On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote:
> [here's something from those anarchists who Somebody claims are
> missing the point. This sound pretty right on target to me.]
>
>
> The Greek working class is angry, and with good reason, with the
> attempt to load responsibility for the bankruptcy of the Greek State
> onto their shoulders. We maintain instead that it is the international
> financial institutions and the European Union who are responsible. The
> financial institutions have plunged the world, and Greece in
> particular, into an economic and social crisis of historical
> proportions, forcing countries into debt, and now these same
> institutions are complaining that certain States risk not being able
> to repay their debts. We denounce this hypocrisy and say that even if
> Greece - and all the other countries - can repay the debt, they should
> not do so: it is up to those responsible for the crisis - the
> financial institutions, not the workers - to pay for the damage caused
> by this crisis. The Greek workers are right to refuse to pay back
> their country's debt. We refuse to pay for their crisis!
>
> Instead, let us shift the capitalists into the firing line: Greek
> capital generates some of the biggest profit margins in Europe due to
> its investments in the poorer Balkan countries, the absence of social
> protections, collective guarantees and a minimum wage for Greek
> workers, not to mention the country's gigantic black economy in labour
> and an even greater exploitation of immigrant work. Greek capital is
> also very lightly taxed, due to the weakness of the State (with regard
> to the rich) and major corruption which permits fraud and tax evasion
> on a massive scale. So it is equally up to Greek capitalists to pay
> for this crisis.
>
> [...]
>
> http://www.anarkismo.net/article/16525
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