No to austerity
No to the economic madness of the EU offer to Greece
No to fear
No to dogma
No to bankers
No to technocracy
No to neo-feudalism
Yes to democracy
Yes in hope
Yes to a viable euro
Yes to an EU of separate nations
Yes to the right to choose
No means this yes is possible
And whatever happens next, democrats and those with any understanding of macroeconomics will heave heaved a sigh of relief as the Greek poll results have started coming in tonight
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OXI !
And no it is – by a bigger margin than I expected.
Well done, Greece 🙂
But let’s not think for one moment that the neoliberal fanatics that run the Eurozone/EC, ECB and IMF are going to let the Greek people and Syriza get away with this.
Expect more nastiness this week.
The goal now has to be making Greece suffer enough to stop the Spanish people following this example come the autumn.
I am afraid you are spot on Ivan
I don’t pretend to be remotely clever enough to follow through the ramifications but it seems clear that the sort of capitalism which, we’re now told, is the only sort, that is neo-liberal laissez faire capitalism isn’t compatible with democracy.
I remember in the 1970s, when Communism was a real fear, that there was another sort of capitalism, less opposed to unions, less strident, less committed to inequality as a value in itself.
Don’t know what happened to that. I suppose Willie Whitelaw, Ted Heath, McMillan etc all died & so did that idea. Shame really
Yes, I think there is much worse to come for Greece. The plutocrats will do all they can to make sure that Greece cannot succeed in improving their situation, for if they do they demonstrate that there is indeed an alternative. From their perspective that is not just a catastrophe, it is beyond their imagining: they have enjoyed seeming universal agreement about their analysis and their prescriptions for a very long time (predicated on not talking to anyone outside their bubble; and not allowing any alternative view a wider platform outside the internet where it was till recently possible to dismiss it). Some of them even believe what they say, I think
I am optimistic however: for there is another world, where ordinary people are not fooled. Rather they could not see how to challenge the orthodoxy, and had no effective representation nor any way to express their opposition. It led to widespread disengagement and ultimately that is dangerous.
In Scotland and Catalonia and Greece that is no longer true. And I do not think it will be true for much longer anywhere in europe. You cannot put this toothpaste back in the tube, I suspect: and the plutocrats have no recourse, because no matter what they do they have lost all trust through their own arrogance and demonstrable dishonesty. People can see who they serve and there is now a real alternative. Democracy may at last reassert itself. So I hope, anyway
Athens, birthplace of democracy has proven that democracy still exists. We are all “oxi”!
An urgent need is now to analyse the scandalous arms acquisitions, like warplanes, tanks, submarines, speed boats, with absolutely no relation to the size of the country.
How many bribes paid to how many former corrupt ministers and civil servants?
This big cleaning has to take place to restore faith in the new politicians!
Agreed
Jeroen Dijsselbloem – the farm economist who seems OK with the Common Agricultural Policy in these austere times:
“Greece will need to reform their economy for it to recover”. As if the reforms since 2010, which delivered a much-worse economy, will suddenly be forgotten by ordinary Greeks.
Astonishing arrogance.
The nastiness begins – Yanis Varoufakis resigns beacuse:
“Soon after the announcement of the referendum results, I was made aware of a certain preference by some Eurogroup participants, and assorted ‘partners’, for my… ‘absence’ from its meetings;”
http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2015/07/06/minister-no-more/
They really dont like hearing truth spoken to power, do they.
No
It’s commonplace, let me assure you
But he has done his job
And Yanis Varoufakis’ going is a good negotiating move. The ECB won’t be able to badmouth his replacement because they don’t know him yet so they have much less excuse not to negotiate properly.
Also it seems that Hollande and the French are showing a sincere wish to keep Greece in the Euro, so that also gives some hope…
With this no vote the whole of Europe has moved a step towards democracy, the ECB, IMF and the EU has moved a step towards the guillotine.