Greek Correspondent for The Saker Blog
This article’s purpose is to present the situation in Greece, the epicenter of the fall of civilization…
You can also check this clarifying text of Labropoulos to read how it all started and unfolded in 2009-2016.[1] I have also uploaded an excerpt of Mr. Nikitas of the EPAM party[2], where he uncovers the background and the people/motives behind the triggering of the Greek debt crisis in 2009.[3]
Greece is at this very moment the main battlefield in the European war field or to use the title of a new documentary about Greece, “laboratory”. [4]
The Greek debt crisis, which was orchestrated from the beginning, gave them the opportunity to create a default mechanism for states, the ESM, which they are about to turn into the actual governing body of the EU.[5] ESM is a quasi-state and its constitution prohibits any negotiation in case it lends a state. I could add many details to the emerging nature of EU such as the ignoring of Poland’s objections to the election of Donald Tusk as president in 2017 (though it required a unanimous vote) but I think the readers of this blog understand very well.
Of course all this has been happening because the Greeks didn’t manage to stop this in the very beginning and now are very much responsible for this European disaster. They still haven’t founded a new powerful party in order to topple the regime or at least enter the parliament. But the situation has changed dramatically since 2010 and there’s no excuse for the toleration of today’s worsening plight. The EU is relying on the passivity of Greeks and definitely on the quisling regime of the political system which includes all the parties that have been in the Greek parliament since 2009 and many smaller ones out of it.
But it’s not only the parties that the EU is viciously trying to bribe and control. I could write a lot of details about how they have managed to control the heads of the Greek armed forces, the example of Mr. Kostarakos[6] is very characteristic or the Greek journalists, who in the elections of 2019 many of them have become parliamentarians in the decorative new parliament or even the working unions such as the lawyers’ association of Athens which is one of the most openly Europhile ones. It is of outmost importance to emphasize that the Greek political elite is the main responsible for this mess since they are the ones who would never want to disassociate GR from its dependency on EU/NATO and the “imposed” policies (privatizations, concessions of Greek assets, airports, telecommunications).
In fact, just as the Nazis actually remained in power in Western Germany even after 1945 because USA needed them in order to face Communism, their collaborators in GR were also very important as USA held itself forcefully on these two states. The same people were the ones who insisted since 1961 (and succeeded in 1981) to annex GR to the European community and the Eurozone in 2002. Konstantinos Karamanlis in the first case, a collaborator of the Nazi during the German occupation of 1941-44 and Konstantinos Simitis, of German origin, who strived to destroy the Greek agricultural production for the sake of EU imports, privatize all they could and get GR in the Eurozone.[7]
The goal of the occupation regime is to liquidate Greece, downgrade it into an el dorado, a land of exploitation, with exclusive economic zones (the modern feudal territories) and house for the rich which they will get from the locals (through e-auctions). In my neighborhood in Athens it’s the first time ever that I bump into (so many) Chinese residents….
There are many other ways to neutralize Greek sovereignty and distort the cultural and natural integrity of the Greek state. One of them is the pipelines that are already crossing through the former Greek territory. TAP, IGB, POSEIDON and the agreement over EAST-MED which has just been signed by the “Greek” government. I forgot to mention that the pipelines will be guarded by international military forces such as NATO (by Turkish, Albanian and Greek combined maybe…) or the Israeli army/navy in the case of EAST-MED.[8] The borders of GR are being turned into administrational ones as a part of the unification of Turkey, Israel and the Balkans under NATO, EU and Zionism.[9] NATO is strengthening its presence in GR with new bases under a new agreement.[10] If Greeks revolt, the totally annexed to NATO Greek army with its new drones will put them in their place…just like in Afghanistan.[11]
In this site you can overview all the agreements signed by the Greek governments and the EU institutions since 2010 and the series of enhanced surveillance reports[12]. A special look at the latter shows that the memoranda which the parliaments ratifies aren’t the final contracts/agreements, which makes them illegal to begin with. If someone reads the commitments of the Greek government, it is easy to understand what is going on: Heavy taxation, massive privatizations[13], deregulations of labour market, establishment of independent authorities against the Constitution (such as the IAPR which controls the former public treasure and collects the taxes by force…).[14] Welcome to the middle ages!!
The massive environmental disaster is another terrifying aspect of the Greek drama. Of course it didn’t start with the memoranda in 2010 but it definitely worsened.[15] The latest depressing chapter to this is the destruction of ancient forests, in fact NATURA protected areas which are being paved to the ground in order to be replaced by… Green development, namely wind turbines which of course will not only make Greece dependent on energy but also destroy the ecosystem and tourism among other terrible consequences. Here’s a picture of where they plan to install the turbines….
