Newswire from Greece II

[Sentinel]

Continued from here. Please post breaking news from the situation in Greece here.

[RedPersonality]

The 2nd day of the nationwide general strike: Organized response to the anti-people plans and the provocateur mechanisms

[FONT=Arial Narrow]The “heart” of the 2nd day of the enormous 48 hr strike mobilization was beating in the central square of the Greek capital, Syntagma Square, where the All-workers Militant Front (PAME) organized a huge rally-encirclement of the Greek Parliament . And the second day greatly surpassed the precedents of the previous strikes. The volume and militancy constituted a worthy continuation of the 1st day of the 48 hr strike. At the same time inside the Parliament, after the request of the KKE, a roll call vote was held on the articles of the government’s draft law, through which the new anti-worker measures will be implemented.[/FONT]

Huge demonstration of PAME!

MURDERERS!!

[jmlima]

From Greece, kindly brought to us by the Guardian:

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/20/greece-lines-clear-elite

Some extracts:

Yet a representative of that "troika" of lenders – the IMF, EU and European Central Bank – told a Greek newspaper that they did not demand the abolition of collective bargaining in the private sector, the one measure that has led to some opposition in the ruling party. Nor did the troika demand the wholesale change in university law. It is as if the Greek elites desired the debt to orchestrate the wholesale destruction of the welfare state and transfer of public assets to private hands.

This government's mission was to replace care for others with indifference, hospitality with exploitation. They failed, and now only a thick blue line separates the elite from the outraged people.

The last vestiges of governmental legitimacy are gone and the government will follow soon. The democratic deficit from which political systems suffer everywhere is irreversible in Greece. The responsibility of the "other" Greece is to devise a constitution of social justice and democracy for the 21st century. This is what Greece can offer to the world.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Communists kicked out of universities, Thessaloniki
Communists of KNE were attacked at the Universities of Thessaloniki in two-three faculties. Posters were ripped, their table was smashed and individuals were chased outside the universities.

Unprecedented episodes took place today also in the University of Ioannina, when a group of students that belong to the anti-authoritarian movement, attacked members of MAS and PAME.

Comrades from the anarchist, autonomous, anti-authoritarian movement attacked on the evening of Thursday 20/10, the offices of the Communist Party of Greece and the PASOK offices in Halandri with paint and spray painting slogans.
This attack is a small answer to what we lived through on todays strike.

Arson attack on the offices of the KKE (Communist Party of Greece) in Thessaloniki 21/10/11

Arson attacks took place at the offices of KKE in Charilaou area, Toumba and Triandria at around 4am.

KKE people, this is not 1998, nothing remains unanswered.

Slaps and kicks to cops of KKE

…for those who do not know, in 1998, in the demo of the Polytechnic university in Athens, a demo in which the movement had decided through collective procedures to not march, nevertheless some youths went down in a block shouting anarchist chants. They were soon surrounded by the ‘KNAT’(play on words, riot cops are called MAT and the Communist youth are KNE) and since they were unarmed and not prepared they did not resist the organized attack. KNAT and MAT in an excellent cooperation surrounded and beat the people together, arresting simultaneously around 100 individuals.

http://actforfreedomnow.wordpress.co...f-greece-in-t/

[RedSide]

Source: kathimerini (neo-liberal newspaper, cba to find another english source)

Protesters force Thessaloniki parade to be cancelled


The annual military parade in Thessaloniki to mark Greece’s entry into the Second World War in 1940 has been cancelled after hundreds of anti-austerity protesters blocked the route.

Police failed to disperse the large crowd so the parade, which was to be overseen by President Karolos Papoulias, could not take place.

Papoulias left the dignitaries’ platform shortly before 11.30 a.m. The president blasted the protesters, who included soccer fans, nationalists, former municipal employees and others protesting against the government's austerity measures.

“I am very sad that they are blackening the name of this city. It is a historic day that belongs to Greeks, not them,» said Papoulias, who objected to chants of «traitors» being directed at him and other dignitaries.

"I came to honor this city, it is shameful that these demeaning chants are being heard. It’s shameful that they are calling me a traitor when I have been fighting for my country since I was 15.”

Papoulias's departure signalled the first ever cancellation of the October 28 parade, held to mark the day Greece said 'Ohi', or 'No', to Italian dictator Bennito Mussolini's request for Greek armed forces to stand aside.

