Ernst Wolff: IMF, Greece, Activism and Mainstream MediaBy Niklas Stephenson These and other questions will be addressed in this video: To read the transcript of the video, Click here. To see the first part of this interview, click here. Notable excerpts from the video: Ernst Wolff about the sustainability of the IMF: Well, the IMF talking about the unsustainability of Greece is like the Pope talking about virginity. The IMF has implemented all these austerity measures and its been behind these austerity measures. And what were seeing now is that the IMF is kind of criticizing austerity in order to put the blame on the EU because the IMF wants the EU to take over the whole debt load of Greece. The IMF is a bankers organization that would never ever go without collecting its money. Ernst Wolff about the influence of activism and popular resistance: Ernst Wolff about the influence of mainstream media: The media make you believe that if the stock exchange goes up its good for the people. But its not good for the people, its good for the one percent. The stock exchange is completely manipulated by central banks and by hedge funds these days and they collect a lot of money by driving the stocks up and down. They can even make a lot of money by stocks going down these days, if you short shares for example, you can make a lot of money if a share goes downhill. All these things are controlled by the financial industry and the media make the people believe that its good for them if the stock exchange is at new record levels. Niklas Stephenson writes for acTVism.org, where this video first appeared. 