Residents of the respective areas have already formed groups of protest and resistance but the multinationals are moving fast. I will mention just four: in Agrafa, in Karystia, in Tinos and Mani but there are a lot more.[16] They are very active on FB. So far they have destroyed the ancient mountain/Forrest of Ochia in Evia.[17]
- http://www.defenddemocracy.press/destructive-course-greece/ ↑
- https://epaminternational.wordpress.com/about/english/who-we-are/ ↑
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdspHO-85U&t=3s Unfortunately without English subtitles. ↑
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwx6C2Jw1a0&t=38s https://labgreece.org/it/ ↑
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN29LqXv0Bkhttps://www.neweurope.eu/article/eu-willing-to-delay-esm-reform-to-avert-second-italian-crisis/ ↑
- https://www.tovima.gr/2015/10/30/international/general-kostarakos-appointed-chairman-of-eu-military-committee/ ↑
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAYDZ0UGylY ↑
- https://www.newgreektv.com/english-news/item/28105-netanyahu-israeli-navy-to-defend-east-med-pipeline ↑
- https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-Greece-sign-status-of-forces-agreement-409492 ↑
- https://greekcitytimes.com/2019/10/07/signs-extended-defense-agreement-greece/?amp ↑
- https://www.defensenews.com/air/2018/05/23/us-drones-are-being-based-in-greece-for-the-first-time-and-that-might-not-sit-well-with-turkey/ ↑
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/economic-and-fiscal-policy-coordination/eu-financial-assistance/which-eu-countries-have-received-assistance/financial-assistance-greece_el ↑
- https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2019/12/11/greece-georgiadis-privatizations-us-investors-hotspot/ ↑
- Scroll down to the tables: Commitments and next steps…. ΑND lessons of self-defense for the tax collectors https://www.tovima.gr/2019/09/10/vimatv/mathimata-aytoamynas-gia-tous-elegktes-tis-aade/ ↑
- http://www.defenddemocracy.press/troika-policies-greece-recipe-environmental-disaster/ ↑
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxrLqD7XVJPv91FqetCrZ-Ahttps://www.facebook.com/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF-%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%84%CF%89%CF%80%CE%BF-%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82-1448192865283008/ ↑
- https://www.ochi.gr/index.php/en/node/218 ↑
Greece is being spit-roasted by the bankers and yet no-one seems to notice the flaw in our banking system, the flaw which surrounds the creation of bank capital. Banks use customer collateral to securatise the loan and also to create the capital for the loan, in a fraud imposed upon the customer, including the Greek nation!
The Greek capital is simply held before the dark financial mirror called double-entry bookkeeping and the reflection is called ‘bank capital’ owned by the bank. The Greek nation is now forced to pay compound interest upon a reflection of their own assets. Has a more absurd monetary system ever walked the face of the earth!
This monetisation of collateral, while the banks pretend to loan pre-existing bank capital, upon which interest must be paid, is a crime against the laws for fiduciary duty, and all Greek debts could be deemed void, with three times cartel penalties imposed upon the banks.
Is there no-one in the Greek nation who can see the crime and the legal solutions?
I think everyone can see it. Doing anything to stop it is the hard part.
Ric G
You concluded your comment with the following question: “Is there no-one in the Greek nation who can see the crime and the legal solutions” ? Your question should have been addressed to all EU member states, and not only to Greece. The point is that the EU is a carbon copy of the US Federation, where both have central banks under the control of private bankers, who have turned the EU into their own private empire, which is doing it’s best to curtail the sovereign status of European nation states. Before the EU was created, the word “austerity” was unknown in Europe. Luckily, I think we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I don’t see the EU lasting too long.
China is building the largest deep-water port in the world in Ashdod Israel
China is developing offshore oil/gas of Israel, Turkey is pissed feels it owns this oil, these Chinese investments will make Israel the regional super-power. China has also promised to protect Israels Navy at these ports, including Nuclear Submarines, thus in effect Israel is now SCO & AIIB.
All the oil/gas is to be piped to cryprus, then greece, China is the new owner of Greece
How&Why are ownership, and true nature of the AANZ not mentioned??
I mention the EST MED pipeline in my article. The thing is that this pipeline will probably never be completed. How will the oil/gas be piped to Greece and Israel according to you? Obviously controlling the ports…Israel has already signed a SOFA agreement with Greece in 2015 and they have a military base in Crete where they r trying to control the media and buy out the local businesses. Cyprus is acting like a NATO member.
What is SCO and AAIB?