“It is clear that these are organized groups,» said Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris. «I don’t know if they have been encouraged by political parties. I’m not sure which politician would think there is anything to gain from this."

Boutaris defended authorities against accusations that they had been poorly prepared for the protests.

"We are not a police state. The largest share of responsibility must lie with the protesters.

"I am ashamed of what has happened. I will apologise to the president,» said the mayor.

In Athens, where students were parading before dignitaries, some pupils turned away from the politicians and representatives of the church and military when they passed in front of their platform. The government was represented at the parade by Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou.

The city's municipal band draped black ribbons from their instruments, apparently prompting Mayor Giorgos Kaminis to threaten them with disciplinary action.

Police clashed with members of the neo-fascist Chrysi Avgi group outside the Grand Bretagne hotel at Syntagma Square. There were reports that some extremists attacked migrants in central Athens.

The parade in Iraklio, Crete, was also cancelled when protestors attacked dignitaries.

Government spokesman Ilias Mosialos said the «vast majority» of parades passed off peacefull.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5b3XU3Y4gw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnx_52LKjRI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvKCOF6uiyU

There were protests like that all over greece. I wasn't there (thessaloniki parade) but it looks like a strange mixture of leftists, nationalists and the average joe living in thessaloniki, which is one the most conservative cities in greece. It's quite clear after watching the third video. Most of the people applauded the special forces reserves, while some leftists tried to stop them.

[PhoenixAsh]

Right now the Troika is settling permanently in Greece in order to make sure Greece can not and will not deviate form the pproposed and required austerity measures.

This means that national independence is basically lifted and Greece is required to sign over their souvereign decision making to a foreign committee. This is the real face of EU imperialism. And this will have deep repercussions for the future. It creates a precedent in which national parliaments can be overruled and policy can be dictated by a bunch of para national civil servants who are not subject to any legislative and democratic controll.

I have no links. But this is what is being reported in several news outlets and was reported by our prime-minister as a result of recent meetings on the subject of Greece.

This means that basically Greece has lost its national independence and democratic nature....and that they are only allowed to push legislation which does not intervere or deviate from any of the required austerity plans...and this is not subject to democratic principples but based on dominion from the EU/IMF and Eurobank.

[RedSide]

Source: BBC

Greece debt crisis: referendum promised on EU deal

Greece will hold a referendum on a new European Union aid package intended to resolve the country's debt crisis, Prime Minister George Papandreou says.

Mr Papandreou said a vote of no-confidence would also be held on the deal - but no dates were set.

The package envisages losses of up to 50% for private holders of Greek debt and a new 100bn euro loan ($140bn).

There have been large-scale protests in Greece against the austerity measures introduced by the government.

Mr Papandreou said his government trusted the judgement of Greek voters.

"The command of the Greek people will bind us", he is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.

An opinion poll published on Saturday by a newspaper, To Vima, suggested that the majority of people in Greece viewed the EU bailout package in a negative light.

[jmlima]

It's revealing of Papandreou & Co characters that they go to the EU, negotiate and agree a package, and then go back home and say that after all they will put it to referendum... what a mess, how can this guys govern anything?...

[Dunk]

I don't understand why he would call for a referendum. I feel as if I'm missing something obvious. Is a Greek default considered inevitable, so they may as well blame it on the Greek people instead of the system with this referendum? Even as I type it I feel as if that's too infantile to be correct. After all the polling they must know this is a slam dunk against the "aid package."

[A Marxist Historian]

I don't understand why he would call for a referendum. I feel as if I'm missing something obvious. Is a Greek default considered inevitable, so they may as well blame it on the Greek people instead of the system with this referendum? Even as I type it I feel as if that's too infantile to be correct. After all the polling they must know this is a slam dunk against the "aid package."

Papandreou is starting to get intimidated by the mass opposition to his policies. Plus the default is obviously inevitable anyway. That's what's happening.

You have a rebellion vs. Papandreou now within PASOK, as most of PASOK thinks who cares what the people think we are a bourgeois party after all, and we can trust in the EU to rescue us somehow. Delusionary, but as some ancient Greek once said, whom the gods would destroy they first drive mad.

There are rumors of a PASOK/KKE coalition government. A snap election with Papandreou's plans being defeated, and him apologizing to the people and adopting whatever alternative the KKE can manage to come up with, would be the perfect background for that.

