democratic and Republican parties, and the working people who comprise the vast majority of the population.

The official figures showed a net gain of 114,000 jobs during the month of September, a number that closely tracked previous estimates, combined with a greater than expected drop in the unemployment rate, from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent. More than 40 percent of the unemployed, nearly five million workers, have been jobless for more than six months.

#états-unis #elections #chômage

Aux origines de la secte Boko Haram | Alain Vicky
►http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2012/04/VICKY/47604

Groupe religieux marginal dopé par la misère, Boko Haram sème le chaos au #Nigeria. / Nigeria, #Islam, Pauvreté, #Religion, #Terrorisme, #Violence, #Fondamentalisme - 2012/04 / Nigeria, Islam, Pauvreté, Religion, Terrorisme, Violence, Fondamentalisme - 2012/04

#Pauvreté #2012/04

Aux origines de la secte Boko Haram | Alain Vicky (Le Monde diplomatique)
►http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2012/04/VICKY/47604

Souvent qualifié de « democrazy » (démocratie folle) en raison de l’agitation sociale et culturelle qui le caractérise (1), le Nigeria s’est fabriqué un monstre : Boko Haram. A ses débuts, il y a douze ans, celui-ci n’était encore qu’un mouvement religieux contestataire qui tentait de combler le vide créé par l’incurie des partis progressistes. Mais les docteurs Frankenstein du gouvernement ont fini par transformer cette secte en un enjeu géopolitique, principe actif d’un cycle attaques-représailles aussi spectaculaire que meurtrier. (...) Source : Le Monde diplomatique

Pour ce que ça vaut

Henry Kissinger Predicts ‘In 10 Years, There Will Be No More Israel’
http://www.inquisitr.com/349213/henry-kissinger-predicts-in-10-years-there-will-be-no-more-israel

In a recent article, NY Post columnist Cindy Adams stated in no uncertain terms that former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger predicted the end of the nation of Israel in 10 years.

Once More Into the Breach – Philip Giraldi
http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2012/09/12/once-more-into-the-breach

Most of the attention on Israel and the U.S. was understandably centered on the two conventions, but Israel and its allies have clearly been pushing forward on a number of other fronts. On Aug. 28, California HR 35, entitled “Relative to Anti-Semitism,” was passed on a voice vote in the Assembly after no debate with 66 out of 80 assembly members signing on. The resolution is ostensibly intended to prevent harassment of Jewish students on campus over their political views. But it cites in its “whereas” portion seeking to make the case for the resolution: “(4) student- and faculty-sponsored boycott, divestment, and sanction campaigns against Israel that are a means of demonizing Israel and seek to harm the Jewish state; (5) actions of student groups that encourage support for terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah and openly advocate terrorism against Israel and the Jewish people; and (6) suppression and disruption of free speech that present Israel’s point of view.” It unambiguously equates criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism. Many student and civil liberties groups find the equation a deliberate attempt to stifle free speech. Cecilie Surasky of Jewish Voices for Peace notes, “This resolution wants the University of California system to treat Israel differently from virtually every other country in the world, including the United States, by claiming much criticism of Israeli policies is hate speech.”

Josh Block purged the Democratic Party
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/09/blacklist-4-israel-critics-have-now-been-purged-from-democratic-party-li

— Zaid Jilani left CAP last winter for Republicreport. Jilani had used the term “Israel firster.” 
–- MJ Rosenberg also used the term “Israel firster.” He left Media Matters last spring, not long after Alan Dershowitz said he was going to Obama to make sure 
Rosenberg’s head was displayed on the White House fence. Rosenberg now has his own blog.
–- Eli Clifton left CAP earlier this summer. He now works at the American Independent News Network. Clifton is notable for this genius post of last summer saying that AIPAC’s push for war on Iran mirrored its conduct leading up to the Iraq war. CAP issued a lengthy correction of that post after the neocon campaign was launched, four months after it was published.
–- Now Gharib. Gharib duly apologized for his remarks (calling them flippant and crude), but he seemed to be operating with a muzzle after the neocon campaign began. (Just look at his output at Open Zion in the last week, including this important piece saying the Jerusalem platform fight is a fight between Romney and Obama for Jewish money.)

