Contribution for the discussion in the 2nd Antarsya Conference
Lionel Zivals
Tendencia Piquetera Revolucionaria (Argentina)
Paper presented at the preparatory meeting of Antarsya Belgium, Tuesday May 28
The conclusions of the
class struggle in 2012 and 2013: Syriza turns to the right and prepares itself
to manage the bourgeois state
The positions adopted by Syriza in the class
struggle shows it open right turn: they form a front with Independent Greeks
regarding Cyprus, they salute Obama´s policy, they stop standing for a “government of the left” to talk about a “national
salvation government”, they collaborated with the bureaucracy in the unions
(the recent teachers strike is the most high and hot example on that), they
didn´t supported the anti-facists and workers demonstrations in Manolada
against the fascists attacks of the greek owners against immigrants. Even the
“left platform” of Syrizaabandons the common action with the anticapitalist
left the 1st May to develop a little rally with the leadership of
Syriza.In all these struggles, the forces of Antarsya, and others groups of the
left were key. Syriza is preparing to be “acceptable” to manage the capitalism
in Greece, instead of developing the class struggle to smash the adjustments.
Meanwhile is going to transform itself from a Coalition to a Party, what will
strength the power of their right-wing leadership.
Against those who though that Syriza would turn
left because of the pressure of social struggle, Syriza showed that it has a
core leadership that has a clear aim to achieve. As Costas Isychos said at the
Syriza’s Conference in Buenos Aires: “we are in a boat with a clear direction,
and if we have to change the crew to arrive where we want, we will do it”.
