The No vote in Greece is a rebuke to the banksters. If they press on on their arrogance, they risk even bigger defeats.

Greeks don't actually want to drop the euro, but they refused to be pressured by the threat of this.

The banksters lost the ability to maneuver people through fear, because they had already squeezed Greeks to the point where many had nothing left to lose, or could foresee that that would be the case by and by.

Syriza is being criticized for not saying concretely what the victory for No would lead to, but there was a good reason for that: this can't be known in advance. It depends on a number of things, including how the banksters respond to this rebuke. The only way that Syriza could have stated a concrete outcome would be to insist on the worst — but that is obviously not in the interests of Greece.

The European banks threatened Greece to procure regime change, and admitted it.

Backing Down on Greece's Debt Is the Safest, Most Rational Option (for European institutions).

Finance Minister Varoufakis has resigned to facilitate negotiations with the plutocratist European leaders. The government hopes this will help them bypass their personal resentment of him (for not surrendering) in order to negotiate.

I hope the banksters accept a limit on their power, rather than punishing Greece as much as they can. But the banks may not care about success or failure for European institutions. They may not mind causing a bigger crisis, since the rich profit from crises.

If they take further steps to crush Greece, they will inspire more hatred, until countries across Europe elect parties like Syriza.

Heaps of radioactive mining waste are scattered around Johannesburg, and the dust from them makes people sick. Poor people are especially hard hit, since they can't afford measures that can reduce the damage.

Education for Girls All Over the World Is the Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time.

Note, however, that education for boys is also threatened in many countries, as the elites consider more and more people disposable and not worth educating.

US citizens: phone your senators right away against "fast track" for corporate supremacy treaties.