The crisis is not relinquishing its grip on Europe. From autumn 2008 to early 2009 the world market experienced the deepest slump in economic output since the Second World War. This is a global crisis. Even in emerging economies like China, Brazil or India economic growth declined and could not compensate for the recession in the North Atlantic region.

Music video with Phil Monsour feat.Rafeef Ziadah - on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba. The writing on the hands are the names of the original villages in Palestine that these people were ethnically cleansed from.

We are experiencing the deepest crisis of capitalism since the great depression of the 1930s -- and the European governments continue to pour oil on the fires! From the very beginning, some governments have prevented a solidarity-based solution to the crisis in Europe and are significantly responsible for its exacerbation.

Special Edition of the transform! europe newsletter on the recent elections in Greece and France - with articles by Haris Golemis; Elisabeth Gauthier; Walter Baier.

Untimely and unexpected. That's what the emergence of this movement of collective outrage at the Spanish state was. If we had been told on May 14th, 2011 the next day thousands of people would start taking to the streets week by week and occupy squares, organize meetings, challenge the power with massive civil disobedience while staying in the streets... we would never have imagined it possible.

For some thirty two years now Greece has enjoyed the benefits of stable democratic institutions. For the first time in the country's modern history, Greek politics and public life are characterized by political stability. As political conflicts of the past that led to civil wars, coup d'etats, dictatorships and the general imposition of authoritarian regimes seem to be practices of the past. But what is the nature of this stability? [Originally published January 2007 in Relay No. 15.]

Launch of the 2012 Socialist Register - The Crisis and the Left: Where Does Occupy Lead Now? with Frances Fox Piven, David McNally and co-editors of the Register Greg Albo and Leo Panitch. Recorded 6 May 2012 in Toronto.