So: the blacklist worked.

Only Matt Duss among those named in the original smear campaign of last November is still in his job at the Center for American Progress.
I find it shocking that no one has written about this important story. No; Israel lobby beheadings are common. Move along now.

Dans le pseudo-vote de la convention démocrate concernant « Jérusalem capitale d’Israël », le résultat était décidé à l’avance par… le prompteur.
http://www.alterpolitics.com/politics/dnc-platform-change-vote-was-predetermined-on-teleprompter-delegate-v

Well, now Fox News is showing footage of the DNC teleprompter the Mayor was reading from. It shows that the two-thirds majority needed for the passage of the motion had been predetermined by party leaders, with complete disregard for how the delegates actually voted. Apparently, they forgot to tell the Mayor in advance that the vote was merely for show; that the only results that mattered were written on the teleprompter.

DNC chair: ‘I bring my love of Israel to work every day’ and our platform is more pro-Israel than GOP’s
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/09/dnc-chair-i-bring-my-love-of-israel-to-work-every-day-and-our-platform-i

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SfiArE4xmjs

Here’s what happened. On Tuesday, we adopted a 100 percent strongly pro-Israel platform that I was so proud to support. I’m told that I’m the first Jewish woman to represent Florida in Congress. I bring my love of Israel to work with me every single day. I was proud of our platform already. In fact it has stronger language than even the republican platform on preventing a nuclear-armed Iran.

The Obama administration and the cover-up of CIA torture

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/sep2012/pers-s07.shtml
7 September 2012

On the eve of Barack Obama’s acceptance of the Democratic Party nomination for reelection as president, a new report detailing the waterboarding and other forms of CIA torture meted out to Libyan detainees served to demolish the Democrats’ image, endlessly promoted at their convention in Charlotte, as the “party of the people.”

Coming barely one week after Obama’s attorney general, Eric Holder, announced the Justice Department’s shutting down of all investigations into CIA torture and other crimes committed in the “global war on terrorism,” the report makes clear that the use of torture was far more extensive than previously acknowledged and underscores the continuing criminality of US foreign policy and both major political parties.

#cia #torture #états-unis #libye #guerre-contre-le-terrorisme

18 Betrayals In the 2012 Democratic Platform | Dissident Voice

http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/09/18-betrayals-in-the-2012-democratic-platform

via Olivier Pironet

18 Betrayals In the 2012 Democratic Platform

by L.C. Larsen / September 5th, 2012

Much respect to Democratic voters who want much better than they’re offered. With that in mind I read the Democratic party platform.

#états-unis #elections #impôts #irak #afghanistan

Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey In The Company He Keeps As Inquiry Launched to Determine Liability of Brown-Forman Corporation as Potential Accessory After the Fact to Alleged Embezzlement by DOJ’s Tony West, Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich

In the aftermath of accusations leveled at USDOJ’s Tony West and US Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich that funds were misappropriated from the California Bar Foundation by various individuals through the misuse of phantom entity CaliforniaALL to benefit “Obama for America,” sources seeking anonymity maintain an inquiry has been launched to examine the role, if any, of Tennessee-based Jack Daniel Distillery and parent company — the Brown-Forman Corporation.

The focus of the inquiry is to examine the totality of the circumstances surrounding Jack Daniel’s employee and California Bar Foundation director, Christy Susman.

Please continue @:
http://lesliebrodie.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/jack-daniels-tennessee-whiskey-in-the-company-he-keeps-as-in

#Grèce #Crisefinancière #Crise #Europe #Zone-euro

EU representatives discuss withdrawal of Greece from the euro zone

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jul2012/gree-j25.shtml

By Christoph Dreier
25 July 2012

A withdrawal of Greece from the euro zone is increasingly likely. In recent days, representatives of the “troika”—the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commission, and the European Central Bank (ECB)—have signalled that they are willing to force Greece into bankruptcy if it does not impose further austerity measures.

Yesterday representatives of the Troika returned to Greece to review the progress of the austerity measures. According to media reports, continuing popular resistance, and especially the suspension of the austerity measures during the election campaign, led to a delay in the implementation of social cuts demanded by Greece’s creditors.