Writing on the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from the despotism of King George III, and on the eve of a vote likely to have far-reaching consequences in Europe, with fear-mongering in full play from the invisible hands of the neo-liberal vampires, we offer a few paragraphs from the sharp nib of Thomas Paine, dated December 23, 1776:

FOR FIVE YEARS HE DRINKS YOUR BLOOD: NOW TELL HIM NO
Returning to Greece in the midst of a crisis not dissimilar to the one faced by the colonists in 1776, we urge DP readers to consider the excellent analysis of Theodoros Karyotis, an excerpt from which we offer below: