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by
Stelios Kouloglou*
A few days
ago, I was asked by Belgian journalists to participate in an act of
solidarity with redundant workers in the Greek public broadcaster
ERT.
I explained
them that the closure of ERT in 2013 by an illegal act of force
where, in one night, 2,500 people lost their jobs and found
themselves on the street without any compensation, is the first
anti-democratic act the country has recently experienced.
The story
does not stop there.
After the
national elections in January and the rise of SYRIZA to power, Greece
has entered a new period of undemocratic deviation. Almost on a daily
basis, the Government is exposed to threats, blackmails and
ultimatums from lenders, Brussels and Berlin in order to disrespect
the vote of the Greek citizens.
Greece is
confronted by events that are unprecedented in the history of the
European Union.
For
instance, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble publicly mocked
his Greek counterpart, Yanis Varoufakis. Unelected technocrats from
Brussels put pressure on the government not to pass Bills that aim to
face the humanitarian crisis. Credit rating agencies, the European
Central Bank and loans are the weapons that are used for strangling
the Greek economy.
The goal is
to make the Greek Government either to bow down and fall because it
failed to fulfill its promises to its voters or to fall due to
economic suffocation.
The country
is experiencing a silent, modern coup that is carried out by modern
weapons.
Private
media in Greece (controlled by local oligarchs) seeks to overthrow
the new government of SYRIZA because it is stressing efforts to put
an end to lawlessness and uncontrolled power. The closure of ERT was
not a coincidence. Without a public service broadcaster, the
government of SYRIZA has no effective means to explain its policy.
Instead, Greek and international media also sabotage the Government
by using misinformation and deliberate disputes, which are also
weapons for the success of the modern coup.
The
government thus has a double battle to wage – one against the harsh
austerity measures imposed on the peoples of Europe, and another in
favor of democracy in Greece and Europe.
What is
feared is the fact that if the Government succeeds in Greece, then
the Podemos Left in Spain and Sinn Féin in Ireland will follow. This
is what they are trying to prevent by using this time not the tanks
but the banks.
Source:
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*Stelios
Kouloglou is a Greek journalist writer and documentaries director.
In 1996
Kouloglou created and introduced for the Greek national television
Reportage Without Frontiers. His documentaries have won awards in
Greece and abroad (2000 and 2001 "Euro-Comenius" historical
documentary Award).[citation needed]
On
November 1, 2008 he began an internet channel named "TV Without
Frontiers", a news and political analysis website.
On May
12, 2008 the administration of ERT decided not to renew the
cooperation with the journalist. As justification, they said that the
emission had run its course. According to Kouloglou, the ERT
administration had requested the cancellation of the broadcasting of
his documentary show titled “Young Workers for 700 €”, while
they also refused to cooperate in the organization of a documentary
on human rights in China from Mao to the Olympic Games. The
termination of his cooperation with ERT as a result of censorship has
raised a solidarity movement in social media and many queries have
been made from various deputies to the minister in charge.
In 2009,
his documentary film Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, based on the
book of the same name by John Perkins, was shown at film festivals in
the U.S. and received awards in South Korea and Spain.
On
January 28, 2010, as compensation for the previous censorship,
Stelios Kouloglou returned to ERT was appointed member of the
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation's (ERT) board.
He is
producer and director of numerous grand reportages and documentaries
for ARTE, ERT, including «Whistleblowers»(2004). Among his
documentaries stands out "Oligarchy" (2012) a documentary
on the world financial crisis filmed in the US, Germany, Belgium,
Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Ecuador and Greece. «Holocaust of
Memory»(2013), is a breathtaking documentary about personal
testimonies on unreported nazi crimes in Greece. His documentary
titled "The godmother" (2014) focuses on Angela Merkel and
her strategy to impose German hegemony in Europe. His latest
documentary "Escape from Amorgos" (2015) is a sensational
story about the exiled politician Giorgos Mylonas and true face of
the military dictatorship in Greece.
Early
2015, Stelios Koulogou was designated member of the European
Parliament on behalf of Syriza
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