-M.H.-

[blackandyellow]

I don't understand why he would call for a referendum. I feel as if I'm missing something obvious. Is a Greek default considered inevitable, so they may as well blame it on the Greek people instead of the system with this referendum? Even as I type it I feel as if that's too infantile to be correct. After all the polling they must know this is a slam dunk against the "aid package."

It is completly bizare. Surely he can not expect to win? Maybe he is setting it up so he can resign after the referendum?

[RedSide]

PM faces opposition from some ministers, MPs


Despite support from most of the Cabinet for Prime Minister George Papandreou’s bid to hold a referendum on whether Greece should adopt the latest loan deal it has agreed with the eurozone, some ministers objected to the proposal and the premier still faces a challenge to convince his MPs to back him in the vote of confidence in Parliament on Friday.

Papandreou assured his ministers that the government would win the referendum and that he would receive the backing of his eurozone peers on the idea of holding the vote. The prime minister is due to hold talks at the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Cannes today with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Most of the Cabinet agreed to support the idea of referendum but there was a general acceptance that it would have to take place before January, as had been previously planned.

Several ministers expressed strong objections. Health Minister Andreas Loverdos and Transport Minister Yiannis Ragousis were the most critical.

According to sources, Loverdos suggested that it was unwise to hold a vote on an issue that would bind Greece for years to come. He said he would not give his consent until he sees the final wording of the questions in the referendum.

Ragousis said that the government should avoid creating circumstances where the calling of elections becomes inevitable. He added that the referendum would create unnecessary uncertainty around Greece’s membership of the euro.

Loverdos and Ragousis are two of the three ministers that recently wrote an open letter calling on Papandreou to forge ahead with bolder reforms. Many commentators saw that as a move to establish a reformist bloc within the Cabinet from which a new PASOK leader might emerge.

The other author of the letter, Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou expressed concern during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting about what questions would be posed in the referendum.

Agricultural Development Minister Costas Skandalidis said he was upset that the Cabinet had not been informed about Papandreou’s intention to call a referendum.

Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos did not attend the meeting as he was being treated in hospital. Sources close to Venizelos let it be known that he was not aware Papandreou would call a referendum, although the minister defended the decision in Parliament and on TV before being admitted to the hospital with abdominal pains.

The Cabinet’s backing for the plebiscite may prove to be irrelevant as MPs also have to approve the proposal in Parliament. At least four PASOK deputies have already indicated that they would not vote for the motion. This would leave Papandreou relying on votes from the handful of independent lawmakers, as all the opposition parties have said they would vote against it.

However, before Parliament votes on the referendum, it will have to deal a vote of confidence on Friday. At this stage, Papandreou cannot take a positive vote for granted.

Socialist deputy Milena Apostolaki said on Tuesday that she was quitting PASOK’s parliamentary group to become an independent. She referred to the referendum proposal as “wrong and divisive.” Her decision reduced the government’s presence in the 300-seat Parliament to just 152.

Another PASOK MP, Eva Kaili suggested that she would not vote for the government. She called on Papandreou to form a government of national unity. Speaking on Mega TV on Wednesday, Kaili said that she would wait to see what is agreed at the talks in Cannes before taking the final decision on how to cast her ballot. She said that there are another 10 PASOK lawmakers who are undecided about how to vote.

ekathimerini.com , Wednesday November 2, 2011 (11:15)

Changes in armed forces upper ranks


The Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) met on Tuesday so Defense Minister Panos Beglitis could announce changes in the top positions in the armed forces.

As a result, Lieutenant General Michalis Kostarakos is to become chief of the armed forces, Lieutenant General Constantinos Zazias the head of the army, Air Marshal Antonis Tsantirakis is to take over control of the air force and Rear Admiral Kosmas Christidis was put in charge of the navy.

Opposition parties criticized the fact the changes were taking place at a time when it was not clear whether PASOK would remain in power for much longer.

ekathimerini.com , Tuesday November 1, 2011 (21:56)

My opinion is that the government won't get the necessary votes this Friday and elections will be announced. Elsa Papadimitriou (neo-liberal MP, Papandreou's babysitter ) stated she will support the government, but a great number of PASOK MPs said that they won't if Papandreou insists on a referendum. Everyone is just waiting for Papandreou to return from Cannes at the moment.

