Europe
SYRIZA's debt deal: breathing space or capitulation? Three assessments
February 23, 2015 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The interim deal between European authorities and the SYRIZA government of Greece has caused controversy on the left, with accusations of "capitulation", sell out" and worse from some sections. Below are three assessments from the left that offer a more sober analysis.
Greece gets its deal... but if the detail’s wrong ‘we’re finished’
By Paul Mason
February 20, 2015 -- Channel 4 --- The eurozone and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have done a deal with Greece, extending its bailout for four months in return for a commitment to run all policy measures with significant economic impact past the lenders. The second part of the deal has to be done on February 23, by Greece submitting a list of proposed measures.
Mike Treen: SYRIZA victory in Greece a blow to austerity
Crowd at SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras' victory speech, January 25, 2015.
Greece: European elites declare war on SYRIZA government; Thousands rally in Athens
Thousands of protesters gathered in front of
Socialists and World War I: Turn the imperialist war into a civil war
It has been a hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War.
Alexis Tsipras and Pablo Iglesias.
