The underlying issue in Greece is simple: the oligarchs wants the people of Greece to bleed, pure and simple. There are easy ways to resolve the crisis without exacting more pounds of flesh from already desperate people. But, that’s the way of the Troika.

This is right:

Thousands of Greeks rallied on Monday behind a ‘No’ vote in a referendum called for July 5 on the terms of an aid deal offered by Greece’s international creditors, a result that risks pushing Athens out of Europe’s currency union.

Many banners declared simply “No!” Others said, “Our lives do not belong to the lenders” and “Don’t back down”.