Comments on: The Greek Left Takes Stock of the Commons https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/greek-left-takes-stock-commons/2017/03/03 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sun, 12 Mar 2017 18:02:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 By: Keith Parkins https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/greek-left-takes-stock-commons/2017/03/03/comment-page-1#comment-1578352 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:05:52 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=64147#comment-1578352 Detailed thoughts on Rethinking the Commons.

https://medium.com/dark-mountain/rethinking-the-commons-e4f5418f2902

]]> By: Keith https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/greek-left-takes-stock-commons/2017/03/03/comment-page-1#comment-1578347 Sat, 04 Mar 2017 19:54:55 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=64147#comment-1578347 What we saw in Greece, was not ‘conventional Left politics’ and that one statement shows a lack of understanding of what is happening in Greece and across Europe.

Nor has the credibility of Syriza declined, it has completely collapsed.

There is now a disillusion with politics.

The rare exception, widespread support for Yanis Varoufakis who was not prepared to betray his fellow countrymen.

Now in Greece we have a puppet government of the EU. Akin to the Viche Regime in France during WWII. There are EU officialis in every ministry.

In conversation with Greeks, they draw parallels with WWII, they see their country under occupation.

We have a fascist undemocratic, big business cartel, a junta without the uniforms, dictating to an empire.

Across Europe corrupt socialist parties.

In Poland and Hungary, fascists in control.

A fascist on the edge of Empire in Turkey.

In Romania, a corrupt government, with the people demanding it be overthrown.

Spain and Greece, radical progressive parties formed, Podemos in Spain, Syriza in Greece.

These are not conventional parties of the Left. Nor is Labour were Jeremy Corbyn and the new membership demanding change to have their way.

Greece dared challenge the EU. For that Greece had to be destroyed to set an example to others. ECB, in what was possibly illegal action, destroyed the banks to bring Greece to its knees.

https://medium.com/dark-mountain/force-ecb-to-release-thegreekfiles-caf3158a515a

Support for Syriza has melted way following the betrayal of the Greek people.

I have paid three recent visits to Athens one pre-Syriza, the other two post-Syriza.

The second visit, I talked with people about setting up cooperatives as a way to move forward, seizing control of local Town Halls.

I have had similar discussions in northern Spain, Tenerife and Cyprus.

As I write, in conversation with Cyprus.

IN UK slightly different, a corrupt Labour Party, rotten to the core, with a new radical leader, supported by the membership, but undermined by a corrupt faction that controls the party and parliament.

https://medium.com/dark-mountain/clean-the-shit-out-of-labour-2c1499d8cc56

As with all empires, EU is crumbling on the fringes. When collapse comes, it will be rapid.

That is why we must be planning now for that change.

https://medium.com/dark-mountain/create-a-europe-of-cooperating-democratic-sovereign-countries-a870b5cfadc2

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