SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS

Moral decay, political corruption and fascism are everywhere. But activists have been busy. For decades we have tried every tactic to avert catastrophe. We voted, wrote letters, gave money, held signs, protested in marches, clicked links, signed petitions, tweeted websites, wrote books, taught classes, turned off the television, programmed apps, engaged in direct action, committed petty vandalism. All for naught. Popular revolution remains the only viable tactic left.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

GREEK GRAFFITI

The deep public anger in Spain over cuts and debts shows no sign of abating ~ with further clashes in the capital. Riot police tried to keep back crowds of hundreds of people, incensed by yet more belt-tightening approved by the government on Friday. The wage cuts and tax hikes are in exchange for a Eurozone bailout to save the country's ailing banking sector. And in Greece ~ which is in the third year of a painful austerity drive ~ public fury is taking on new forms, as Jacob Greaves reports. But first, a small collection of images, mainly from Athens.