[GRECIA] ¡NO NOS AMENAZARÁN! ¡NO NOS RETRACTAMOS! ¡LUCHEMOS! ¡TENEMOS QUE TRIUNFAR!

Publicamos un artículo de la OKDE (Organización Comunista Internacionalista de Grecia) del 5 de febrero sobre los recientes acontecimientos en Grecia. Este fue distribuido como volante y tiene, a nuestro entender, importantes señalamientos: se centra en promover la lucha obrera y popular contra el chantaje de la UE y la Troika, mientras llama a no confiar en Syriza, luchar contra el pago de la deuda, el cancelamiento del memorandum, la macionalización de la banca y los sectores clave de la economía bajo control obrero. Nos solidarizamos con quienes desarrollan esta posición revolucionaria en Grecia contra la troika, mientras Syriza paraliza el movimiento de los trabajadores

Ningún acuerdo con el chantaje de los mercados y la Unión Europea!

¡NO NOS AMENAZARÁN! ¡NO NOS RETRACTAMOS!

¡LUCHEMOS! ¡TENEMOS QUE TRIUNFAR!

Abajo el memorandum ya! No al pago de la deuda!

Restauración inmediata de los salarios y pensiones,  reincorporación de los despedidos, restauración de las libertades democráticas!

El 3 de febrero el Banco Central Curopeo decidió no reconocer la deuda griega como garantía para operaciones ordinarias, lo que le da liquidez a los bancos griegos. Es de esta forma que el BCE aplica un vil chantaje y se identifica  con las presiones de Merkel y compañía. Ejecuta las declaraciones de todos los imperialistas europeos (Schultz, Merkel, Hollande, Renzi etc.) acerca de que ellos respetan la decisión del pueblo griego... pero los acuerdos previos deben seguir al pie de la letra. En otras palabras: "se puede votar por todo lo que quieras, pero el memorandum seguirá sin ningún obstáculo, la deuda se mantiene en su conjunto y deben seguir pagandola regularmente. De lo contrario, usted va ser enviado a la quiebra!". Este es el chantaje directo de los imperialistas europeos.

En las elecciones del 25 de enero, la clase obrera griega, la juventud y los sectores populares mostraron su voluntad de frenar los memorandos, la demolición de los salarios y las pensiones, la tributación usurera, la destrucción de las relaciones de trabajo y de nuestra esclavitud, la destrucción de la educación, la salud y la seguridad social, las privatizaciones y la subasta del patrimonio público. Le dieron un golpe al Estado de emergencia, a esta dictadura con un velo parlamentario, a los ataques a las manifestaciones y los huelguistas de la MAT, Delta, etc. [las fuerzas especiales de la policía represiva], los golpes de Estado parlamentario a través de "actos legislativos", el servicio militar obligatorio utilizado para romper huelgas, etc. Ellos levantaron una bandera contra el crecimiento desenfrenado de la riqueza por un puñado de capitalistas, los nativos y europeos, quienes -durante la crisis más grande alguna vez en el país- están aumentando sus fortunas. Contra el sangrado de pagar la deuda a los usureros internacionales y nativos. Las fuerzas pro-orden (Nueva Democracia, PASOK, sus lacayos DIMAR, LAOS, Golden Dawn,  sus aspirantes a reemplazarlos como To Potami), se enfrentaron a una dura derrota. Esto no vino como un rayo en el cielo sereno, ni es sólo el resultado de nuestra rabia y la ira después de 5 años de profunda crisis económica y memorandos. Es principalmente el resultado de las grandes y heroicas luchas de estos 5 años: casi 30 huelgas generales, las revueltas y enfrentamientos (5 de mayo de 2010, "el movimiento de las plazas" y los enfrentamientos de junio 2011, 12 de febrero de 2012), de innumerables pequeñas y grandes huelgas y luchas (ERT, empleadas estatales de limpieza, guardas escolares etc.).

