wojtek
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:35 PM, ken hanly <northsunm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> After the war the west supported authoritarian governments in Greece and elsewhere. There was a military junta in Greece that ruled for a number of years.
> So the west was willing to tolerate a military junta rather than have the communist party win out and the Soviet Union did not prevent this.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%931974#American_influence_in_Greece
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%931974
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> Cheers, ken
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> Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 11:55:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Greece says Goodbye to Democracy
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> [WS:] This is my impression too. Or perhaps not before the fissures
> in the Soviet bloc started to appear in the late 1960s.
>
> Wojtek
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> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:14 PM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ken hanly
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>> The Troika want the power to themselves impose austerity measures
>> on Greece and have veto power over Greek budget.
>> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-28/euro-officials-said-to-discuss-veto-powers-over-greek-budget.html
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>> http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11408844-greece-goodbye-democracy-hello-troika
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>> ^^^^^
>> CB: The bourgeoisie would never have tried this if the Soviet Union
>> still existed.
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