"No democracy" inside the euro: "If you vote for what you want, the EU will crush you".
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Despite its stated poliical intentions, which we reported about in this blog, every time push came to shove, Syriza did not support commons solutions, shows Theodoros Karyotis in ROAR magazine (which is now a print publication as well), highlighting different case studies: “Let us look into some examples where the SYRIZA government, instead of ratifying … 
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fter Syriza accepted a third austerity memorandum for Greece and called early elections, much of its leadership left the party. Some formed Popular Unity, while others are still searching for a new home to continue the fight against austerity.
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Alexis Tsipras’ final election rally had the usual soundtrack and familiar props but a different cast. After more than a fifth of his MPs split to form a new left party, the inner core of party activists behind the stage were nervous. Would anybody more than the party faithful come?
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Greece's ruling party looks likely to will split in two after Thursday's Central Committee session saw the Left Platform accusing Tsipras of "shackling Greece."
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SYRIZA's left platform attacked Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for not having a Plan B and succumbing to creditors to sign a deal that goes against party policy
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Secret documents show creditors’ baseline estimate puts debt at 118% of GDP in 2030, even if it signs up to all tax and spending reforms demanded by troika
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For many Syriza members, the proposals announced by Tsipras yesterday will represent less a "rescue" for the Greek people than a surrender to the punitive terms—and "delusional economics"—of the troika. We re-publish an article from Politico by David Patrikarakos examining the divergent views within Syriza that will determine its ultimate decision. By David Patrikarakos, 18/6/15, updated 19/6/15. I wait in the reception area of the Mégaro Maxímou, the office of the prime minister of Greece,
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Dimitri Lascaris and Leo Panitch discuss the Athenian proposal which rejected pension cuts but included closing military bases - Interviewed by Sharmini Peries
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On 25th of last January, the Greek people made a courageous decision. They dared to challenge the one-way street of the Memorandum’s tough austerity, and to seek a new agreement. A new agreement that will keep the country in the Euro, with a viable economic program, without the mistakes of the past.
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If the previous decade brought the business embrace of Linux, free software and the knowledge commonsof science and technology to the fore, the present one marks their entry into the field of politics as discourses with broad social acceptance. From the FLOK Society project in remote Ecuador to Cooperativa Integral Catalana (CIC) in Spain and SYRIZA in Greece, the epicentre of discussion is a model for the organization of social, political, economic and cultural life, based on the principles of peer production and governance, of social and solidarity economy, and of the social-collective goods which we refer to as “the Commons”.
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By Eleftherios Antonopoulos & Konstantinos Kostagiannis
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Greek ruling party SYRIZA leads by a wide margin over main opposition New Democracy, according to a Metron Analysis opinion poll conducted on behalf of newspaper “Parapolitika,” published on Saturday.
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Yanis Varoufakis is pacing the marble hall, cellphone to his ear. In the Maximos Mansion, where the cabinet is about to meet, there’s a “spy room” for secure communications. But by June 21, Varoufakis—hunched against a statue—no longer needs it.
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SYRIZA's crash landing exposed broken promises, lost opportunities and a bitter divorce with the movements. The future now lies with the commons.
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We’re sitting on the roof terrace of a restaurant at the foot of the Acropolis, with the brightly lit temple above us. But the mood among the company this evening is far from good. “I’ll never forgive those Syriza guys to the point that, thanks to them, I almost want the Conservatives to win the election,” one of the women there tells me. “Last week I spoke to my Dad, an old communist, who always stood firm in the fight against right-wingers. I sort of muttered under my breath: ‘Shouldn’t one for once not consider voting for the Conservatives?’ And even my Dad said: ‘Well worth thinking about.’ And if even he’s gone that far…”
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Ever since the financial crash, the left has struggled to articulate a future for Europe that takes into account the needs of all its citizens. But this year, two anti-austerity movements with very different styles have shot to prominence and to popularity - Syriza in Greece and Podemos in Spain. Does Syriza's election victory augur well for Podemos in a Spanish vote later this year? Does Syriza's difficulties in office signal dangers ahead for leftists who manage to win power? How can the European left roll back austerity?
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Do the “agreements” reached on July 13 mark the end of an era? Yes, but certainly not in the sense suggested by the press release of the “summit”. Italiano. Français.
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Greek MPs are debating tough economic measures they must approve by the end of the day in order for an €86bn eurozone bailout deal to go ahead.
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We've made hope return to Europe. -- Yanis Varoufakis Sunday’s referendum will take place under a kind of financial warfare not seen in the history of modern states. -- Paul Mason Greece is being s...
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Greece’s election has delivered a clear rejection of Troika-imposed austerity and the EU’s approach to the crisis. Here are six key points about Greece’s debt. 1) European banks were bailed out, not the people of Greece It is not the people of Greece who have benefitted from bailout loans from the IMF, EU and European [...]
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For the new generation of voters, identity and integrity has replaced ideology. So far, they have deferred to the old institutions – but soon they will have to invent new ones
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Just after the elections in Greece, there was widespread feeling of jubilation about the newly elected "radical" left government, SYRIZA. Across Europe, and indeed even in the US, people came out to show their support for the game-changing results of the vote.
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The left platform of SYRIZA criticized Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for backing down on Monday’s Eurogroup negotiations and asks for rift with creditors.
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Following its election in January on a pledge to confront the austerity program that’s decimated Greece’s economy, the Syriza government has faced a major pushback from international creditors led by Germany.
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