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Socialist Progressives

no more banksters

(395 posts) Wed Jan 21, 2015, 07:36 AM Jan 2015

Greece: Fears for rigged elections!

Far-Right threats on the perspective of a Leftist government

http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/01/greece-fears-for-rigged-elections.html

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Greece: Fears for rigged elections! (Original Post) no more banksters Jan 2015 OP

Crossing my fingers and holding my breath for the 99% Greeks Demeter Jan 2015 #1

KKE is strong (the communist party in Greece) - TBF Jan 2015 #2

Modern Communist Party outlook. yallerdawg Jan 2015 #3

Nice summary ~ TBF Jan 2015 #4

Demeter

(85,373 posts)

1. Crossing my fingers and holding my breath for the 99% Greeks

Reply to no more banksters (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 06:21 PM

Jan 2015

TBF

(34,315 posts)

2. KKE is strong (the communist party in Greece) -

Reply to Demeter (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 12:19 PM

Jan 2015

much stronger and clearer than anything in this country. They've got a shot at it, but their fascists are also powerful. Greece is very interesting because there is no sugar coating - very easy to pick a side there.

ETA - KKE website for those who haven't looked at it. This is what a strong communist party looks like: http://inter.kke.gr/

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

3. Modern Communist Party outlook.

Reply to TBF (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 01:52 PM

Jan 2015

Reading in the link, KKE remains committed to the vision of Marxist-Leninist revolution. A lot of references to our modern notion of a little 'capitalism' is OK, and the still edgy notion (because of 20th century excesses?) of the "dictatorship of the proletariat" as the transitional bridge from capitalism to socialism.

Interesting and strong critiques of 'the left' and 'progressivism' and 'other' communist parties supporting socialized capitalism.

The model is all there. Just a question of when the people have had enough.

TBF

(34,315 posts)

4. Nice summary ~

Reply to yallerdawg (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 02:52 PM

Jan 2015

just waiting for the other shoe to drop. The numbers I'm seeing now are 1% of the world owns 50% of the wealth. It's unbelievable.

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