On Feb 16, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> I concur. Anyway, in the 1970s Greece was along with Italy and
> Portugal
> part of that "unsettled" zone of European capitalism...
> despite democratization, not much has changed, right? The CP is still
> wedded to Stalinist orthodoxy and is drab and conservative, but
> still has
> some real roots in the working class and trade union support. I'm
> not sure
> about the current political orientation of SYRIZA, but compared to
> the rest
> of Europe they are quite vibrant. I'm also not sure if all that
> "petit-bourgeois rock throwing" pushed people towards the "law and
> order",
> but from the last election results it didn't seem that way. I don't
> see
> much of an alternative opening up in Greece. If shit hits the fan
> and the
> center-left can't impose austerity and there aren't forces strong
> enough to
> the left to really rock the boat and the country enters into another
> prolong
> period of chaos.... what happens? Chaos until the right wins a
> mandate in
> the next elections?
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Max Sawicky wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> Very scary.
>>
>>
>> Could you explain why this is any scarier than events that happen
>> around
>> the wrold every day? I mean, what is unique about this?
>>
>>
>> Carrol
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