[lbo-talk] Greece on the brink...

[Wojtek S]

>From the article: "Political organisations, such as parties on the
left side of the spectrum to groups in the anti-authoritarian or
autonomous spectrum, are under enormous pressure. The acceleration of
the economic crisis has resulted in a serious political crisis and the
complete lack of a concrete alternative is obvious. Voices on the left
spectrum have begun whispering about the need to form a left
government constituted by a broad coalition of the left parties and
smaller groupings. However, they have been unable to articulate this
idea in such a way that it has been able to inspire the broad
movements and struggles which have appeared in a very sudden and
decentralized way. This is despite the fact that these parties are
actually potentially very strong, as they account for 26% in the
polls, while the party in government accounts for only 15%, with
almost 50% of the voters having declared that they will abstain from
voting in any future elections. "

[WS:] This sounds pretty ominous but symptomatic of the "new left" -
of which I have been complaining on this list to the ridicule of the
stomp-your-feet-first-ask-questions-later crowd.  They sit on a
considerable potential, yet have no idea how to mobilize it to a
politically constructive end. Plenty of tantrum fits, but no vision.
How depressing.

Wojtek

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:42 PM,  <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> ...of collapse/revolution/coup-d'etat.....etc.
>
> http://parallhlografos.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/greece-on-the-brink-of-emergency-a-matter-of-days/
>
> Joanna
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