A Stalinist welcome to a Nazi intervention into a workers strike in Greece

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PAME, the trade union coalition of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) has played a key role, trying to promote their fighting prestige (‘make all Greece into Elliniki Halivourgia’) and using it as a weapon for their trade union and electoral tactics.

On Friday 17 February a group of the notorious fascist party ‘Xrisi Afgi’ (‘Golden Dawn’) visited the factory; they passed unmolested through the gate, took the microphone and made a speech to the strikers expressing their ‘solidarity’ in the presence of some members of the union. Then, the president of the factory trade union welcomed the fascists, saying that ‘all Greece is with us’.

First you see the Nazis making a speech and then the president welcomes the Nazis. The union’s president, Giorgos Sifonios, is a member of PAME and he was a candidate of the KKE in the district elections in 1998. Until now PAME haven’t given any explanation, and they haven’t tried to dissociate themselves from that event. So, it is justified to assume that the president acted according to party policy. Otherwise, they would have expelled him immediately.

Doing this the Stalinist KKE have brought the fascists into the workers movement. For the time being I can not explain their stance. I suppose that this is due to the active intervention of anarchists in that strike. As a matter of fact, many anarchist groups energetically supported the strikers and expressed their solidarity with them through many actions. As supporters of spontaneity they may idealize such a strike. So, maybe it will be a great discouragement on their part after that event.

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Communist Party of Greece

This is definitely an interesting development to say the least. We now have in Greece a sort of friendship between a Communist Party member, also President of the Communist Party’s trade union, and members of the Neo-Nazi ‘Golden Dawn’. Allowing them into the factory, welcoming them warmly, and then allowing them a microphone to speak with the workers, is definitely a sure sign of something very strange occurring.

Not only had that occurred, but the union PAME chased away Anarchists (fellow Leftists) several months before. This has left many on the Greek Left wondering what has happened, are Neo-Nazis and Fascists now part of the labor movement?

I think National Socialism would be a good thing for Greeks. And Autarky would be a great idea. The politicians have failed on the left and the right. We need something more radical.

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Here are some examples from different countries using this method of "Regeneration"

Afghanistan under the Taliban, from 1996-2001.

Albania became a near-autarky in 1976, when Communist Party leader Enver Hoxha instituted a policy of what he termed "self-reliance".[4] Outside trade increased after Hoxha's death in 1985, though it remained severely restricted until 1991.[5]

Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) was an exclusive economic and monetary union with a population of more than 50 million people. It was independent of the world market, thus autarkic.[6]

Burma followed a policy of autarky known as the Burmese Way to Socialism under dictator Ne Win, who ruled the country from 1962 to 1988.

Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979.

Guyana under Forbes Burnham's PNC dictatorship, from 1970-1985

India had a policy of near-autarky that began after its establishment as an independent state, around 1950, it increased until 1980 and ended in 1991 due to imminent-bankruptcy.

Originally posted by foxhoundone
reply to post by theubermensch

 

Here are some examples from different countries using this method of "Regeneration"

Afghanistan under the Taliban, from 1996-2001.

Albania became a near-autarky in 1976, when Communist Party leader Enver Hoxha instituted a policy of what he termed "self-reliance".[4] Outside trade increased after Hoxha's death in 1985, though it remained severely restricted until 1991.[5]

Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) was an exclusive economic and monetary union with a population of more than 50 million people. It was independent of the world market, thus autarkic.[6]

Burma followed a policy of autarky known as the Burmese Way to Socialism under dictator Ne Win, who ruled the country from 1962 to 1988.

Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979.

Guyana under Forbes Burnham's PNC dictatorship, from 1970-1985

India had a policy of near-autarky that began after its establishment as an independent state, around 1950, it increased until 1980 and ended in 1991 due to imminent-bankruptcy.

America tried it around the same time Hitler pulled it off. But Hitler always intended to go to war and have other conquered nations fund Germany. His form of Autarky worked perfectly. It was never meant to work forever. It was smart for many reasons. There is no sense trading with your enemies. China is a good example of that. If Hitler was running America there is no way in hell he would be dumb enough to fund the rise of China. He would also not be stupid enough to rely on China. Its lunacy.

Jefferson gave autarky a try too

The United States, while still emerging from the American Revolution and wary of the economic and military might of Great Britain, came close to complete autarky in 1808 when President Jefferson declared a self-imposed embargo on international shipping. The embargo lasted from December 1807 to March 1809

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And then there is mercentilism that worked well for many nations throughout history.

Its harder to pull off now because of the IMF mafia and other tools of the corporatist imperial empire.

Due in no small part to the influence of transnational economic bodies such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, the G7, G8, G20, and trade agreements between nations with differing degrees of industrialization such as the Central American Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas, the European Union, AFTA, ACTA and TPP, regions of economic exchange have become more integrated across the world than ever before and supply chains for vital commodities and products previously maintained within national borders have became distributed across international lines. Increasing financialization of commodity, industrial and commercial wealth and increasing specialization of national and regional economies and has left them vulnerable to the risk of capital flight, in the face of competitive pressure from other producing nations or localities.

Greece has nothing to lose. They should try something different. They should tell the IMF mafia to [SNIP] off and die.

Extremist parties jump on the populist bandwagon - news at ten.