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leaving aside the source and present content of his opinions, the Germans actually told Greece today they should dismiss him as their negotiator! (this right after telling them that their surrender was inadequate) http://www.chaniapost.eu/?p=16734 On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Paul Flewers via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Varoufakis also wrote: 'I moved to England to attend university in > September 1978, six months or so before Margaret Thatcher’s victory changed > Britain forever. Watching the Labour government disintegrate, under the > weight of its degenerate social democratic programme, led me to a serious > error: to the thought that Thatcher’s victory could be a good thing, > delivering to Britain’s working and middle classes the short, sharp shock > necessary to reinvigorate progressive politics; to give the left a chance > to create a fresh, radical agenda for a new type of effective, progressive > politics.' > > If he'd have come up with anything like that at a left-wing meeting in > Britain at that time, he would have been met with brays of ill-mannered > laughter. > > As for his 'quote' from Lenin to the effect that the worse things get the > better things are for the left, that really is bizarre. I've seen it used > here, although not as a 'quote' from Lenin, by right-wing hacks who think > that's how we think, but not by any left group. I wonder if Varoufakis has > some background in a weird left group in Greece that actually believed > that. > > Paul F > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ 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
