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For what it's worth, my own reading of the Greek situation is that, although the signs aren't good, the decisive point has not yet been reached. Syriza won on a platform of Greece having its cake and eating it too, i.e. ending austerity and remaining in the Eurozone. The latest round of negotiations has proven that this is impossible. In the coming weeks and months, the party must decide which of these two things it deems more important. For now, Syriza has conceded to the Troika the power to veto its economic plans. Continuing on this course would amount to austerity with a human face. Future negotiations would be nothing more than quibbling over the details of the country's continued prostration before Berlin and finance capital. But it's not too late to change course. Much will be decided by developments within Syriza. The left can only assert itself by demanding that the leadership draw up a serious plan for leaving the Eurozone. If the leadership hardens up around what seems to be its current stance--that Greece must stay in the Eurozone no matter what--then the political lines within the party will be drawn, and the party, and ultimately the people, will be confronted with a clear choice. A split, and even the temporary victory of the pro-Euro faction, would be preferable to the current amorphousness. Syriza's left wing, having struck off on its own, would be free to form a bloc with Antarsya, and maybe even the KKE. The leadership, on the other hand, would stand exposed as a slightly less abject version of PASOK. If, however, Syriza's Left Platform proves itself incapable of acting in a concerted way to challenge the leadership, the party as a whole will have embarked on the road to PASOK Mark 2. Jim Creegan _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