Pero, el 25 de enero es sólo una primera batalla que hemos ganado - la guerra continúa y el choque será duro, una lucha a vida o muerte. En contra de los imperialistas europeos, así como los capitalistas griegos, la "quinta columna" de personal pro-memorando en nuestro país, que tratarán de defenderse, a pesar de que aún se muestran cautelosos, después del golpe electoral que han recibido. Ni los memorandos, ni la deuda pueden ser "arrancadas" de un resultado electoral o a través de las instituciones parlamentarias. Porque, con toda claridad, el "bloque negro" de sus seguidores en Grecia y Europa es un enemigo jurado de la clase obrera y los sectores populares pobres. Debemos cancelar los memorandos y la deuda en la práctica, con nuestra lucha. Para obtener puestos de trabajo para el 1,5 millón de trabajadores sin trabajo, para sacar de la pobreza al casi 4 m. y salir de la pobreza creciente del conjunto del pueblo griego, para reconstruir la educación, la salud y la seguridad social, para restablecer las relaciones de trabajo y los derechos políticos, democráticos y sindicales, para iniciar la reconstrucción de la economía en ruinas. Para barrer el Régimen del Memorándum necesitamos:

✓ Cancelar totalmente y definitivamente el memorándum. Inmediatamente dejar de pagar la deuda y sus intereses. Cancelar la totalidad de la deuda.

✓ Salir del euro y la UE. Porque no podemos -por un lado- pedir la cancelación total y definitiva de los memorandos y la deuda, mientras que -por otro lado- negociar con la zona euro y la UE para continuar en ella.

✓ Inmediatamente detener / revertir todas las privatizaciones. La nacionalización de las principales empresas y sectores de la economía, especialmente los bancos, bajo control obrero. Con el fin de garantizar la continuidad y el crecimiento de la producción, detener el cierre de las plantas y de las empresas, reiniciar el funcionamiento de las empresas que cerraron. Para asegurarse inversiones, con el fin de crear puestos de trabajo.

✓ Avanzar hacia un gobierno obrero, basado en la auto-organización, movilizacion y lucha, en cada empresa, la escuela y la universidad, y a nivel nacional. Una fuerza que puede imponer un programa de este tipo en la práctica, para salvarnos de la crisis y la quiebra del sistema capitalista.

No permitimos ser chantajeados. No sucumbimos a cualquier funcionario europeo, a cualquier gobierno burgués/imperialista (de Merkel, Hollande, Renzi, etc.), a cualquier banquero europeo o griego, a cualquier capitalista europeo o griego. Tenemos de nuestro lado millones de trabajadores y los sectores populares pobres en Europa, que, o bien en las elecciones europeas, o con sus luchas (huelgas generales en Italia y Bélgica, huelgas y manifestaciones en España, Portugal, Alemania, etc., acciones de solidaridad con el pueblo griego) se oponen a la dictadura de la UE, los memorandos, la deuda y los mercados.

Debemos luchar sin perder un momento, para que el chantaje a los imperialistas europeos no prospere. No podemos y no debemos confiar esta enorme tarea al nuevo gobierno de SYRIZA, cuyas manos son "débiles" para ponerlo en práctica. Debido a sus alianzas podridas, su programa cobarde, las ilusiones que propaga en las instituciones parlamentarias - y, sobre todo, su reconocimiento de "lo santo y lo sagrado" (normas, tratados, etc.) de la UE, de la zona euro, del pago la deuda. Todo esto al final nos llevará a ninguna parte más que a compromisos contra nuestro interés, a frustraciones y derrotas.

Los trabajadores, los sectores populares pobres y la juventud, debemos tomar esta tarea nosotros mismos. Salgamos a las plazas centrales de las ciudades, a las asambleas de barrio. Vamos por la Huelga General Política, ocupemos las escuelas y universidades. Por un levantamiento que imponga nuestros derechos, contra el muro de chantajes de los mercados y de la UE. NI UN PASO ATRÁS - HASTA LA VICTORIA!

www.okde.gr Ο.Κ.Δ.Ε.

ergatikipali@okde.gr Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας

Organización de Comunistas - Internacionalistas (Grecia)

[GREECE] WE WILL NOT BE BLACKMAILED – WE WILL NOT RETREAT STRUGGLE EVERYWHERE – WE SHALL WIN!

