Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Greece: "A promise from the army has been obtained to not intervene against a civil uprising"

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, February 25, 2013

Greece: "A promise from the army has been obtained to not intervene against a civil uprising"

Click here to access article by Leigh Phillips from NewStatesman (UK).

The article provides the details on some "explosive revelations from a former Greek diplomat". Blackwater denies their collusion with the Greek government, but why should we believe them?

Chrysanthopoulos says that the government has hired Blackwater, the American private military firm infamous for its activities in Iraq, which now goes by the name "Academi", along with five other international for-profit security outfits. Explaining why this has happened, he says bluntly: “The Greek government does not trust the police whose salaries have also been cut."