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In 2010 Greece entered a period of extreme austerity measures, but also of intense struggles and protests. Social and political crisis led to tectonic shifts in the political landscape and the rise to power of SYRIZA. Despite the impressive level of resistance expressed through the 2015 referendum, however, the Troika of the European Union (EU), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and European Common Bank (ECB) managed to impose the continuation of the same politics of austerity, privatisation, and neoliberal reform.
This social and political sequence poses important theoretical and analytical questions regarding capitalist crisis, public debt, European integration, political crisis, the new forms of protest and social movements, and the rise of neo-fascist parties. It also brings forward many pressing questions regarding radical left-wing strategy. The contributions in this volume attempt, from different perspectives, to deal with some of these theoretical and strategic questions using the Greek experience as a case study.
Contributors include: George Economakis, Stavros Mavroudeas, Ioannis Zisimopoulos, Alexios Anastasiadis, Maria Markaki, George Androulakis, Despina Paraskeva-Veloudogianni, Eirini Gaitanou, Alexandros Chrysis, Euclid Tsakalotos, Spyros Sakellaropoulos, Panagiotis Sotiris, Giannis Kouzis, Yiorgos Vassalos, Christos Laskos, Angelos Kontogiannis-Mandros.
“[This] collection offers some very interesting insights and, for those wishing to know more about the history of the Greek crisis and the role that left-wing politics played in it, it is a good place to start.”
—Loudovikos Kotsonopoulos, Journal of Modern Greek Studies
Panagiotis Sotiris, received his Ph.D. from Panteion University Athens. He has taught social and political theory and philosophy at the University of Crete, Panteion University, the University of the Aegean, and the University of Athens. He has written extensively on Marxist theory and social and political developments in Greece. His book A philosophy for Communism. Rethinking Althusser is forthcoming with Brill in the Historical Materialism Book series.
List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Panagiotis Sotiris
1 The Greek Crisis: Causes and Alternative Strategies
Stavros Mavroudeas
2 Imperialist Exploitation and Crisis of the Greek Economy: A Study
George Economakis, Maria Markaki, George Androulakis and Alexios Anastasiadis
3 The Class Dimension of the Greek Public Debt Crisis
Ioannis Zisimopoulos and George Economakis
4 Consolidation of Autocratic Rule in the EU and Opposition: The Parallel Processes of the Troika's Emergence and the Economic Governance Reforms and How They Could be Overthrown
Yiorgos Vassalos
5 Labour under Attack during the Period of Crisis and Austerity
Giannis Kouzis
6 "First Comes Indignation, Then Rebellion, Then We Shall See": Political Crisis, Popular Perception of Politics and Consciousness Transformation amid the Rebellious Cycle of 2010-11 in Greece
Eirini Gaitanou
7 Reshaping Political Cultures: The &'Squares Movement' and Its Impact
Angelos Kontogiannis-Mandros
8 Political Crisis, Crisis of Hegemony and the Rise of Golden Dawn
Despina Paraskeva-Veloudogianni
9 The Crisis and the Strategy of the Greek Ruling Class
Spyros Sakellaropoulos
10 From Resistance to Transitional Programme: The Strange Rise of the Radical Left in Greece Christos Laskos and Euclid Tsakalotos
11 In Search of the Modern Prince: A Critical Absence Reconfirmed through the Greek Experience
Alexandros Chrysis
12 From Resistance to Hegemony: The Struggle against Austerity and the Need for a New Historical Bloc
Panagiotis Sotiris
Index