Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Friday, 8 June 2012
Greeks Make Beeline for Sweeter Life - Reuters Investigates
As unemployment soars and wages drop, more and more Greeks are leaving the cities to find work on the land. Reuters' Axel Threlfall tracked down former Athens real-estate broker Olga Palavidou who started her own organic bee farm in the Peloponnese mountains. (June 8, 2012)
