Analyze Greece

02/09/2016

Greek television channels: a new beginning with old materials? Brief commentary on the bidding process for broadcast licenses for Greek television channels, concluded in the early hours of Friday 2 September 2016

Despina Biri In the early hours of Friday 2 September, the results of the bidding process granting broadcast licenses to four private televisio...

20/07/2016

Historein is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access electronic journal published biannually by the Cultural and Intellectual History Society, Athens (Managing Editor: Antonis Liakos). It is both historical and interdisciplinary in its perspective. It is thus situated within a scholarly “free trade” zone that encourages the interaction between history, philosophy, social anthropology, sociology, gender and labour studies, epistemology, literary and cultural studies. Historein strongly supports approaches that tend to erase the distance between theory and research by making self-reflection a vital element of historical scholarship at all levels and stages.

Historein's latest issue is now online and available in open access here: http://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historein/issue/view/156/showToc

10/07/2016

The Failed State of Greek Media - by Dimitra Drakaki

The media landscape in Greece has been described as suffering from a lack of pluralism, whereby a handful of media moguls set the predominant discourses through their newspapers, TV stations, and online outlets. In 2016, Greece finished 89th in the World Press Freedom Index, making it the second-lowest country ranking in the European Union with 80% of the population showing distrust in the country’s TV channels.

The media landscape in Greece has been described as suffering from a lack of pluralism, whereby a handful of media moguls set the predominant discours...

09/07/2016

Continuing our coverage of one year since the , we searched for some photos which we feel represent the climate during that time, and the aftermath.

05/07/2016

One year after the Greek "OXI" - by Dimosthenis Papadatos Anagnostopoulos. Translated by Dimitris Ioannou and Caterina Drossopoulou

Referenda are not actually divisive in themselves; they just reflect and sharpen pre-existing divisions. So, the 5th July referendum revealed a deep social divide that was not created in a week, and this is why the dispute between NAI and OXI was all but a mere surface effect.

Europe says OXI
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Greece Solidarity Campaign
Greek Solidarity Committee
Change4all

Dimosthenis Papadatos Anagnostopoulos Referenda have supporters but also fanatical adversaries on both sides of the political spectrum. In the case of...

03/07/2016

Elli Siapkidou, "A few thoughts on the British Referendum":
"The Left needs to regain the debate on Europe. It has been in the defensive too much and unfortunately this referendum result cannot be used to build its case for a better, more socialist and less unequal Europe. There is an urgent need to try to understand what it is that a European Left wants. Is it a stronger European welfare state? Is it a completely different economic model? Is it an increase in Cohesion and Development funds? And then, we need to make this inviting to people. So far, we are losing. We are losing the battles and we are losing the war (see also the disappointing results from Spain’s elections). And meanwhile, with all these nationalistic trends appearing across Europe, it is becoming an ugly place to be"
http://analyzegreece.com/europe/item/450-a-few-thoughts-on-the-british-referendum

Illustration: Enrico Bertuccioli


Elli Siap

Elli Siapkidou On 23 June, the majority of the British population, 51.8% voted against Britain remaining in the European Union (EU), after being a mem...

29/06/2016

"Brexit: Scenes from a future to come" by George Giannakopoulos. George Giannakopoulos, an intellectual historian at Queen Mary, University of London, who has been living in the UK since 2010, gives us his thoughts on Brexit and its implications for migrants in the UK, as well as for UK politics and the rise of the far right across Europe:
"My generation has benefited immensely from the open borders policy of the EU. Even those who frequently trumpet their 'anti-capitalist' credentials by pointing to the so-called 'neo-liberal' foundations of the European project have profited from traveling, living and studying across a unified European space. Britain, and London, have been at the heart of this. The ensuing period of uncertainty accentuates fears. It is highly likely that new migration laws will affect directly the prospects of employment for European migrants in the country. Moreover, it is still unknown how the highly internationalized British university model will adjust to the new realities. This is just an example of the huge challenges lurking in a period of protracted instability and anxiety"




Illustration: Antonio Rodríguez García

Georgios Giannakopoulos In the aftermath of the British referendum, we asked friends of AnalyzeGreece with links to the UK what they thought of...

