One commentary worth reading opens, "They were young, attractive, well-educated, and the darlings of the non-Communist left (and even some Communists!). The leaders of the Greek party, SYRIZA, promised the Greek people an escape from the jaws of the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Commission." http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-greek-tragedy.html
Indeed, Syriza's Thessaloniki program of September 2014 ( http://www.syriza.gr/article/SYRIZA---THE-THESSALONIKI-PROGRAMME.html ) promised, "We will fight and secure a socially viable solution to Greece's debt problem so that our country is able to pay off the remaining debt from the creation of new wealth and not from primary surpluses, which deprive society of income. ... We assume responsibility and are accordingly committed to the Greek people for a National Reconstruction Plan that will replace the Memorandum as early as our first days in power, before and regardless of the negotiation outcome." Lefties loved it. "If this is 'reformism', I am all for it." ( http://louisproyect.org/2015/01/25/reflections-on-syriza/ ) _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