We publish English article of OKDE (Organization of Communist Internatinalist - Greece)issued on February 5th about recent developments in Greece. This was distributed as leaflet and has important positive points in our understanding: Focusing on promoting workers and peoples' struggle against EU blackmail while calling not to trust in Syriza, fighting against debt payment, cancellation of the Memorandum , nationalization of the banks and key sectors of the economy under workers control. We stand in solidarity with those in Greece are developing such a revolutionary position against Troika, while Syriza is paralizing workers movement.

Not a single compromise with the EU’s and the Markets’ blackmails

WE WILL NOT BE BLACKMAILED – WE WILL NOT RETREAT

STRUGGLE EVERYWHERE – WE SHALL WIN!

Down immediately with the Memorandums. Cancellation of the whole debt.

Immediate restoration of salaries and pensions, of the laid off, of the democratic liberties

At 3/2, the European Central Bank decided not to recognize the greek bonds as a collateral for providing liquidity to the greek banks. In this way, the ECB applies a raw blackmail and identifies itself absolutely with the pressures and blackmails of Merkel and its company. It implements the declarations of all the european imperialists (Schultz, Merkel, Hollande, Renzi etc.) that they “respect” the decision of the greek people, but… the agreements must be followed without the slightest change! In other words: “you can vote for anything you want, but the Memorandums will go on without any obstacles, your debt remains in its whole and you must go on paying it regularly. Otherwise we will drive you to bankruptcy!”. This is the straightforward blackmail of european imperialists.

In the elections of January 25th, the greek working class, the youth and the poor popular strata showed their will to stop the Memorandums, the demolition of salaries and pensions, the thiefy taxation, the destruction of working relations and our enslavement, the destruction of education, health and social security, the privatizations and sold–out of the public wealth. They hit the Emergnency State, this dictatorship with a parliamentarian veil, the attacks of demonstrations and strikers by the MAT, Delta etc. [note: special repressive police forces], the parliamentarian coups d’ etat with “legislative acts”, the obligatory military service used to smash strikes etc. They raised a flag against the rampant growth of wealth for a handful of capitalists, native and european ones, who –during the bigger crisis ever in the country– are increasing their fortunes. Against the bleeding of paying the debt to international and native usurers. The pro–memorandum forces (New Democracy, PASOK, their clutches DIMAR, LAOS, Golden Dawn, their wanna–be replacements like The River), faced a heavy defeat. This did not come like a bolt from the blue, nor is it only the result of our rage and anger after 5 years of deep economic crisis and Memorandums. It’s mainly the result of the big and heroic struggles of these 5 years: almost 30 General Strikes, revolts and clashes (5 May 2010, “the squares’ movement” and the clashes of June 2011, 12 February 2012), of countless small and big strikes and struggles (ERT, janitors, school guards etc.).

But, on January 25th it’s only a first battle that we have won – the war goes on and the clash will be harsh, a fight for life or death. Against the european imperialists, as well as the greek capitalists, the “Fifth Phalanx” of willing pro–memorandum staff in our country, who will seek to fight back, even though they are still cautious, after the electoral punch they have received. Neither the Memorandums, nor the debt can be “torn” just out of an electoral result or through the parliamentarian institutions. Because, quite plainly, the “black block” of their supporters in Greece and Europe is a sworn enemy of the working class and the poor popular strata. We must cancel the Memorandums and the debt in practice, with our struggles. To get jobs for the 1,5 m. jobless, to drag out of the impoverishment almost 4 m. and out of growing poverty the whole of the greek people, to rebuild education, health and social security, to restore the working relations and the political, democratic and union rights, to start reconstructing the ruined economy. To sweep out the Memorandum Regime we need:

• Fully and definitely cancel the Memorandums. Immediately stop paying the debt and its interests. Cancel the whole of the debt.

