Greece is bracing for protests after eurozone finance ministers
concluded a deal that will provide a $170 billion bailout in return for
another round of deep austerity cuts. The bailout is opposed by several
unions and left-wing groups in Greece over new cuts and layoffs imposed
on public sector workers. We’re joined by Paul Mason, economics editor
at BBC Newsnight and author of the new book,
"Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions." He has
just returned from Greece. "What makes the headlines are, of course, the
riots," Mason says. "What doesn’t make so many headlines is what is
happening to real people... We are living in a time where the world has,
in the last couple of years, erupted in a way that many people thought
they would never see again since the 1960s... The underpinnings of this
new global unrest are that...people are sick of seeing the rich get
richer during a crisis."Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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