In this latest statement from the Communist Tendency of SYRIZA, the comrades in Greece comment on the retreats by the SYRIZA-led government in the face of pressure from the European capitalists. Only by going on the offensive with a bold socialist programme can the SYRIZA leaders stand up against the austerity and attacs of the Troika.
We publish here two recent statements from the Communist Tendency of Syriza, which provide a detailed analysis of the latest developments taking place in the negotiations between the leadership of the new Syriza-led government and the representatives of the Troika – the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the IMF.
On Sunday 15th February, an estimated 2000 people assembled at Trafalgar Square in London, in solidarity with the Greek people against the Troika. The demonstration, called by the Greek Solidarity Campaign and SYRIZA London, was linked to a wider international mobilisation across Europe, with the message everywhere of “your struggle is our struggle – lead the way!”
Eurozone finance ministers meet today, Monday 16th February, to try and reach an agreement on how to deal with Greek debt. Fred Weston analyses the pressures facing Tsipras and the Syriza-led government: the pressure of the Troika to continue with austerity, on the one hand; and the pressure of the masses opposing further attacks on their living standards, on the other.
This week revelations have sparked an explosive scandal: HSBC, the UK’s largest bank, has been caught facilitating industrial-scale tax evasion, committed by some of its wealthiest clients. This latest episode has yet again shone a light on the murky world of capitalism and exposed the Tory politicians who defend their rich fraudster friends.
Newly released figures show that the Chinese economy in 2014 experienced its lowest economic growth since 1990. Such figures illustrate the beginning of the end for China’s ‘miraculous’ boom, as the reality of capitalist crisis is seeping through to the world’s largest exporting economy.
At the beginning of January, 500,000 miners in the nationalised coal industry in India went on strike against governmental plans to privatise coal mining. This monumental show of strength is indicative both of the tensions within Indian society and the pressure that is being brought to bear on the leadership of the working class to put up a fight.
We publish here a further statement from the Communist Tendency of SYRIZA, which outlines the inevitable confrontation and collision between the SYRIZA-led government – which was elected on a programme of opposing austerity – and the Troika – the IMF, EC, and ECB – which is demanding continued cuts and “structural reforms”.
We publish here the latest statement of the Communist Tendency SYRIZAon the recent developments in Greece. The new SYRIZA-led government should stay true to its commitments and keep away from any new agreement, which would only be a trap to confine Greece within the terms of the Memorandum – i.e. the Troika’s programme of austerity.
The election victory of Syriza in Greece marked a fundamental shift not only in the situation in Greece, but throughout Europe. We publish here an interview with Ilias Kirousis, a member of the Communist Tendency of SYRIZA as well as the leadership of SYRIZA’s youth wing, who provides his analysis of the elections and the perspectives for the SYRIZA government.
We publish here a recent statement from the Communist Tendency of SYRIZA, which analyses the enormous contradictions facing the SYRIZA leadership in their attempt to reach some sort of compromise with the Troika and their representatives, Merkel and Draghi. There is no room for manoeuvre within capitalism. A bold, radical, socialist programme is needed.
Hundreds of thousands marched in Madrid on 31st January, in a demonstration called by PODEMOS to mark the beginning of their campaign to win the general election this year in Spain. The huge march came just after SYRIZA’s victory in Greece and reflected the deep anger of millions of working people against capitalist austerity, as well as the hope that it can be ended.