The third instalment of Lessons for the Left considers what happens when a grassroots resistance movement takes on entrenched neoliberalism
The greatest losers were smaller parties occupying the extremes of the debate following the referendum.
The newly ruling Greek party has had to back down for now but it is preparing for a fight with serious consequences.
Both Greece and Spain have a left that doesn’t look back, but that is engaged in the moment and looking to the future – something we sorely need.
Economic decisions by Athens’s leader may push Greeks to vote for the neo-fascist Golden Dawn.
The election result marked a comprehensive rejection of the years of austerity demanded by the EU and IMF in return for the €240-billion bailout.