Login | Register

The Battle of Iceland

Quicklink Submitted By Scott Baker No comments

Managing Editor
Scott Baker

Become a Fan
(77 fans)

This coming Saturday a referendum will be held in Iceland. The people can say yes, we think we need a new constitution, or no, we think the old one is just fine. Once again Iceland is at a crossroads. A new constitution has been drafted and now it's up to us to say if we think our country needs a fresh start.
With the big crash in October 2008, when all the Icelandic banks fell in the same week and the country found itself on the brink of national bankruptcy, people lost all faith in politicians, the whole political infrastructure, governmental institutions as well as bankers and businessmen. It was a total nervous breakdown of the Icelandic system.
Not any more. Iceland may blaze the trail for the rest of us, with progressive rights for all.

Read the rest of the story HERE:

At grapevine.is

Rate It | View Ratings

Scott Baker Social Media Pages:

Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.

His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:
http://www.americaisnotbroke.net/

Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of (more...)