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Troubled Greece: fears of ‘first domino’ to fall as austerity is counted a failure
By Larry Elliott Greek’s leftist party Syriza says recovery depends on a renegotiated bail-out and access to European structural funds The soup kitchen opens at noon but long before then the queues start to form in the hot Athens … Continue reading
Greece: answering the critics of a united front
Greece stands on a precipice. There can be no return to the old politics there and a revolutionary situation is emerging amid the chaos of everyday life. The classic conditions for revolution are present: a working class no longer prepared … Continue reading
Wartime Resistance Fighter Leads Greek Anti-Austerity Battle
On the night of May 30, 1941, Manolis Glezos and a friend secretly tore down the swastika flag from the Acropolis in Athens, an act that inspired the resistance movement across Europe. Now he is fighting for a place in … Continue reading
In or out of the eurozone, we must ditch this failed model
By Seamus Milne EU elites are trying to scare Greeks and Irish into swallowing austerity, but it’s they who brought the economy to its knees Democracy has never been the European Union’s strongest suit. It’s an institution where the unelected … Continue reading
Alexis Tsipras warns Greek crisis is also Europe’s
By Kim Willsher Greece’s leftwing leader tells Paris audience that other EU countries will be next if they fail to oppose radical austerity drive The rising star of Europe Alexis Tsipras, the radical left Greek leader, has arrived in Paris … Continue reading
Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras: ‘It’s a war between people and capitalism’
By Helena Smith Greece’s eurozone fate may now be in the hands of the 37-year-old political firebrand and his Syriza party “I don’t believe in heroes or saviours,” says Alexis Tsipras, “but I do believe in fighting for rights … Continue reading
Trying to understand SYRIZA
By Paul Mason This is less of a blog more of a series of notes to try and enhance understanding of who SYRIZA and its leader Alexis Tsipras actually are, and how they might behave if, as polls suggest, … Continue reading
Meeting with Alexis Tsipras – leader of SYRIZA
The Greece Solidarity Campaign’s recent delegation to Athens met with ALEXIS TSIPRAS MP, Leader of SYRIZA and President of Synaspismos. The delegation meeting him included national representatives from UNITE, CWU, FBU and TSSA, together with Romayne Phoenix, Chair of the Coalition … Continue reading
Why Europe needs Greece – Costas Lapavitsas
By Costas Lapavitsas Syriza’s electoral success marks the start of the first major battle against austerity. The whole continent should will them to win Syriza, led by Alexis Tsipras, centre, ‘stands every chance of … forming a coalition government … Continue reading
Tsipras sets out SYRIZA’s plan for rejecting memorandum
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has promised to repudiate Greece’s loan agreement with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund if his party comes to power and to reverse or halt some of the measures that have already been … Continue reading →