Dear Sir/Ma’am,
I have one question:
I think about 4 or 3 years ago, I had read or seen a video about that EU help Greek build navy to become a watchdog on Turkey, is that true?
It’s not true, just EU self-aggrandisement.
Everybody interested in the Greek catastrophe should check out Eric Toussaint and cadtm.org.
So what are the people of Greece going to do about it? Where is the insurrection I was told would happen four years ago? The Communist party is still running scared from the beating they were given by Anglo-American occupation forces after WW2. Don’t kid yourself about your special importance, about Greece being the canary in the coalmine, Greece is no special case. The whole of Western Europe is now a zone of occupation by Anglo-Zio-Capitalism; see how the people of England have voted for even deeper debt enslavement.
So true,
Similar things happen in Germany.
The overlords hide who they are and have plenty of puppets between them and the people.
This is even discussed academically by Prof. Mausfeld. “Warum schweigen die Laemmer?” / Why are the lambs silent? (In german)
The old “divide them to rule them” is applied skilfully and resistance gets supressed or bought.
Instill fear in people to block their thinking is used as well, take the message ” If we do not stop producing carbondioxide the world will end in ten years” as one example or take someone with a mortgage fearing to loose the job as another example.
You overlook that poverty and step-by-step impoverishment is the main weapon and first front in this war: fear about paying the bills, paying the rent, buying food (for the children!) . Scratching together existence is exhausting first of all.
Greece was the test case. Not only because (1) Greece & Cyprus HAD money (the only banks to not feel the 2008 crisis being old fashioned banks with 80% deposits and 20% high value investment in shipping etc., no financialisation) and (2) has valuable unexploited minerals and most important (3) for geo-strategic reasons.
In our case (Greece) the 2015 OXI debacle allowed the US to impose a SOFA agreement with Israel (Israel has bases in Greece not the other way round) but also ELEA which unites the elecrtic grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel – we can assume Israel has the master switch to this “system” – and finally the unification of these 3 countries in Israel’s Leviathon pipeline.
Effectively Cyprus and Greece have become Israel’s lebensraum and the east Mediterranean Israel’s lake. Israeli citizens buy up Greece’s firesale real estate in droves and Israeli companies take over Greek companies and closed industries. THIS is our new, unprecedented and far more dangerous problem to add to the decades of compradore elite betrayals. (Betrayals in this too, of course. )
i just heard the same story from a Greek nurse i am “flirting” with atm, she moved up here in 2017 after she lost her job back home. it is heart breaking tbh.
Well, the thing is that here as everywhere all nationalists are always “nazis”. So where do you see the opposition coming from? Greens? Social democrats? Communists? Many different center parties? I can go on and on.
For sure, one has to be a nationalist to fight for his own country. But as I see it here, all nationalists are nazis. This seems to be the rule. With due respect, of course. The articles here are great and always appreciated. But hey, stop this endless nazi this, nazi that. That is just pure zionism. And hey, this alternative to zionism is sure looking better and better…
Since i’m the author of the article i must clarify to the readers one thing. The term “nazi” that i use isn’t an overgeneralisation and i don’t identify it with nationalism (although in Nazi Germany it did..). I write that Konstantinos Karamanlis was a collaborator of the Nazis during the occupation of 1941-44 and this is a very solid speculation based on the archives that have been published. Of course he wasn’t the only one, the quisling regime was a big thing in occupied GR of the time. Here is Renos Apostolidis commenting the archives of Karamanlis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9wBaF21qgg and this is a documentary about Greek resistance in 1941-44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o07-F-VKLnQ
Τhe asnwer u are searching is patriotism, national independence and democracy but the regime established on GR must be toppled first. The positions of epam party are a good start:https://epaminternational.wordpress.com/about/english/who-we-are/
‘What are we going to do about it?’
It is a crime for a financial officer to swindle their customers, to defraud.
In our monetary system, the bank supplies a license to create bank credit and a financial mirror called double-entry bookkeeping. The customer supplies their assets in the form of collateral and their promises to pay. The bank then is simply a pawn shop, with a license to create bank credit.
The reflection of collateral appears within the mirror and is called bank capital. This capital could be called an asset owned by the customer and loaned interest free. This seems logical, as the reflection is created by the customer’s collateral. Such a banking system can only be run as a treasure owned by the nation as there is no profit motive.
In debt banking the reflection is deemed to be an asset owned by the bank and loaned bearing compound interest. This banking system can only function as a fraud using the dark myths of ‘pre-existing’ bank capital and the ‘price of capital’.
Welcome to crimes against the laws for fraud, odious debt, racketeering, pyramid schemes, cartel crimes, duress, and the violations of ‘ten thousand’ other laws.
