Rubicón Boricua

guardiancomment:

The  Greece bailout decision is due today. In the meantime, Apostolos Doxiadis argues that the country’s  despair is the product of political ignorance:

What makes ignorance particularly frustrating in this case is that the facts are at our fingertips. Let me give you one: although 750,000 people (15% of our workforce) have lost their jobs since the crisis began, not a single one is from the wider public sector, which employs one out of four Greeks.

Photographs, in order:

• Protesters v police forces - Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

• Homeless men in Athens - Oli Scarff/Getty Images

• Greek demonstrators throw fire bombs at riot police - Milos Bicanski/Getty Images

• Riot police run towards protesters -  Orestis Panagiotou/EPA

• The aftermath in Athens - Photograph: Argyropoulos/Sipa/Rex Features

(via socialuprooting)