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Sunday, 21 October 2012
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Interview with Laurie Penny and Yiannis Baboulias
On 15/10/2012, @IrateGreek and @tsimitakis interviewed Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) and Yiannis Baboulias (@YiannisBab). We talked about Greece, the rise of neo-nazism, comparisons with other fascist movements in Europe and how the media should manage such movements. You can listen to the podcast after the jump.
Monday, 15 October 2012
#rbnews international show - 13 October 2012
In the third #rbnews international show of this season, we discussed Angela Merkel's visit to Greece and the police operation it entailed, Golden Dawn's antics in parliament and in front of the Chytirio theatre (see more here and here) and the publication of the IMF report detailing the shortcomings of austerity policies on the day it was made official that unemployment in Greece is above 25%.
Our guest this week was the editor-in-chief of the English-language version of Kathimerini newspaper, Nikos Konstantaras. You can follow Nikos on Twitter @nkonstan.
The podcast is available after the jump.
Our guest this week was the editor-in-chief of the English-language version of Kathimerini newspaper, Nikos Konstantaras. You can follow Nikos on Twitter @nkonstan.
The podcast is available after the jump.
Bulletin d'informations du 15 octobre 2012 en Grèce #1
Préparé par l'équipe de #rbnews international, traduit par @Krotkie
Εn vue de la visite de la Chancelière allemande à Athènes, mardi 9 octobre, les grands syndicats GSEE/ADEDY, PAME (le syndicat communiste) et les syndicats de base ont appelé à des manifestations le 8 et le 9 octobre.
Εn vue de la visite de la Chancelière allemande à Athènes, mardi 9 octobre, les grands syndicats GSEE/ADEDY, PAME (le syndicat communiste) et les syndicats de base ont appelé à des manifestations le 8 et le 9 octobre.
L’après-midi du lundi 8 octobre, se sont rassemblés GSEE/ADEDY et les syndicats de base. Les manifestants de PAME les ont aussi rejoignent plus tard. Selon les estimations, le nombre des manifestants rapprochait les 6000, et la manifestation avait été appelée avant que la visite de Angela Merkel fut annoncée.
Lundi assez tôt, il a été annoncé par le Ministère de l’Ordre public que les rassemblements publics seraient suspendus mardi dans la plus grande partie de la ville. Il y a eu une confusion vu que la nouvelle n’est ni confirmée ni réfutée pour un certain temps. Après la confirmation, il reste pour assez de temps pas clair si la place Syntagma serait accessible. Au final, l’interdiction suspend les rassemblements publics dans une très grande partie de la ville, mais laisse Syntagma accessible, ainsi que certaines des rues voisines. Cette décision est basée sur l’article 11 de la Constitution, comme il est clarifié dans une loi de 1971 (période du régime des colonels).
Sunday, 14 October 2012
"Corpus Christi" censoring attempts and the politics of faith in Greece
By @inflammatory_
Back in May of 1998, Manhattan Theater Club (MTC) in NY cancelled the scheduled production of the three-times Tony Award winner Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi play, prompted by anonymous telephone threats to burn down the prolific theater and kill its staff and the playwright. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights that was already campaigning against the play for blasphemy, disavowed responsibility for the phone-calls. Those developments swiftly sparked outrage in the artistic community over the religious group's intimidation and MTC's administration for backing off and not standing firm.
Apparently the play was set on schedule again, following talks among NYC Police and MTC's artistic director Lynne Meadow, who was seeking reassurance that security will be adequate. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's office also issued a statement, reading "Although the mayor doesn't agree with the tone of the play, threats of violence in New York City will not be tolerated." During opening day, there were two counter demos outside MTC, one supporting the play and another demanding to get banned. Police officers and journalists were on the spot and the audience had to pass through metal detectors.
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| Protester’s jumper against “Corpus Christi” reads “Orthodoxy or Death” via lifo.gr |
Back in May of 1998, Manhattan Theater Club (MTC) in NY cancelled the scheduled production of the three-times Tony Award winner Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi play, prompted by anonymous telephone threats to burn down the prolific theater and kill its staff and the playwright. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights that was already campaigning against the play for blasphemy, disavowed responsibility for the phone-calls. Those developments swiftly sparked outrage in the artistic community over the religious group's intimidation and MTC's administration for backing off and not standing firm.
Apparently the play was set on schedule again, following talks among NYC Police and MTC's artistic director Lynne Meadow, who was seeking reassurance that security will be adequate. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's office also issued a statement, reading "Although the mayor doesn't agree with the tone of the play, threats of violence in New York City will not be tolerated." During opening day, there were two counter demos outside MTC, one supporting the play and another demanding to get banned. Police officers and journalists were on the spot and the audience had to pass through metal detectors.
Friday, 12 October 2012
#rbnews international show - 06 October 2012
In the second #rbnews English-language show of this season covering the period 30 September-06 October 2012, we discussed the Lagarde list, the new austerity measures, the multiple detentions and arrests by the police and torture cases and upcoming events in Greece, as well as developments with regards to the financial crisis in other European countries. The podcast is available after the jump.
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