Author: John Milios

John Milios is Professor of Political Economy, National Technical University of Athens, and member of the Central Committee of SYRIZA.

  • Austerity Unbroken

    Jannis Milios interviewed by Alp Kayserilioğlu Much coverage of the Greek debt crisis has focused on the ‘troika’ of international creditors and German chancellor Angela Merkel – a striking image of … Keep reading »

    Economy  •  January 28, 2016  •  John Milios

  • The Class Logic Behind Austerity Policies In the Euro-Area

    Can SYRIZA Put Forward a Progressive Alternative? 1. The Nexus of Economic Crisis and Austerity 1.1 Austerity as a cost saving capitalist strategy After the outbreak of the 2008 global economic crisis, … Keep reading »

    Theory  •  June 1, 2015  •  John Milios

  • Syriza’s Only Choice: A Radical Step Forward

    “One must know how to employ the kairos [right or opportune moment] of one’s forces at the right moment. It is easy to only lose a little, if one always … Keep reading »

    Theory  •  March 11, 2015  •  Spyros Lapatsioras, John Milios and Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos

  • Taking Power In and Beyond the State

    For some two decades, the anti-globalization movement and its successors have assumed that society contains within itself – and automatically throws up – political oppositions and organizational forms independent of … Keep reading »

    Theory  •  August 19, 2013  •  John Milios and Haris Triandafilidou

  • Greece, Syriza and the Struggle Against Austerity

    An interview with Dimitra Maragoudaki and John Milios,members of the Central Committee of SYRIZA Ingo Schmidt (IS): The economic and political crises in Greece were headline news for a couple of … Keep reading »

    Social Movements  •  March 19, 2013  •  Dimitra Maragoudaki and John Milios