26/06/2016

"Brexit is no victory, as much as it may upset EU elites" by Despina Biri
In the aftermath of the British referendum, we asked friends of AnalyzeGreece with links to the UK what they thought of the result. We will be publishing short interviews with them over the coming days. First up, it's Despina Biri, from the AnalyzeGreece editorial board, who studied and worked in London between 2003-2015, and who continues to have very strong ties to the UK:

"With reference to Brexit, I think the Left played a marginal role in the UK referendum. I therefore think that, barring significant developments in the Labour Party, the state of affairs in the European Left as a whole will not be affected much. However, I must say that I am sad to see many from the Left interpreting the referendum result as being “a blow to the establishment” when it is quite clear that it is elites who led both the Leave and Remain campaigns, and it is the worst off in the UK who will be hardest hit regardless of outcome, seeing as austerity and anti-immigrant policies will continue to be in place, perhaps with even greater force than before (the expected amendment of the Human Rights Act is a notable example, but not the only one)".

Illustration: Daryl Cagle

Despina Biri In the aftermath of the British referendum, we asked friends of AnalyzeGreece with links to the UK what they thought of the result. We wi...

22/06/2016

OPEN LETTER TO MR MOUZALAS, ALTERNATE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION POLICY, by Kester Ratcliff
"Dear Mr Mouzalas,

I read your comments reported by Reuters yesterday, “Greece wants to send thousands of migrants back to Turkey in coming weeks”. I sympathise with your despair, I can imagine what it feels like to be forced to implement policies which you don’t really approve of and then blamed for doing it too. However, policies created out of despair do not tend to be realistic or rational in a long-term way, and I imagine you worry about that too. I wish you could take a holiday and then read and reflect on this when you’re more refreshed after a couple of weeks!
This is not just another criticism of Greece. I get it, I really do. The point of this letter is to suggest some policies that would be win-win strategies for both Greece and refugees. This doesn’t have to be a pro-refugees and anti-Greece vs. anti-refugees and pro-Greece debate"



Change4all
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Keep Talking Greece
Αλληλεγγύη στους πρόσφυγες - Solidarity with Refugees in Greece
Greece Solidarity Campaign
Greek Forum of Refugees
Greek Solidarity Committee
Δίκτυο Αλληλεγγύης Λέρου - Leros Solidarity Network
Αλληλεγγύη για Όλους
NoBorders
No Borders
Refugees Welcome - Greece
Refugees Welcome International

Ιmage: Lesvos, September 2015. Photo: Aris Messinis/AFP

18/06/2016

The Greek government manipulates the Asylum Appeals Committees
On the 16-6-2016, with a last minute amendment, the Greek Government changes the composition of the Asylum Appeals Committees, because the existing ones were not sending refugees back to Turkey, as the implementation of the EU-Turkey refugee deal imposes. This is a disgraceful intervention and some members the existing Asylum Appeals Committees explain about it.:

"Managing legal issues by use of political priorities raises many questions about the future of the asylum system in Greece, the protection of human rights and the rule of law. For us, it is apparent that the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement is incompatible with the guarantees of the existing asylum system and the level of protection of human rights which has been achieved within the international and European legal framework. Unfortunately, the Ministry’s orchestrations indicate that whenever any decision making body, old or new, is not in line with the objective of mass returns to Turkey, such law amendments and wresting of authorities and responsibility will not be in the future the exception but rather the rule."



Photo: Enri Canaj Canaj

Change4all
Ανοιχτή συνέλευση // Open assembly of CityPlaz
NoBorders
No Borders
Greece Solidarity Campaign
Greek Solidarity Committee
SolidarityNow
Αλληλεγγύη στους πρόσφυγες - Solidarity with Refugees in Greece
UNHCR GREECE
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΣ
Εθνική Επιτροπή για τα Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου - ΕΕΔΑ
Πάμε στο Αντιρατσιστικό Φεστιβάλ Αθήνας
Ελληνική Ένωση για τα Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου
Kos Solidarity / Αλληλεγγύη-Κως
Keep Talking Greece
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Refugees Welcome
UNHCR GREECE

On the 16-6-2016, with a last minute amendment, the Greek Government changes the composition of the Asylum Appeals Committees, because the exist...