• Get out of the Euro and the EU. Because we can not –on the one hand– ask for the full and  definite cancellation of the Memorandums and the debt, while –on the other hand– bargain with the Eurozone/the EU for their continuation.

• Immediately stop/reverse all privatizations. Nationalization of the key enterprises and sectors of the economy, especially the banks, under workers’ control. In order to ensure the continuity and growth of productions, stop the closing–down of plants and enterprises, restart functioning the enterprises that closed down. To ensure that there will be investments, in order to create jobs.

• Move forward, for a Workers’ Government, based on our self–organization, mobilizations and struggle, in every enterprise, school and university, up to national level. A force that can impose such a program in practice, to save us from the crisis and bankruptcy of the capitalist system.

We are not blackmailed. We don’t succumb to any european official, to any bourgeois/imperialist government (of Merkel, Hollande, Renzi etc.), to any european or greek banker, to any european or greek capitalist. We have on our side millions of workers and poor popular strata in Europe, who either in the euro–elections, or with their struggles (general strikes in Italy and Belgium, strikes and demonstrations in Spain, Portugal, Germany etc., actions of solidarity with the greek people) are opposing the dictatorship of the EU, the Memorandums, the debt and the markets.

We must struggle without wasting a moment, so that the european imperialists’ blackmail shall not pass. We can’t and we must not trust this huge task not even to the new government of SYRIZA, which hands are “weak” to implement it. Because its rotten alliances, its coward program, the illusions its spreading for the parliamentarian institutions – and, above all, its recognition of “the holly and the sacred” (rules, treaties etc.) of the EU, of the Eurozone, of paying the debt, all these can’t at the end lead us nowhere else than to compromises to our loss, to frustrations and defeats.

Workers, poor popular strata and youth, we must take up to this task ourselves. All out, in the cities’ central squares, in neighborhood assemblies. Forward for a General Political Strike, for occupations in all schools and universities. For an uprising that will impose our right, against the wall of EU’s and the markets’ blackmails. NOT A STEP BACK – FIGHT TO VICTORY!

www.okde.gr Ο.Κ.Δ.Ε.

ergatikipali@okde.gr Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας

Organization of Communists – Internationalists (Greece)

[GREECE] AFTER THE ELECTORAL VICTORY, SYRIZA SETS UP AN ANTI-LABOUR GOVERNMENT COALITION WITH THE RIGHT

Monday January 26th

Cristina, FIT, MST and Patria Grande are LYING: Syriza's victory is not a victory for the working-class

AFTER THE ELECTORAL VICTORY, SYRIZA SETS UP AN ANTI-LABOUR GOVERNMENT COALITION WITH THE RIGHT

The TPR welcomes the results of EEK and OKDE-Ergatiki Pali. Let us organize the left, workers', revolutionary opposition to the government of Syriza-Independent Greeks

Kammenos (ANEL) with Tsipras (Syriza)

This day, Alexis Tsipras, Syriza's top leader, was appointed Prime Minister of Greece, after reaching an agreement for a coalition government with Independent Greeks (ANEL), a right-wing, nationalist, racist outfit. This coalition was greeted by the Confederation of Greek Industrialists (SEV), who pledged “support for the new government, showing consent, a spirit of cooperation and a constructive attitude”, as publicized by Syriza's own webpage (left.gr) Syriza's victory was also greeted by the president of the European Parliament, the social-democratic leader Martin Schulz.

In his speech, Tsipras promised a government of “national salvation and unity”, thus admitting it will not be a government of the left. He assured there will be a “sincere dialogue” and a “mutually convenient solution” with the markets and the European Union. Kamenos (leader of ANEL) presents this as an “anti-memorandum” government. It would, in that case, be a rabidly bourgeois government. Kamenos was viceminister for the Merchant Navy with Nea Demokratía (that is: an advocate for one of the main sectors of the Greek bourgeoisie: the shipowners.)

