International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Let's stop Orbanization in Greece!

Andreas Sartzekis — 2026-05-26T12:29:26Z

As soon as he became prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis built parallel powers and, seven years later, he is swimming in scandals marking the privatization of the state for his own benefit and that of his relatives and the employers.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Greece

In Greece, we do not forget, we do not forgive Tèmbi

Andreas Sartzekis — 2026-03-12T10:59:39Z

“"Either their profits or our lives": the slogan is everywhere.”

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Greece, Protest movements

Deaths to order

Andreas Sartzekis — 2026-02-27T16:39:12Z

“This is not chance, these are programmed crimes.”

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Greece, Migration, Trade unions/workplace organizing

A historic peasant mobilization in Greece

Andreas Sartzekis — 2026-02-04T20:13:00Z

For two months, Greek peasants mobilized with a partial blockade of major roads. While this type of movement has occurred before, this one is remarkable for its duration, the number of participants, its geographical scope, and also the way it was organized.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Greece, Farmers/peasants/land

Relentless dismantling of the public education service in Greece

Andreas Sartzekis — 2025-12-02T07:31:54Z

In his obsession with privatizing education, Prime Minister Mitsotakis is intensifying and diversifying attacks to dramatically reduce public services. The mobilization commemorating the massacre of the Polytechnic students on November 17, 1973, is a significant event.

- IVP611 - December 2025 / Greece, Public services

The return to slavery will not pass in Greece!

Andreas Sartzekis — 2025-10-23T14:32:48Z

On 1st October 1, a general strike was called in Greece by the GSEE (single private sector confederation), ADEDY (public sector federation) and many other federations and unions. It was very popular and focused on the rejection of a monstrous bill: allowing a13-hour working day for the same employer (we know that many Greeks have long been reduced to having two jobs).

- IVP609 - October 2025 / Greece, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Anti-racist festival in Athens a great success against a backdrop of state racism

Andreas Sartzekis — 2025-07-10T05:17:00Z

Thousands of participants, numerous debates and strong international solidarity: the Athens Anti-Racist Festival 2025 bears witness to the vitality of the anti-racist movement, despite the alarming political situation in Greece.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Greece, Anti-racism and Islamophobia

Greece: anger in the streets

Andreas Sartzekis — 2025-04-28T06:31:14Z

The nationwide mobilization in Greece on 9 April, called by GSEE (the only private-sector confederation), ADEDY (the only public-sector federation) and the entire trade union network, was the measure of social anger, even if the huge rallies of 28 February (at least 1.5 million in the streets across the country) were a long way off.

- IVP603 - April 2025 / Greece

Greece: Mobilisation for the environment, a key issue

Andreas Sartzekis — 2025-02-04T15:57:00Z

Greece is one of Europe's worst examples of environmental policy. The most well-known damage is caused by fires, but recent industrial and energy policy, particularly under Prime Minister Mitsotakis, has been a disaster, also in democratic terms.

- IVP601- February 2025 / Greece, Ecology and the Environment, Climate

A meeting for left perspectives in Greece

Andreas Sartzekis — 2024-12-01T09:45:54Z

The need for a left-wing political response as an extension of the social struggles is beginning to take on a unitary dimension in Greece. The disappearance of a ‘Pasokified' Syriza, which led to its implosion, is clarifying the landscape.

- IV599 - December 2024 / Greece