Europe: from bad to worse (should be Greece, from worse to good)

2015-06-28 Thread Alexander Bard
In that case, why doesn't the ECB and the IMF try to crush the economies of Sweden, Switzerland, Britain and Poland while they are at it since they have all chosen to stay outside the euro? Greece is after all less than 2% of the entire EU economy. In other words, this being Nettime,

Yanis Varoufakis: As it happend (on June 27th, 2015 in Bruxelles)

2015-06-28 Thread Patrice Riemens
Grüzi mittenand, This is my second 'text filtering' of a Yanis Varoufakis piece, so I might be suspected of becoming sortof his mouthpiece on the list. Can't help, because I really wish I could find a text going radically against his (his SYRIZA's) position. I could find none - because there are n

***SPAM*** Re: Europe: from bad to worse

2015-06-28 Thread morlockelloi
Isn't the biggest fear of all that it won't, and that Greece and Greek will continue to exist in relative order? To ensure that such catastrophe does not happen, chaos must be created by any means. On 6/28/15 1:06 , Felix Stalder wrote: >If Greece is being pushed into the wilderness outside the

Re: Claire Bishop?s Game: Subversive Compliance

2015-06-28 Thread David Garcia
Hi Alan, I agree that Claire Bishop has made important contributions to scholarship and discussion in this domain, not least in the thorny question of the specator’s position in participatory practice. I think the lively discussions on the list is testimony to the value of her work. However we

Fwd: The Greek position

2015-06-28 Thread nettime's avid reader
Greece Referendum: Why Tsipras Made the Right Move http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/06/28/greece-referendum-why-alexis-tsipras-made-the-right-move/ By Marianna Fotaki, University of Warwick, Jun 28, 2015 Greece will hold a referendum on July 5 on whether the country should accept the bailout

Europe: from bad to worse

2015-06-28 Thread Felix Stalder
It's hard to see how yesterdays development in the Eurozone are anything than dramatic. One gets the feeling that out a lack of political leadership (blame the others), an unwillingness to address the problems at the level where they are (untenable amounts of debts) and ideology (tying reforms and