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<http://laborstandard.org/Eve_of_Greek_Referendum.html> On the Eve of the Greek Referendum— For a Massive NO Vote, and Mass Mobilization in the Streets by George Shriver, co-managing editor, Labor Standard July 3, 2015—The crucial struggle right now is for a massive NO vote on July 5, and mass mobilization in the streets to encourage the working class and its allies to intervene directly in this crisis, asserting their own demands and directly acting in their own class interests. Many reports indicate that the healthy, vital, combative elements of the Left are engaging in a united-front effort precisely for a massive NO vote and a mass mobilization of the workers and their allies, such as the many active movements for social change. Only sectarian elements such as the KKE (Communist Party of Greece) are standing aside... . . . Transitional Measures Moving Toward Social Ownership Are Also Needed On July 3, in his speech to a huge crowd in Syntagma Square in front of the Greek government building in Athens, Alexis Tsipras emphasized the fight for democracy and the dignity of the Greek people against the blackmail and ultimatums of the international creditor “institutions.” And certainly it is right to emphasize the fight for democracy against unelected capitalist power. After all, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in the Communist Manifesto of 1848 talked about the need for the working class to “win the battle of democracy”—that is, to form a workers’ government that would begin to make inroads against the rule of capital based on private ownership of the means of production and exploitation of the wage workers who produce surplus value, which is then appropriated by the capitalist owners. However, the fight must go beyond capitalism. Transitional measures can be taken immediately by the Syriza government. For example, the government can continue the capital controls it imposed on the Greek banks on Monday, June 29. Let the government run the banks in the public interest and under workers control... . . . _________________________________________________________ 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