In a court of law, the bankers must be forced to answer the question, ‘are you loaning pre-existing bank capital or are you simply monetising customer collateral’? An affirmative to monetisation means that all debts are cancelled, with three times cartel penalties imposed upon the banks!
How much longer will we be roasted on a pig spit, how much longer will the ‘lambs’ be silent. The whole canons of law stand there to be used as a weapon, the people are not powerless, and simply milling in the streets in rage and throwing bricks will never change the world!
In other words, where are the lawyers and the awakened people’s movements, those who can challenge the ‘Satanic mills’ of the debt bankers??? Where are the court cases??
My honest opinion is that there are no people fighting the establishment, because all the western (and in my opinion Russian as well) societies are corrupt. And I mean corrupt through and through.
And one thing is clear: elections and so-called “democracy” is a farce. By voting one can decide the face of the next traitor of the people, that is the only power of the voter.
The whole system is corrupt, starting from the lowest levels of the society. Nowadays schools and day-care-centers are for transgender/gay/lesbian propaganda, you name it. Christians are practically persecuted and immigrants are the new religion. The indoctrination is 100 %.
It adds to the pain of the righteous people that the people talking about “freedoms” are exactly the very same that are working hard to take away eg. the freedom of opinion, not to mention the freedom of speech.
If one looks at Europarlament, it is a tragic farce. In my country (and for sure the same in all EU) the senile ex-politicians look forward to get at least on term in Brussels, simply to get the perks, good pension, unbelievably high salaries, tax-free this and tax-free that. The last thing they ponder is what the people of their home-country want. In fact, one of the greens (previously stalinist until she found the green ism) said, when asked, “the last thing I work for here is my own country”. She is even today a keen activist of chechen cause… And are we far away from them? We are. But she is ever so close.
I do not want to hurt anybody’s feelings, but it has to be said. The elites of the current white countries are either whores or the owners of the whorehouse itself. And, yes, it sure is clear, who the owners are. They cannot be criticized, it is a crime. You can only say their name, if it is linked to Nobel-prizes, otherwise, it is prison term.
We are being run by a whorehouse. It sounds bad, but the key to wisdom is to recognize the facts. And a fact it is. A whorehouse.
People are to blame more than anyone.
I asked my Greek friends last time I was there if it was true that no Greek trusts other Greeks (I could not believe it when i read it in Michael Lewis’ Boomerang).
They all said yes – that is definitely the case.
so how can people aggregate to do anything meaningful if nobody trusts anyone.
What’s worse – I don’t trust my Greek friends any more (as much as I love them). We made a couple of apps together (to address this very problem of aggregating meaningfully to address important problems). The app took us a few days to finish, and then one of my friends decided to ‘improve’ it – so he broke it and he said he would finish it in a couple of days… this was 5 years ago. I called him so many times and every time he would reply – no problem , don’t worry about it I will definitely do it tomorrow. This reminds me of a Pakistani ‘broken stamp’ thing a Pakistani friend told me about – in Pakistan the stamp will be broken until you pay the bribe.
Greeks also have been brainwashed to wait for others to solve their problems (i.e. Germans).
It could be to do with their obligatory religious education (I’ve seen my friends’ kids’ books – full of stories with big drawing of God overlooking them always and people always looking slavish and obedient.
When I went to drop off mu friends’ kids to their public primary school – I was shocked to see that they were not allowed to enter the building until they pray and cross themselves many times (I took photos of this). My Cambridge-educated PhD Greek friend who has never been religious (his wife is also a proud atheist) stood there embarrassed (because he knew what I was going to say).
I have also never seen people in any country (say in their 30s) stop to kiss hand of a random priest (I have seen this several times in Athens). In Serbia where I come from I have never seen anything like that. When you see a priest you treat him like a normal person.
Also another factor. I have noticed Greeks will do anything for their friends and family, but if you are a stranger – the will not even stop in their car to let you cross a pedestrian crossing on you green light. It happened to me so many times. They look at you as if you are crazy (trying to cross when you have green light) – they don’t even slow down.
So I think it’s a mix of learned helplessness, extreme distrust of other people (under the friendly veneer), lying even to best friends about broke apps that never get fixed even though it would take an hour or so, and we could all make money selling it.
Many such irrational things I only see in Greece.
Also the only place I have ever seen where they have chapels and little churches not just in their gardens, but also in high schools.
I think they are waiting for Germans to help them despite everything, and they love complaining and despite everything somehow pretending they are actually ‘the best’ and most democratic place on the planet – the mother of all.
