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Eastern Mediterranean: Peace Torpedoed over Hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean

September 10, 2020 Xekinima (ISA in Greece), Sosyalist Alternatif (ISA in Turkey), NEDA (ISA in Cyprus)

No to nationalism, no to war, no to Natural Gas drillings! The discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean seabed adds another factor to the competition between the ruling classes of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Today’s crisis, which has been going on for months, is the worst since the 1974 war, both in terms […]

War Waged Against Refugees, Greek and Turkish Workers

March 10, 2020 Xekinima (ISA in Greece)

Turkish President Erdogan’s decision to push thousands of refugees and migrants to the country’s mainland border with Greece on the Evros river and the islands has led to the greatest crisis over refugee flows since 2015 and to the worst crisis, in the recent period, between Greece and Turkey. Starting on 27th February, the Turkish […]

No Surprises in Greek General Election

July 10, 2019 Xekinima (ISA in Greece)

SYRIZA responsible for ND’s return There were no surprises in the results of the July 7 elections in Greece, they confirmed the trends that were already evident in May’s Euroelections: Greece’s traditional right-wing party New Democracy (ND) was the victor, SYRIZA’s support fell as voters punished it for its austerity policies, the Left remained weak […]

Greece: New austerity measures imposed on working class

May 16, 2017 Xekinima (ISA in Greece)

Editorial comment from the current edition ‘Xekinima’ (fortnightly journal of the Greek section of the CWI, ‘Xekinima – Internationalist Socialist Organisation) When New Democracy (Greece’s traditional right-wing party) and PASOK (the so-called “socialists”) were applying austerity policies, arguing that these were the way to a new period of prosperity, the mass of working class people […]

Greece: 20 September elections – ‘No’ to the Memorandum parties!

September 10, 2015 Xekinima (ISA in Greece)

Mass revolutionary Left needed to find way out of crisis of capitalist system In the coming general election on 20 September, Xekinima (the Greek section of the CWI) calls for a vote against all parties that apply the policies of the latest ‘Memoranda’ signed with the EU, ECB and IMF ‘Troika’ (those parties are SYRIZA, […]

Greece: Tsipras crosses the Rubicon

July 13, 2015 Xekinima (ISA in Greece)

Time for a new, mass revolutionary Left to oppose all austerity! July 9th was a black day for the Greek left. SYRIZA’s leading team, around Prime Minister A. Tsipras, subordinated itself completely and absolutely to the demands of the Troika lenders. The Greek working class finds itself in a tragic position. They voted for SYRIZA […]

Greece: Mighty class-based ‘NO’ shakes bosses’ EU

July 10, 2015 Xekinima (ISA in Greece)

Referendum earthquake sees working class boldly defy Troika and Greece’s servile ruling class! Yesterday’s Greek referendum saw the working class give a powerful reply to the attempts of the Troika/Institutions to blackmail them into accepting more austerity in order to stay within the Eurozone. The referendum on Sunday 5 July produced a tremendous 61.5% in […]