Coggeh
6th May 2010, 18:23
http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/4259
Won't post the full article because it probably will deter people from reading so just some of the key points.
On the issue of what to do now
In our opinion, the proposals that ought to be made by the left parties and the organised working class today are:
* The immediate calling of a 48 hour general strike, with repeated general strikes, if necessary, combined with strike action by different sections of the working class. This needs to be combined with the building of commitees of action democratically elected on a rank and file basis.
* For workplace occupations, in, for example, the mass media, the docks, bus and train depots etc, run through democratically-taken decisions by workers at general meetings. These occupations should be combined with long occupations of colleges and blockades of national roads by the small farmers’ movement.
* For unified mass rallies of the left parties, which should be stewarded and protected from provocative anarchist actions and provocateurs
* The central political demand must be that those who caused the crisis must pay it. This means refusing to pay the debt owed to the bankers, in Greece and abroad, and for the nationalization of the banking system, under workers’ control and management, as an immediate first step.
* This struggle must aim to co-ordinate with the struggles of the workers of the rest of Europe, who today look upon the Greek movement with hope and expectations. Starting with the workers of southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, etc) and Ireland, who are facing the same attacks, we must fight together to overturn the policies of the EU and the IMF, against a capitalist Europe and for a workers’ Europe, a United Socialist Confederation of Europe.
For the left to be consistent with its principles and declarations, it has to openly and clearly state that the capitalist system is inhuman and barbaric. And that the only way for the workers to live a better life is to fight for the nationalization of all major companies, under workers’ control and management, as the only way to have real productive investement to end unemployment and poverty and to plan the economy for the needs of society, as a whole.
On the actions of the left
The actions of these groups provide the best service to the capitalist state, which they claim they want to destroy! The state exploit the actions of these groups, which provoke disgust and anger from the working class, to justify state reppression. The methods of these highly irresponsible groups diverts the attention of the working class movement from how to intensify class struggle to mainly discussing their criminal activities! Finally, these groups are characterised by immense arrogance; they speak in the name of ‘revolution’, thus confusing immense convulsions of society and the masses with their individual personal mad “rebellions”.
Therefore the first task to which the organised workers’ movement and particularly the mass parties of the Left should respond to, is the defence of the rallies and mass actions of the working class, by all means, from these “anti-state” groups. The KKE (communist party), SYRIZA (left coalition) and the far left groups have a responsibility to organize united rallies including common stewarding and protection.
But yesterday’s actions by the parties of the Left - organising separate marches – is absolute irresponsibility In relation to the interests of the workers’ movement.
I know the greek forum is flooding with people posting articles so I won't expect a huge response though people should feel free to post thoughts etc on the CWI position or the situation in general.
Won't post the full article because it probably will deter people from reading so just some of the key points.
On the issue of what to do now
In our opinion, the proposals that ought to be made by the left parties and the organised working class today are:
* The immediate calling of a 48 hour general strike, with repeated general strikes, if necessary, combined with strike action by different sections of the working class. This needs to be combined with the building of commitees of action democratically elected on a rank and file basis.
* For workplace occupations, in, for example, the mass media, the docks, bus and train depots etc, run through democratically-taken decisions by workers at general meetings. These occupations should be combined with long occupations of colleges and blockades of national roads by the small farmers’ movement.
* For unified mass rallies of the left parties, which should be stewarded and protected from provocative anarchist actions and provocateurs
* The central political demand must be that those who caused the crisis must pay it. This means refusing to pay the debt owed to the bankers, in Greece and abroad, and for the nationalization of the banking system, under workers’ control and management, as an immediate first step.
* This struggle must aim to co-ordinate with the struggles of the workers of the rest of Europe, who today look upon the Greek movement with hope and expectations. Starting with the workers of southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, etc) and Ireland, who are facing the same attacks, we must fight together to overturn the policies of the EU and the IMF, against a capitalist Europe and for a workers’ Europe, a United Socialist Confederation of Europe.
For the left to be consistent with its principles and declarations, it has to openly and clearly state that the capitalist system is inhuman and barbaric. And that the only way for the workers to live a better life is to fight for the nationalization of all major companies, under workers’ control and management, as the only way to have real productive investement to end unemployment and poverty and to plan the economy for the needs of society, as a whole.
On the actions of the left
The actions of these groups provide the best service to the capitalist state, which they claim they want to destroy! The state exploit the actions of these groups, which provoke disgust and anger from the working class, to justify state reppression. The methods of these highly irresponsible groups diverts the attention of the working class movement from how to intensify class struggle to mainly discussing their criminal activities! Finally, these groups are characterised by immense arrogance; they speak in the name of ‘revolution’, thus confusing immense convulsions of society and the masses with their individual personal mad “rebellions”.
Therefore the first task to which the organised workers’ movement and particularly the mass parties of the Left should respond to, is the defence of the rallies and mass actions of the working class, by all means, from these “anti-state” groups. The KKE (communist party), SYRIZA (left coalition) and the far left groups have a responsibility to organize united rallies including common stewarding and protection.
But yesterday’s actions by the parties of the Left - organising separate marches – is absolute irresponsibility In relation to the interests of the workers’ movement.
I know the greek forum is flooding with people posting articles so I won't expect a huge response though people should feel free to post thoughts etc on the CWI position or the situation in general.