@ M.H

There are rumors of a PASOK/KKE coalition government.

What?

[RedSide]

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15575198

Greek PM Papandreou 'ready to drop' bailout referendum

Mr Papandreou said Greece's participation in the euro was at stake

He said he had started talks to secure opposition support in parliament which would make the vote unnecessary.

His announcement of a referendum angered European leaders and sent shockwaves through its markets.

Facing calls for his resignation, Mr Papandreou called for unity in the party ranks ahead of a confidence vote on Friday. He has a thin majority.

But Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, addressing the Socialist Party (Pasok) MPs immediately after the prime minister, said Greece must say it was not holding a referendum.

EU leaders say Greece cannot get bailout cash until it agrees the deal.

The opposition New Democracy party has said it will accept taking part in a coalition government if Mr Papandreou agrees to stand down.

The BBC's Mark Lowen, in Athens, says that whatever the outcome, Greece has been thrown into a period of intense political instability.

The EU bailout, agreed last month, would give the heavily indebted Greek government 130bn euros (£111bn; $178bn) and a 50% write-off of its debts, in return for deeply unpopular austerity measures.

'Ready to talk'

Mr Papandreou said the referendum was never an end in itself.

"If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum," he said.

"If the opposition is willing to negotiate then we are ready to ratify this deal and implement it."


Pasok holds a slim majority in parliament, 152 out of 300 seats.

But Mr Papandreou was faced with a parliamentary revolt after several of his MPs withheld their backing. Some called for early elections or a government of national unity instead.

Mr Samaras called for a caretaker government to safeguard the EU deal.

"I ask for the formation of a temporary transition government with the exclusive responsibility to immediately hold elections, and ratify the loan deal under the present parliament," he said, quoted by AFP news agency.

A government spokesman said it was ready to talk to the opposition about the issue.

"We welcome New Democracy's decision to support the 26 October deal," said spokesman Ilias Mossialos, referring to the EU bailout deal.

"As far as the other proposals are concerned, we are ready to seriously discuss them, in the interest of the country."

Keep trolling George

[Os Cangaceiros]

You say “national unity”, we say “loot”! Robin hoodies strike again in Athens

Translation from Athens IMC

Today, 3d of November, comrades looted a supermarket chain in the Athenian suburb of Zografou and distributed the looted goods in a nearby open air popular market (laiki).

A translation of the text distributed during the action follows:

Let’s not kid ourselves. Behind the easily digestible rhetoric about the scammers and the golden boys, the bad Germans and the -generally and abstractly- merciless markets, hides our timeless exploitation and looting of the produced wealth by the clique of the bosses. And it is crystal-clear that for as long as they dominate their lives, they will continue devaluing us and they will extinguish us in order to maintain their profits. And the consecutive blows we are receiving, no matter how disparate they present them to be, all serve their own, unified class interests. At the same time, they spread fear to preserve their authority: increased policing, chasing of migrants, lifting of the asylum, fomenting of racism and patriotism.

No more idleness. Let’s take our lives into our own hands.

The prospect of the class of the repressed is neither the struggle for survival, nor the squeezing into a position of surrender and impoverishment. This prospect is compiled here and now, in the small and big moments of denial and of our struggles. In everyday confrontations with bosses and in general strikes; in demonstrations, popular assemblies and structures of mutual aid; in occupations of public buildings, schools and universities; in the rage against the cops and the solidarity against repression; in aggressive acts against capitalists-state targets; in the movements refusing payment, from electricity bills to road tolls; in collective looting of goods from supermarkets, and their public redistribution.

Let’s grasp our collective strength.
Let’s weave the plan for social and individual emancipation.
War to the bosses’ war.
Everyone to the General Strikes!

During the morning of Thursday, October 20, a group of about 50 anarchists carried out a supermarket expropriation in the city of Patras. The group expropriated a large quantity of food and immediately distributed it among people in an open-air market located near the supermarket. As the group explain in a communiqué given out during the action:

We aren’t Robin Hoods or people who have already solved their problems and are thus making the revolution, like the mass media blowhards are going to portray us. We didn’t carry out this action because we are saviors. We don’t want to be anyone’s savior. We are simply people who understand that one gains perspective on life only through struggle. We are people who live right near you, and today we have chosen to demonstrate one way to break away from misery and recover our time and our lives. We consider such gestures as actions that take place in the here and now, with hearts and minds oriented toward a world of equality, solidarity, and mutual aid—a world of individual and collective freedom.

http://actforfreedomnow.wordpress.co...patras-greece/

that second one had a nice communique.

