Greece
‘Show Me a Hero’: Greek tragedy and valor from A to Z
March 2, 2020What I loved about playwright Willard Manus’s Show Me a Hero is that it introduced me to Greek freedom fighter Alexandros Panagoulis, a significant historical figure I’d never heard of, and brought back to life the...
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Defeating fascism: Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is collapsing
September 20, 2019Leaders on trial for murder, party headquarters shuttered, and finances in turmoil -- times are tough for Golden Dawn.
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Greece after the bailout: Lessons for the left
August 23, 2018Eight years on and the truth cannot be hidden. The imposition of neoliberal solutions on Greece has been a catastrophe.
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Greek soccer faces FIFA expulsion after recent wave of violence
March 15, 2018In Greek football, violence and corruption are a bit like the national debt: Too hard to pay down.
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Greek workers walk off the job in general strike
December 15, 2017Workers hit the streets to protest a plan by the Tsipras government to limit the right to strike.
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