Moira Lavelle

  • Threatened With Jail for Offering Blankets to Migrants

    Jacobin– Twenty-four aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants. Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.

  • Greeks Challenge EU-Backed Fish Farms Amid Environmental Concerns

    Inside Climate News– The country is one of the top producers of farmed fish in the EU, which has promoted aquaculture as an environmentally sustainable option for food security within the bloc.

  • In Greece, Demonstrators Want the US Military Out

    Inkstick Media– From US intervention in Iraq to Israel’s war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.

  • Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees

    Jacobin– Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.

  • Greece’s Farm Fund Scandal Deepens, Devolves to Finger-Pointing

    To Vima– The investigation into a farming subsidy finance scandal in Greece has devolved into drama and finger-pointing as the EU begins to probe what it alleges is a scheme of large-scale fraud against the bloc.