HAS THE TIME TO REVOLT ARRIVED?

Sunday, 12 February 2012 20:32

During the past twenty four months, Greece has been subjected to the kind of brutal austerity no other European nation had to endure since 1945. Standard of living for millions of Greeks has collapsed; unemployment is pushing past 20 percent; the economy continues to shrink at a precipitous rate; and although the austerity formula has been demonstrated to lead to economic death and destruction, Germany, seconded by several other EU “developed” member states, continues to extract revenge from what she sees as a peripheral country of loafers and habitual liars and not a member EU state with equal and treaty-established rights. If comrade Lenin were alive, he would have instantly recognized the perfect setup for a popular revolution. “I fear for a social explosion,” a veteran foreign correspondent wrote recently; “Greeks can’t take any more punishment.” So far, Greeks appear confused, and even, some would say, complacent, in the face of certain mass extermination by austerity and have repeatedly surprised foreign observers with their capacity to absorb the most vicious punishment without racing to the barricades. Will this behavior though last? How much is enough? Would there be an explosion of violence as Frau Merkel and the rest of Greece’s “partners” keep tightening the garrote? These are questions that occupy many inside and outside Greece. Here’s then a “quick and dirty” Q&A that attempts to shed some light on the potential for a Greek “Commune” which, when it comes, could put May 1968 to shame and trigger unpredictable ripple effects throughout “united” Europe groaning under the economic crisis and the patent failure of European politicians to provide leadership at this critical moment..continues http://www.rieas.gr/research-areas/editorial/1703-has-the-time-to-revolt-arrived.html