It is false that Syriza needed to set up a coalition with ANEL as a result of having fallen short of an absolute majority in parliament (Syriza won 149 out of 300 seats). It could have formed a government as the first minority, demanding the votes of the left of the house. Syriza could have asked KKE (Comunist Party) to support the formation of the government without integrating it. But it chose, on the contrary, to enter a coalition with a right-wing, bourgeois party. This does not ensure the “stability” of the government, but enforces a rightist, anti-labour course. Syriza's “Left Platform” has not only remained in place: it has not even issued a protest so far. Only hours before the election, TPR denounced that Syriza's victory was not a victory for the Greek workers. This prognosis has been borne out: it is necessary to build a revolutionary opposition to the Tsipras government.

A victory hailed by Kirchnerism is not a victory for the left

Syriza's victory was promptly greeted by the Argentinian chancellery as “a hope for the peoples of Europe, because it reveals there are viable political alternatives that reject the measures of adjustment and propound growth with social inclusion” (cancilleria.gov.ar, 26/1) The left that brands CFK's support for Tsipras (which is long-standing) as inconsistent, should in all honesty question its own illusions about the new Greek government.

The MST, to the right of Syriza's left

The MST displayed its strategic commitment to Syriza as an expression of the “new left” which they claim to represent in Argentina. This “new left”, which makes deals with the international financial markets and the right, faithfully portrays the democratizing, pro-imperialist nature of the MST. They have not even taken up the denunciations of the Left Platform, against the rightward course of Syriza since 2012 or its inclination to pacts with the IMF, NATO and the EU.

Supporting Syriza, the FIT boycotts itself

The Workers' Party (Partido Obrero) speedily welcomed the Syriza victory in a communiqué. It has failed, however, to utter a single word about the coalition government with the right. The popular-frontist emotion will only deepen the demoralization of the working-class in the face of betrayals. The alternative to the world crisis and economic adjustment begins with the struggle for a workers' government in Salta (Argentina), not a coalition government with the right in Greece. Instead of providing clarification for the Argentinian and international working-class, the Workers' Party blunts its understanding. As do the leaders of Izquierda Socialista. The PTS, along with its partners in the FIT, did not call for support of any party in the Greek elections, proving their leftist verbiage is a mere fig-leaf for opportunism.

Patria Grande: Syriza is neither Chávez nor anti-IMF

Argentinian chavismo strives to cobble together Syriza and Latin-American bourgeois nationalism. Beyond the links of political solidarity that connect them, a gigantic difference remains: Chávez rose to power confronting the imperialist plans; Syriza, on the contrary, starts off from a deal with imperialism and the right, an alliance which Patria Grande deems “necessary”. The decline and the rightist turn of bourgeois nationalism affects their Argentinian acolytes in the same sense.

The anticapitalist left dissolves in the popular front

The victory of Syriza will consolidate the process of dissolution which has developed in the anticapitalist left worldwide. This is shown in the dissolution of Izquierda Anticapitalista (Spanish state) in Podemos. The French NPA celebrated Syriza's victory unconditionally, while fostering the idea that this would be an instrument of popular mobilization. The reproduction, on a continental scale, of the idea that Syriza's victory is a “hope” for the peoples of Europe, will signal the demise of this left, along with the betrayals of the Syriza government.

For a left, workers', revolutionary opposition to the Tsipras government

The only way to prevent the exhaustion and frustration of a Tsipras government from being capitalized on by the far right (which was the third party in this election), is by strengthening the revolutionary left in Greece. In this concern, we salute the results obtained by EEK and OKDE Ergatiki Pali. No small figures can obscure the value of running an independent list against the popular-frontist formations. Here is the point of regroupment for the Antarsya left to finish off its adaptation to the nationalist, popular-frontist course of this front, and for the Greek workers to build  a party to confront the adjustments and the betrayals of the “left”.

TPR

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