Phoenix10
14th July 2011, 14:10
Last week 9 people were arrested in London and Reykjavik for their possible responsibility for Iceland’s financial collapse in 2008, a deep crisis which developed into an unprecedented public reaction that is changing the country's direction.
It has been a revolution without weapons in Iceland, the country that hosts the world's oldest democracy (since 930), and whose citizens have managed to effect change by going on demonstrations and banging pots and pans. Why have the rest of the Western countries not even heard about it? You can read the rest here...
http://www.pressenza.com/npermalink/icelandx-a-country-that-wants-to-punish-the-bankers-responsible-for-the-crisis
The introduction to the documentary Inside Job http://youtu.be/iFfTcAcGjcU highlights the plight of this nation and the events leading up to the financial crash in 2008... well worth viewing.
It has been a revolution without weapons in Iceland, the country that hosts the world's oldest democracy (since 930), and whose citizens have managed to effect change by going on demonstrations and banging pots and pans. Why have the rest of the Western countries not even heard about it? You can read the rest here...
http://www.pressenza.com/npermalink/icelandx-a-country-that-wants-to-punish-the-bankers-responsible-for-the-crisis
The introduction to the documentary Inside Job http://youtu.be/iFfTcAcGjcU highlights the plight of this nation and the events leading up to the financial crash in 2008... well worth viewing.