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The Guardian has revised history by referring to "a landmark referendum last Sunday in which Greek voters backed the radical leftist Syriza government’s call for debt relief." The referendum was of course not just about debt relief, but rather a straight-up rejection of the multifaceted attack on Greek workers - but the Guardian lies to buttress Obama's claim to have saved the day by getting his IMF to ask for slightly less grotesque repayment terms, and by so doing to save Merkel from her own shortsightedness - and to provide cover for Tsipras's spinelessness. See http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jul/09/greece-debt-crisis-athens-accepts-harsh-au sterity-as-bailout-deal-nears <http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jul/09/greece-debt-crisis-athens-accepts-harsh-austerity-as-bailout-deal-nears> and http://www.nytimes.com/live/greek-debt-crisis-live-updates/growing-voices-for-greek-debt-r elief/ <http://www.nytimes.com/live/greek-debt-crisis-live-updates/growing-voices-for-greek-debt-relief/> We can be sure though that Greek workers will resist this latest attack - and we in the US must demand that Obama keep his bloody (literally) hands off Greece. _________________________________________________________ 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
