February 12, 2012 was the day the second mnemoniom [Memorandum, i.e., austerity package] came before the Greek parliament in Athens. Thanasis Pafilis of KKE, the Communist Party of Greece, gave a fiery protest speech. (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJeaPGGcgtU) Posted only recently (May 21, 2012)Â* on Youtube, with somewhat rough English subtitles, his impassioned speech captures the anger of the Greek working class atÂ* the right-wing parties collaborating with foreign finance capital to drive down the standards of the Greek people. May we live to hear such a speech in the US Congress some day. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ml2day-recent?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ml2day-recent?a=wqvxOAU4vAc:7aws2BJRwxQ:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ml2day-recent?d=qj6IDK7rITs (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ml2day-recent?a=wqvxOAU4vAc:7aws2BJRwxQ:qj6IDK7rITs) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ml2day-recent?i=wqvxOAU4vAc:7aws2BJRwxQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ml2day-recent?a=wqvxOAU4vAc:7aws2BJRwxQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ml2day-recent?i=wqvxOAU4vAc:7aws2BJRwxQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ml2day-recent?a=wqvxOAU4vAc:7aws2BJRwxQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ml2day-recent/~4/wqvxOAU4vAc

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Tears in my eyes and fist clenched, damn do we need this.

Tears in my eyes and fist clenched, damn do we need this.

Yes, we need this. Man, that was moving. The capitalist "media, knitting a shadow of fear" over the people. The truth, stated clearly and without equivocation, is very powerful - how do we get that out over here?

Yes, we need this. Man, that was moving. The capitalist "media, knitting a shadow of fear" over the people. The truth, stated clearly and without equivocation, is very powerful - how do we get that out over here?

We're just frogs in hot water right now, wait 'til the hammer falls.

Powerful stuff, good delivery, when he asked who there could live on 400 euros, golden.

Yeah, it should be law that no member of the legislature can make more in a year than the lowest paid worker earns. That would make for some good tee vee...