Perspectives from Greece

Perspectives from Greece

Katerina will give an insight of the recent Greek uprising in 2011 and how it has evolved till now, as a response to the placement of Greece under the Troika’s (EU, IMF,ECB) supervision and the subsequent imposition of harsh austerity measures. She will describe the transformational process which social movements are undergoing. Moreover she will also give an analysis of the characteristics and the current situation, the challenges and the perspectives of the social movements in Greece. She will focus her analysis on solidarity and cooperative economy citizen initiatives.