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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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Social Democracy or Revolutionary Democracy: Syriza and Us

Social Democracy or Revolutionary Democracy: Syriza and Us | real utopias | Scoop.it
All eyes on the Left are upon Greece. Not because of a general interest in the contradictions of capitalism in the midst of this particular crisis but because of Syriza. Unfortunately, what we are observing is not unique to Syriza. The story has been told before, and the story inevitably will occur again if we do not learn from it.
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Follow your convictions – this could be the end of the politics of fear | George Monbiot

Follow your convictions – this could be the end of the politics of fear | George Monbiot | real utopias | Scoop.it
ere is the first rule of politics: if you never vote for what you want, you never get it. We are told at every election to hold our noses, forget the deficiencies and betrayals and vote Labour yet again, for fear of something worse. And there will, of course, always be something worse. So at what point should we vote for what we want rather than keep choosing between two versions of market fundamentalism? Sometime this century? Or in the next? Follow the advice of the noseholders and we will be lost forever in Labour’s Bermuda triangulation.
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Is the Fear in Europe Finally Changing Sides? - teleSUR English

Is the Fear in Europe Finally Changing Sides? - teleSUR English | real utopias | Scoop.it
With Greece possibly facing new elections in January and the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) still firmly in the lead, and with the leftist upstart Podemos now polling first in Spain, where elections are scheduled for later next year, the...
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Only the radical left can save Greece – and Europe – from disaster - The Guardian

Only the radical left can save Greece – and Europe – from disaster - The Guardian | real utopias | Scoop.it

The stories from Greece, still struggling from the economic crisis of 2008, beggar belief. From medical travesties to riotous anti-immigrant violence, hope is hard to find

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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation