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... and Wednesday's general strike is a means to getting to that point
(i.e. Louis's last paragraph).
Another comrade offlist drew the same false equivalence between the dozens
of prior strikes and the upcoming one.
The Greek masses turned to Syriza after the strikes proved insufficient.
Now they're re-mobilizing after seeing the inadequacy of the Syriza
leadership.
They're not returning to square one, but launching strike action on the
basis of more experience in both economic and political spheres.
So the strike will be a huge boost to those who want a Europe-wide
antiausterity movement (actually there already is one, which is why Merkel
insisted on crushing Syriza). And the Greek masses go into the strike
knowing they need a new and improved political expression of their
militancy.
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Louis Proyect l...@panix.com wrote:
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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