[FSL]

Papandreou won the confidence vote on Friday only on the premise that he would quit and open the way for a new coalition government.

The latest deal with the EU and the IMF suggests new cuts and a much stricter "surveilance" by the troika who will have constant presence in Athens, cogoverning the country. The situation is especially dire when it comes to pension funds (no one still admits it though) that are hit by unemployment and the haircut in greek bonds which made up a significant part of their "investments". Retirement age was increased in Spain to 67 years old and there is now a huge fuss about the same thing happening in Italy. I'd really doubt that we being the "source" of this crisis will not do so as well. Also all the taxes voted, all the wage reductions voted, all these things need strict implementation etc


Pasok's support is minimal and in no way would it be capable of doing these things without facing strikes and disobedience to, say, tax payments. That is one explanation on Papandreou's decision to call the referendum.

The largest opposition party, New Democracy, is leading the polls (with still pretty low numbers themselves, around 20%). But they have only done so by adopting an "anti-IMF" stance. Its leader, Antonis Samaras, portrays himself as a man of the people -he is in fact of a wealthy background and became an MP at the age of 26- and has only kind words for Hungary's leader, Orban, who supposedly "kicked the IMF out of his country" and "restored national pride".
For those who haven't looked into it, Hungary had an agreement with the IMF that the socialists pretty much saw through, their party being destroyed in the process. They won only 16% support in Hungary's latest elections and Orban was elected with over 50% of the votes. The quasi-fascist Jobbic party also scored pretty high as a result of the general dissatisfaction among the people. Orban then took over with the deficit at about 3% and Hungary's exports surpassing its imports and was able to fund his government through the market, continuing of course the attack on workers. For example, a 9-hour workday is being voted (maybe it has been, not sure) and unemployment benefits only last 3 months now with the unemployment at 11% and the economy pretty much heading for another recession.


So Samaras' plan and I think the whole rulling class' plan was to keep him safe protesting, have him take over after Pasok took all the blame and guarantee stability.
This plan is failing because Pasok's support is eroding and anger is widespread.
Now they need a "national unity government" that will present what is happening as the only way available and attempt to terrorize everyone with the possibility of exiting the EU -or better of the EU kicking us out- and becoming isolated like North Korea or Hoxha's Albania.

So the referendum did succed in forcing the New Democracy party to take a stand and drop its facade.



The coalition was about to happen and then got nearly canceled and now it's almost a done deal, all in a matter of days. It could be canceled again or agreed upon tonight.
Samaras argued for a 6-week government made up by technocrats who would only ratify the loan agreement but no further cuts in an attempt to not ruin his anti-austerity platform.
Then the calls started coming in from Germany and from inside his party telling him to get serious and Oli Ren, the finance minister of the EU in a way, said that the only way the loan will go through is if both major parties agree on the terms and the cuts needed.

So I think that -while trying to save some face- Samaras' agreement is the most likely outcome. His only request now is that Papandreou quits beforehand.

If things do go on that way then in a few days we'll have a government lasting at least a few months (again if things go as planned), consisting of Pasok, New Democracy, the far-right LAOS (the most eager to join), the neoliberal Democratic Alliance, and the pro-Europe, supposedly progressive Democratic Left, all of them having almost 270 MPs combined (out of 300 hundred).



These parties with the help of the media will try to present anything but their government as a sure way to hell. But now all of them will also need to deal with people's anger and will be unable to hide their true colors.
This is almost a "bourgeois government" in that all openly bourgeois parties are in it. This is a first thing here. The only ones outside are the communist party and Syriza, that keeps supporting the EU and better negotiations with what it sees as the "dogmatic neoliberals" leading it (Merkel and co) but engages in "revolutionary" phrase-mongering.

[FSL]

After days of bickering as each party tried to present itself as pro-people and pro-capitalist at the same time, the goverment is nearly formed.

