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David Renton: On SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks; and compromises and alliances
"The migration minister is Tasia Christodoulopoulou, doyenne of Greek migrants’ lawyers – the equivalent in England of giving our unreconstructed CLR James-ite Ian Macdonald the job."
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By David Renton
March 7, 2015 -- Lives; Running, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with permission -- Six weeks ago, when SYRIZA formed a coalition with the Independent Greeks (ANEL) the most common view among my friends was that this was SYRIZA’s first betrayal and that others would inevitably follow.
Germany, 1918-1923: the fire and the spirit of revolution
The German Revolution of 1918-1923 not only saw the collapse of the monarchy, but the real possibility
Greece wins breathing space, but made to pay high cost; SYRIZA's support grows
Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Sc
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.
Germany: Red-red-green government in Thuringia
By Victor Grossman
When Karl Liebknecht said ‘no’ to World War I
Karl Liebknecht.
Heaven or hell? Books look back on the German Democratic Republic
Stasi Hell or Workers’ Paradise?
Eastern Europe: For whom the Wall fell? Balance sheet of the transition to capitalism
The Berlin Wall comes dow