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On 7/13/15 9:55 AM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism wrote:
The public sector trade union federation in Greece, ADEDY, has called a general strike for Wednesday.
General strikes were a frequent occurrence in Greece. They had zero effect. On the other hand, a general strike in Germany would make a huge difference.
I have also seen calls on Facebook for assemblies in Syntagma Square as if a rehash of the occupy movement could put a dent in the German ruling class.
In Latin America up until the development of the Bolivarian revolution, imperialism had its way. Nicaragua was crushed and so was El Salvador and Guatemala.
In fact Latin America, which was in the same kind of relationship to the USA that Greece is to Germany, suffered countless defeats for a hundred years. Just read John Gerassi's "The Great Fear in Latin America".
The only thing that will work in Europe is a continent wide anti-austerity movement that will be bolstered by mass movements that can put the ruling classes on the defensive, as well as a string of governments that can be partners of the mass movement.
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