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Iceland, fight this injustice

April 8, 2011 by Eva Joly

Saturday’s referendum is a chance for Icelanders to strike at the conspiracy that leaves us all bailing out financiers On Saturday the Icelandic people vote in a referendum on whether the Icelandic state and thus the citizens should guarantee the so-called Icesave claim. Icesave was a bank deposit account that promised market-leading interest rates. When ... [Read more...]

Letter from Iceland on IceSave

April 5, 2011 by Ýmsir

In yet another turn of the IceSave saga, the people of Iceland are to vote on Saturday in yet another referendum on whether to accept collective responsibility for the debts of the failed Icelandic bank IceSave. We have received a following letter from a group of Icelanders which we republish here with our comments. In ... [Read more...]

Letter to Dominique Strauss-Kahn and José Manuel Barroso ahead of Iceland national referendum

March 28, 2011 by Ýmsir

Submitted by admin on Mán, 28/03/2011 – 00:00 Höfundur: Ýmsir Thanks to Helga Thordardottir for sending a copy of a letter sent to Dominique Strauss-Kahn and José Manuel Barroso ahead of the national referendum in Iceland on April 9th. This letter is being sent on the initiative of Gunnar Tómasson, IMF Advisor (ret.), and several other ... [Read more...]

Questions for the ECB ahead of the Icelandic Icesave Referendum

March 18, 2011 by Ýmsir

A copy of the following letter has been sent by a small Icelandic group campaigning in advance of theforthcoming referendum on the terms of the Icesave deal with Britain and the Netherlands to several officials within the EU and EFTA as well as to the ministeries of Britain, Holland and Iceland to whom this case ... [Read more...]

Manifesto on the crisis of the Euro

March 1, 2011 by Attac í Þýskalandi

Introduction: Europe at the crossroads The Euro is in danger. This danger comes from those who claim to be its saviours in the current crisis – from the German government, the parties supporting it, and most of the German media. They believe that responsibility for the crisis lies mostly with those members of the Eurozone ... [Read more...]

DEBT RESTRUCTURING AND CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY IN ICELAND

February 18, 2011 by Árni Daníel Júlíusson

The debt restructuring is the foremost issue in Iceland, with the so-called Icesave issue on the top of the agenda right now. The government has made a deal with Great Britain and Holland, called Icesave III, in which Icelandic taxpayers are supposed to pay for the irresponsible behavior of the international financial oligarchy regarding the ... [Read more...]