Yeah, neither is gospel. But one thing I like about the British press, even though they are often less careful about truthiness, is that they are more colorful. The New York Times is bloodless by comparison. It's like that Alexander Cockburn riff about how the purpose of the corporate-funded McNeil-Lehrer News Hour was to convince working people that public affairs is boring.
Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Hinrich Kuhls <[email protected]> wrote: > Ouch! The Telegraph. > Ouch! Evans-Pritchart (--> wikipedia), another person impressed by > Lapavitsas. > > "" [...] So Syriza called the referendum. To their consternation, they won, > igniting the great Greek revolt of 2015, the moment when the people finally > issued a primal scream, daubed their war paint, and formed the hoplite > phalanx. > > Mr Tsipras is now trapped by his success. "The referendum has its own > dynamic. > People will revolt if he comes back from Brussels with a shoddy > compromise," > said Costas Lapavitsas, a Syriza MP. > > "Tsipras doesn't want to take the path of Grexit, but I think he realizes > that > this is now what lies straight ahead of him," he said. > > What should have been a celebration on Sunday night turned into a wake. Mr > Tsipras was depressed, dissecting all the errors that Syriza has made since > taking power in January, talking into the early hours. [...]"" > > > Robert Naiman <[email protected]> forwarded: > > > > > > Europe is blowing itself apart over Greece - and nobody seems able to > stop it > > > > Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras never expected to win Sunday's > referendum. He > > is now trapped and hurtling towards Grexit > > > > > > > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11724924/Europe-is-blowing-itself-apart-over-Greece-and-nobody-can-stop-it.html > > > > > > By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Athens > > 8:35PM BST 07 Jul 2015 > > > > > > Like a tragedy from Euripides, the long struggle between Greece and > Europe's > > creditor powers is reaching a cataclysmic end that nobody planned, nobody > > seems able to escape, and that threatens to shatter the greater European > order > > in the process. > > > > Greek premier Alexis Tsipras never expected to win Sunday's referendum > on EMU > > bail-out terms, let alone to preside over a blazing national revolt > against > > foreign control. > > > > He called the snap vote with the expectation - and intention - of > losing it. > > The plan was to put up a good fight, accept honourable defeat, and hand > over > > the keys of the Maximos Mansion, leaving it to others to implement the > June 25 > > "ultimatum" and suffer the opprobrium. > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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