New Greek elections

[MERIZoC]

Syriza third on Turkey Trends, people envy the left-wing victory in our neighbour. Hopefully we'll follow your way this summer.

Good luck with that.

[Esperantujo 2]

Victory! I hope Syriza succeeds. Austerity has just enpoverished the poor and enriched the rich.

[Greater-London]

I know. What makes me sad is that those people who support Syriza aren't even Greek, they won't have to suffer the consequences of their policies.

The Greek's aren't suffering already? No matter the outcome of this election the Greek people are going to suffer horrendously. Of the things that Greece needs to do to fix its economy the most important is to control its own currency. That involves leaving the Euro and Syriza will make a Gr-exit much more likely, either voluntarily or they will be pushed.

[Pooria]

fun fact: i good way to piss off a neo nazi greek is to call konstantinople istanbull i ve done it and it worked every time

[Constantinopolis]

*high-fives Baltenstein from a few borders away*

Just this once, because of this emotional moment tonight in Greece, I'm going to give into sentimentality and post this.

You need to give into sentimentality more often, my comrade. How can we keep up the good fight if we do not keep our spirits up? Generations before us have lived, fought and died for justice, for equality, for the cause of the working class and the unity of all Humankind.

Yes yes, when you look at the details, all politics is messy, there are shades of grey, there are plenty of reasons to be sober (if not pessimistic) about each and every given situation. But fuck that. Long live the class struggle, long live our victories and our heroes! Long live the red flag of unity, justice, and labour!

*walks up to Baltenstein and gives him a bear hug*

See, this is what happens when you give me a link like that and I listed to it on repeat for 10 minutes on max volume...

[Martean]

First we take Athens... then we take Madrid!

Syriza-Podemos, venceremos!

[Kenora County]

First we take Athens... then we take Madrid!

Syriza-Podemos, venceremos!

and then you get expelled from the Eurozone by Deutschland

[The Huskar Social Union]

Greece doesn't, and this has been an public issue for quite a while. If the Syriza government could give Greek citizens abroad voting rights, more power to them.

oh, i did not know that. i don't know much about greek politics

Noooooooo... really? Never would have guessed.

[Gezi Park]

fun fact: i good way to piss off a neo nazi greek is to call konstantinople istanbull i ve done it and it worked every time

I don't see why they're pissed off both names are Greek.

[Kenora County]

oh, i did not know that. i don't know much about greek politics

Noooooooo... really? Never would have guessed.

At least I know enough to know Syriza is a communist party that will ruin Greerce

[MERIZoC]

Noooooooo... really? Never would have guessed.

At least I know enough to know Syriza is a communist party that will ruin Greerce

You see, this is exactly what we mean when we say you don't know anything about greek politics. Though I'm beginning to suspect the fault mostly lies in that you don't know what communism is.

[Martean]

First we take Athens... then we take Madrid!

Syriza-Podemos, venceremos!

and then you get expelled from the Eurozone by Deutschland

And then you wake up and realize a member state can't get expelled

[Gezi Park]

Syriza third on Turkey Trends, people envy the left-wing victory in our neighbour.

hahahaha that's why they voted for based Erdogan , isn't it?

Since the last time I checked Erdogan didn't get %80 or something, and I doubt most of his voters have ever heard of Twitter.

[Pooria]

fun fact: i good way to piss off a neo nazi greek is to call konstantinople istanbull i ve done it and it worked every time

I don't see why they're pissed off both names are Greek.

ikr!its just that they think that istanbull is something turkik...on i side note a lot of people here hate turks does this happen in turkey too?

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

Hats off to Tsipras and SYRIZA!

[Greater-London]

You see, this is exactly what we mean when we say you don't know anything about greek politics. Though I'm beginning to suspect the fault mostly lies in that you don't know what communism is.

Well some of the constituent parties in SYRIZA are communist parties or democratic socialist ones. I don't think the coalition is "communist" but there are certainly communists within it.

[Great Franconia and Verana]

Reading a little bit of info on the parties, I think I would either vote for PASOK or New Democracy. SYRIZA is a hit far left for my tastes, but I'm hardly an expert on Greek Politics.

[Atlanticatia]

I wonder what this will mean for the so-called 'Washington Consensus' if anti-neoliberalism begins to spread throughout Europe. Could the consensus shatter?

[MERIZoC]

You see, this is exactly what we mean when we say you don't know anything about greek politics. Though I'm beginning to suspect the fault mostly lies in that you don't know what communism is.

Well some of the constituent parties in SYRIZA are communist parties or democratic socialist ones. I don't think the coalition is "communist" but there are certainly communists within it.

Well, yes. The majority is definitely not though.

[Ramptonia]

Wonder how long it'll be before Tsipras joins Hollande in doing exactly what Auntie Angela tells him to do.

[Gezi Park]

I don't see why they're pissed off both names are Greek.

ikr!its just that they think that istanbull is something turkik...on i side note a lot of people here hate turks does this happen in turkey too?

Some do, some not, but many see Greeks closer to us

[MERIZoC]

Wonder how long it'll be before Tsipras joins Hollande in doing exactly what Auntie Angela tells him to do.

Tsipras strikes me as far more dynamic, not to mention radical, than Hollande.

[Parti Ouvrier]

First we take Athens... then we take Madrid!

Syriza-Podemos, venceremos!

My experience in talking to movementist anti-part Podemos members (they came to my home city for a meeting), is that they are incoherent and a leftish version of Italy's Five Star movement. Btw, bear in mind the Podemos leadership kicked out the Mandelites.

They were well meaning (rank and file members I met), but all over the place politically.

[Atlanticatia]

Wonder how long it'll be before Tsipras joins Hollande in doing exactly what Auntie Angela tells him to do.

Tsipras strikes me as far more dynamic, not to mention radical, than Hollande.

Agreed; I think the difference is that Syriza arose as a new party, and Tsipras isn't from an 'establishment' party like PASOK.

[Ramptonia]

Wonder how long it'll be before Tsipras joins Hollande in doing exactly what Auntie Angela tells him to do.

Tsipras strikes me as far more dynamic, not to mention radical, than Hollande.

Until Angela says "That money you need to avoid going bust..."