Before Brexit: Greece Voted No To Austerity, Got More Austerity
Greece was betrayed by their supposed “leftist,” “anti-austerity”
government led by the Syriza party on year ago. Greek voters had eight
days to consider a ‘creatively ambiguous’ referendum on austerity
measures amid an atmosphere of tremendous media and government
propaganda which supported a bailout that would benefit Europe's Central
Bank and the IMF, not the people. So how does this compare to the #Brexit?
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street vendor pushes his trolley as he passes a banner, depicting a
wrecking ball that reads: “NO” and destroying a wall with anti-austerity
measures, in Athens, Wednesday, July 22, 2015.
street vendor pushes his trolley as he passes a banner, depicting a
wrecking ball that reads: “NO” and destroying a wall with anti-austerity
measures, in Athens, Wednesday, July 22, 2015.