Greece

[The Greece-EU “agreement” has set off debates on the left on why the SYRIZA government "agreed" to such harsh

El discurso pronunciado la mañana del 11 de julio de 2015

Statement of the Socialist Alliance (Australia) national executive

July 16, 2015 -- Socialist Alliance, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Socialist Alliance condemns the effective imposition of colonial status on Greece by the ruling institutions of the European Union (EU), which represent the interests of the big banks whose speculative excesses contributed in great part to the accumulation of the “Greek debt” they are now seeking to recover.

This is a coup and a brutal assault on democracy.

The popular will of the Greek people, expressed in the 61.3% "Oxi" (“No”) vote in the July 5 referendum on the previous European Union austerity demands is being denied and even the decisions of the Greek parliament has been put under EU supervision and control.

In Athens, supporters of the "No" campaign celebrate after the first results of the July 5 referen

Greece solidarity rally in Birmingham, July 13, 2015.

President of the parliament of Greece, Zoe Konstantopoulou.

By Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, Athens