The prime minister will be Loukas Papadimos, the former VP of the European Central Bank and obviously the man of choise to implement the deepest cuts yet. The government is supposed to last a few months but I personally doubt it. I can't see them calling elections.
Pasok will of course be supporting him and so will New Democracy that went into great lengths trying not to lose its "fighting" rhetoric but now seems to have failed in doing so.
The far-right LAOS and the neoliberal Democratic Alliance will also be voting in favour, maybe gaining some government positions. Democratic Left will not have anyone in the government but they are still unsure on whether they will express their confidence by voting in parliament. I think they won't so they can try later on to lure any dissapointed voters as a "respectable" and "reasonable" option.


Papadimos is being portrayed as a Messiah by every news station here and many reporters compare him favourably to politicians who are either "corrupt" or "indecisive". Essentially, they're trying to convince the people it is better to be ruled by the markets themselves then by greedy, self centered politicians, only caring about staying in power.

They might have some success on the short term, people do have some naive views on the role of politicians but I'm sure New Democracy and, more importantly, the whole of the EU will take a huge hit in people's minds along with pasok that has already suffered.
It is a big deal that they felt the need to have all bourgeois parties work together and present the situation as a one-way street. But it also puts them in danger of running out of options soon.

[RedPersonality]

The first people’s response to the new government

[Sasha]

From occupy London:

How did we get some this? Some first thoughts on the decision for the social onslaught ahead of us in GreeceNov 13th, 2011 @ 01:07 pm › admin
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The thoughts below are from the Indymedia commentator using the nickname ‘dakrygono’ (‘tear-gas’); their posts tend to be sharp and thought-provoking — a complete list of previous posts is here.
Original post (in Greek)
The sold-out, far-right government of the bankers is a political and historical fact; the “state of emergency” has jumped from the TV screens blasting the messages of propaganda of their ship-owners, straight to this government of dummies.
The System, as complete sovereignty of the parasitic Bourgeois Class, hands authority directly to the para-statists (to begin with, the bankers) — the final refuge for the scum of parliament and Capital.
The manipulations without the people and against it have reached an apogee, all coming from the Unity of the System…
All the parasitical parliamentary powers (PASOK, LAOS -the far-right-, New Democracy, the Communist Party, SYRIZA) of the Bourgeois Class, after criminalising the popular expression-referendum and played it down as a “false dilemma”, moved into an even more reactionary path…
They set up, under the command of bankers and shipowners, a new authoritarian hyper-structure of puppets that will respond to absolutely no [popular] expression, not even the most humble one, as is the electoral result.
A government of “national unity” with plenty of plaster [a reference to an infamous quote by the dictator Papadopoulos, that the country was sick and needed be placed in "plaster" --trans], with a sold-out chief banker as a prime minister, and a top priority of validating the Brussels agreement, which ordered the bankruptcy of the people and the rescue of the bankers and their shares. Puppets from across the parliamentary scum range, PASOK-New Democracy-the Communist Party-SYRIZA-LAOS, decided, either with a bang or with a whimper (scorning their institutions), the execution of the people in Greece, immediately and without the pretense of the humble, and equally scorned democratic intentions of the Constitution…
The takeover of power by para-statists (bankers and other puppets) is a political choice of the unity of the system (political parties, shipowners-mass media, embassies, foreign centres of power-EU, etc) as this has been established in Greece after the war.
Only hours after the reference to a referendum, which should have been a demand of the society in order to halt the hordes of the puppets turning against the people, an unprecedented unity of the system made its appearance. All bourgeois parties became a solid body of power, which even for a few hours was forced to abandon its supposed ideological reference and to turn into a solid, Class body against society… It is within those exact hours that we were brought into the “state of emergency”.
The photo-frame of the coalition would fit the smiles of all the corrupt and corroded parties of the parliament, PASOK-LAOS-ND-KKE-SYRIZA, the bankers, the shipowners… National unity has shrunk into the far-right parts of the system, which are nowadays ready to commit any crime against the people. The choices had been made for a while, and from today political life changes. Authority, by nominating these puppets, shows the path of resistance beyond the prissiness of the morons of the left. Society will respond, even if it is now startled in face of the social onslaught. The massiveness of social counter-violence can overthrow them as a whole, as it threatens them in their entirety and it can send the – so precious for them – social peace and systemic balance to hell.

[Sasha]

The remembrances for the 17th November uprising that led to the end of the Greek junta is approaching, activists are again trying to make this date a historic one:



"Then with tanks, now with banks, uprising now!"

[RedPersonality]

History is written with class struggle