http://www.radio4all.net/program/55739Podcast for Program: Greek Tragedy, Europe's Achilles Heel?; OWS Sotheby Workers Rally at $500 Million Auction Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:27:29 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/55739Greek Tragedy, Europe's Achilles Heel? with Leo Panitch, Professor of Political Science at York University, Canada and Editor of the Socialist Register. As the G-20 economic summit met austerity was sweeping Europe, the future of the Eurozone was in doubt and then the Greek government collapsed over its proposed new debt agreement with the European Union. The deal was reached by European leaders to stabilize the Euro and to avoid Greek default on its debt to the banks or its leaving the euro currency zone. Anger among Greek citizens stems from the proposed agreement's focus on more austerity to repay the bank loans leading to increased unemployment. A new world recession may be drawing closer after the G-20 failed to agree on fresh financial help for distressed countries. *************** Hey Union Busting Is Disgusting! - Joining the Sotheby Workers Protest with OWS Some 400 protesters in NYC greeted Sotheby's $500 million auction with a high-spirited, high-decibel demonstration in solidarity with its locked-out workers. Despite record profits last year, the posh auction house is demanding wage and benefit cuts, and the replacement of skilled, union workers with unskilled, non-union temporary workers.Several unions, including other Teamster locals, UAW, CWA, LiUNA, TWU, SEIU and UFT were represented at the demonstration, together with Hunter, NYU and Columbia University students and faculty, and of course Occupied Wall Street activists six of whom were arrested in an act of civil disobedience. Ken Nash and Mimi RosenbergSun, 13 Nov 2011 16:27:29 +0000