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Young people not in regular work have been significant to the resistance in both Greece and Spain. What do you think is happening?

European leaders were patting themselves on the back last week over a new deal to handle the economic crisis in the eurozone. Despite the deal, though, the turmoil shows no sign of ending.

The old ones are sometimes the best. "Denial is not a river in Africa, but it is a state occupied by many eurozone politicians."

The Greek parliament narrowly passed a new austerity package last week—in the face of mass strikes and protests.

Greek authorities have halted an international aid flotilla on its way to break the Israeli seige of Palestine.

Mark L Thomas spoke to revolutionary socialist Nikos Loudos about the explosive resistance to austerity in Greece

Tens of thousands took to the streets of Greece today on the second day of a 48-hour strike against austerity.

People are challenging the brutality of capitalism—from the uprisings in the Middle East, to the general strikes in Greece, to the 30 June strikes in Britain.

Greek workers are pushing their austerity-obsessed government to the brink of collapse.

Greece is 340 billion euros in debt—and this could rise by 10 billion euros by the end of the year.

There are moments when the fundamental conflict defining capitalist society becomes visible for all to see. Athens on Wednesday of last week was one of them.

Almost all of Greece’s public sector workforce took part in an enormous general strike which rocked the country’s government last Wednesday.