On 2/26/15 7:46 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > More knowledgable and sophisticated observers of the Greek situation both > outside and inside Syriza like Costas Lapavitsas, who are not as wedded to > Greece staying inside the eurozone at all costs as you are, would disagree > with you.
I tend to take the word of the state capitalist group inside Syriza's Left Forum more seriously than any other analyst. Here's what they said about Lapavitsas: I will talk more about the question of exiting the euro. As I said before, our approach to this question is in the context of what will bring us closer to socialism. So our approach is absolutely not the same as the economists who think that exiting the euro will ease Greece's crisis within the bounds of capitalism. That's why we don't feel that we are saying the same thing as Costas Lapavitsas [the left-wing economist and now a member of parliament representing SYRIZA]. Costas is a radical. His proposals for exiting the euro are coming from the left, but we can't agree with the idea that changing the currency will pull Greek society out of the crisis. If the balance of forces between workers and the ruling class remains the same, the shift to a national currency could be a disaster for workers by making them bear the brunt of a huge devaluation. Shifting to a national currency based on a permanent devaluation in order for the Greek economy to become more competitive with other countries is not exactly a march toward social liberation. It can be a march toward worse misery and poverty. full: http://socialistworker.org/2015/02/11/syriza-and-the-struggles-ahead _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