A strange mix of delusion and hubris. And I am the only one who ever picks up wall nuts and grapes from my friends’ garden – they simply can’t be bothered and shop at Aldi.
I have to say that this post really pissed me off the way you insult Greeks for being religious, as though it is something to be ashamed of, or helps explain why Greeks are in the position that they’re in.
I have many thoughts that come to mind, but i’ll refrain from attacking you.
I’ll just say, that as a Greek, I would much rather be made extinct or enslaved while remaining obedient to God, than be the most wealthy nation on earth standing in opposition to Him.
Some may look at this with pity, or even scorn. But I don’t care. God willing, we will always remain faithful, even if we have nothing else. This will be our salvation, even if it’s not in the present world.
Good day to you.
I am sorry if what happened insulted you – I am just reporting the truth.
I want Greece to be free and successful and not a German slave
That’s why I took time to write what I wrote.
Facing reality is the first step to solving any problem
You mean : facing your version of reality
i think tomo summarized it very well by saying “ A strange mix of delusion and hubris”.
by joining EU at the beginning of the 1980’s the greeks acted as if they were equal among equals, which was obviously not the case.
nevertheless, during the “happy times” (roughly 1980-2009) they behaved as if they were the only civilized nation in the region, treating their neighbors as gypsies or barbarians; the only ones in the region deserving to be “Europeans”.
being native from the balkans i think i know well the greek mentality and honestly i cannot see much difference when comparing them ti their neighbors. but they, they believed they were different.
of course they have a prestigious past, but look where they are today. the end of the story is pretty sad
Bravo. Totally agree. You speak for me too:
“as a Greek, I would much rather be made extinct or enslaved while remaining obedient to God, than be the most wealthy nation on earth standing in opposition to Him.”
This is totally beyond their comprehension.
You must be a German.
We have heard this BS from Germans since Fallemayr.
Given the highly likely course of the next few decades, being able to live someplace where you are likely to bump into ‘so many Chinese residents’ is likely a very good thing. Its an excellent chance to make contacts and relationships with what will be the most powerful nation by mid-century. Forget the “they ain’t from these parts’ feelings and seize the opportunity!
Say this to the Greeks who are losing their houses to gentrification….
Somewhere, I am sure, we all feel the rage of the financial lambs and the spit-roasted pigs, the rage which arises from debt banking, a monetary system designed for only three kinds of people, the ignorant, the insane, and the psychopathic, for not even ‘Shakespearean idiots’ will pay compound interest, when they learn that the interest is to be imposed upon a reflection of their own assets!
Can I suggest then that we need to create a website which explains the banking fraud to the people, a website which harnesses the power of the internet and the media, a website which generates world-wide donations for a class action against the debt bankers. Never underestimate the latent incandescent fury of the people!
Who is willing to step forward then, to light the legal candle and create a website which would draw in the Peter Koenig’s and the Michael Hudson’s of our world?
Somehow, somewhere, the first legal candle will be lit and why not in Greece, now suffering at the ‘front lines’ of the debt wars, Greece who has been the seed of so many great ideas for humanity?
“Can I suggest then that we need to create a website which explains the banking fraud to the people, a website which harnesses the power of the internet and the media, a website which generates world-wide donations for a class action against the debt bankers. Never underestimate the latent incandescent fury of the people!”
Hear, hear! Yes, that is a marvelous idea!
There is no need for windmills.
Documentary Thorium Remix 2011, presents eminent US nuclear scientist Alvin Weinberg and his solution to unlimited CO2 free, safe energy dating back to the 1950’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9M__yYbsZ4
Since last years US inspired attempted coup against the Indonesian government, president Jokowi has grown sufficient courage to green-light U.S. based Thorcon, to implement Weinberg’s ideas.
http://thorconpower.com/slides/tokyo_201806.pdf
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/07/indonesia-and-thorcon-will-build-a-mass-production-next-generation-molten-salt-reactor.html
I am sure any country willing to defy the Petro-Dollar empire would be invited to join the project. Perhaps Greece first needs an attempted coup, like in Indonesia.
“Perhaps Greece first needs an attempted coup, like in Indonesia.”
Too late for the Greek, the coup d’état has already taken place several years ago. This letter from Greece is about the disastrous results of that crime.
Jacques commented on my posting:
“Can I suggest then that we need to create a website which explains the banking fraud to the people, a website which harnesses the power of the internet and the media, a website which generates world-wide donations for a class action against the debt bankers. Never underestimate the latent incandescent fury of the people!”
Hear, hear! Yes, that is a marvelous idea!
Well that makes two of us!
Is there anybody else? It does not take many people, after all, the beating of butterfly wings can create cyclones!