Greek Referendum: Euro Crisis Explodes into Dramatic Climax

By Jerome Roos, ROAR Magazine

Those who accuse the Greeks of “recklessness” are mistaken: the creditors’ utter contempt for democracy left them with no other choice but a rupture.

“Looking and not blinking”

By Andrew Curry, thenextwave

It’s impossible to tell how the stand-off between Syriza, Germany, and the ECB will turn out, and events are shifting daily.

EU Showdown: Greece Takes on the Vampire Squid

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt blog

Greece and the troika (the International Monetary Fund, the EU, and the European Central Bank) are in a dangerous game of chicken. The Greeks have been threatened with a “Cyprus-Style prolonged bank holiday” if they “vote wrong.” But they have been bullied for too long and are saying “no more.”