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Greece: the mass movement is back on track!

Manos Skoufoglou — 2025-03-12T08:54:20Z

February 28 was a historic day for Greece. The general strike represented the biggest mobilization at least since the fall of the military junta, in 1974, if not in the history of the Greek state altogether. Unprecedented rallies took place in more than 260 cities, including dozens abroad, as far as Argentina, South Korea, and Australia.

- IVP602 - March 2025 / Greece

Greece, a story without the distorting prism of Syriza

Manos Skoufoglou — 2017-11-20T10:09:26Z

Submitted by Manos Skoufoglou, IC member OKDE Greece.

- 17th World Congress discussion / Pre-congress 17th World Congress

Let's seize the opportunities, and build an international for revolution and communism

Manos Skoufoglou, Gaël Quirante, Jeff Mackler, Mathilde Stein — 2017-07-27T10:57:39Z

This text was submitted by IC members Manos (Greece), Jeff M. (SA USA) and supported at the IC by permanent guests: GaÃ«l, Mathilde (NPA and French section). THis is the final version, after the international Conference held in Paris on November 10-12. The text is meant to be put to the vote against the documents proposed by the majority of the IC to the World Congress.

- 17th World Congress discussion

“The debt is a key class issue in the current situation. It lies at the heart of the question: which class pays for the crisis?”

Manos Skoufoglou — 2015-04-07T13:01:04Z

What was primarily expressed in the vote on 25 January was massive anger and hatred about the previous government of New Democracy (ND, the traditional right party) and PASOK (the fully bourgeoisified socialdemocratic party). These two parties have been the main actors of the violent attack which the working class and the people in Greece have suffered for 5 years. Their government was identified with ever harder austerity, authoritarianism, arduous repression of the workers' and students' movement, layoffs and dismantling of any kind of welfare. Wrath against that government was a perfectly justified and predictable mass sentiment. It was a perplexed sentiment, though, as at this specific conjuncture it took the form of relatively passive electoral expectation rather than active militant action. One cannot understand the roots of this attitude of the people without a balance sheet of the workers' movement since 2010.

- Perspectives in Greece / Greece

The Intervention of the FI in Greece

Manos Skoufoglou — 2014-01-14T21:31:06Z

This article is a slightly updated version of an introduction made in the context of the Conference for the 75th anniversary of the Fourth International. The Conference was held in Mannheim in November 2013.

- Building new parties of the left / Greece, New parties of the left, Debate section

The transitional program and the tools to overthrow capitalism

Manos Skoufoglou — 2013-11-04T08:02:21Z

This article is a slightly adapted version of a presentation in an educational session that took place in the context of the 30rth revolutionary youth camp of the Fourth International. Throughout the text, where the Transitional Program is written with capital letters, the term refers to the original text of 1938.

- Features / Features

“Anti-austerity governments” are not a solution: For a militant and revolutionary International

Manos Skoufoglou, Gaël Quirante — 2013-06-10T13:03:10Z

This text was submitted to the discussion by members of the leaderships of the Greek section of the Fourth Intenational (0KDE-Spartakos) and of the NPA, members of the Fourth International.

- Building new parties of the left / New parties of the left, Debate section, IC 2013

For a program of confrontation with capitalism, for an independent anticapitalist and revolutionary party

Manos Skoufoglou, Gaël Quirante — 2012-06-16T17:39:56Z

Greece is today the epicenter of the crisis of capitalism. It is the target of the most vicious attack by capital. The youth and the workers of Greece have answered this offensive with massive mobilization that has discredited the traditional political Greek regime of PASOK and ND. The ruling class no longer controls the situation, but the working class is not yet able to seize power and overthrow capitalism.

- Perspectives in Greece / Greece, Greek discussion

The pendulum

Manos Skoufoglou — 2012-06-16T17:34:13Z

1. It is generally true that there is some delay between the real, active class struggle and elections. However, the recent elections in Greece show a picture from the future: a forthcoming frontal collision of two socio-political camps. The left and the far right. This is not only about the rise of the Golden Dawn neonazi party, but also about the “non-economical” part of the Independent Greeks' program (a split from New Democracy that states it is against the memorandum and accepts the economic program of SYRIZA) as well as the rightward turn of New Democracy (ND, the Christian-Democrats). For working people, the period to come can be summarized by the formula: great opportunities, great dangers.

- Perspectives in Greece