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SYRIZA's crash landing exposed broken promises, lost opportunities and a bitter divorce with the movements. The future now lies with the commons. 
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Whether the crushing of Syriza in Greece for daring to challenge the dominant narrative of the crisis would help or hinder the emergence of a movement for the long awaited political reform of Europe remains to be seen. The only ‘contradiction’ that remains in the eurozone is the utopian expectation that a monetary union will work under German hegemony without political union. ‘Muddling-through’ is no substitute for rational policymaking in the second largest economy in the world.
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SYRIZA's left platform attacked Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for not having a Plan B and succumbing to creditors to sign a deal that goes against party policy
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Suppose you consider Tsipras an incompetent twerp. Suppose you dearly want to see Syriza out of power. Suppose, even, that you welcome the prospect of pushing those annoying Greeks out of the euro.
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This Saturday morning we heard statements by the “partners” on the need for guarantees concerning the adoption of any program. I very much fear that, for a second time, an attempt will be made at overthrowing the government. The first such effort occurred last Tuesday.
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The Germans imposed their will on Greece, but they may well have opened the door to a past they thought was forever behind them.
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What they’ve arguably got is a global reputational disaster: the crushing of a left-wing government elected on a landslide, the flouting of a 61 per cent referendum result. — Paul Mason
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Now that Syriza has caved in to the creditors, the need for grassroots mobilization is more urgent than ever. A new cycle of struggles is ahead of us.
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Greece's ruling party looks likely to will split in two after Thursday's Central Committee session saw the Left Platform accusing Tsipras of "shackling Greece."
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Look, I’ve always been against Grexit – like Varoufakis. But now, as a result of the bailout agreement, Greece is a situation where the costs of staying in the euro have gone up so much that it’s possible to establish that there is a trade-off between going out – and facing all of the short-term costs of leaving the euro – versus staying in a circumstance where you are forced to renounce your sovereignty without getting any economic relief in exchange. I think that Tsipras has made up his mind on this issue and has concluded that the best thing for Greece is to stay in the euro, regardless of the costs. And it’s a respectable decision. But once you start assessing the economic logic and everything that has happened, you can’t but conclude that Greece has no future in the euro.
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After a bruising few days, the Greek government has come up with a new proposal. Helped by the French, who appear to have decided that under no circumstances should Greece be forced out of the Euro, they have produced a detailed document that includes commitments to reform of pensions and taxation. The distinction between this and the European Commission’s unofficial proposal of June 26th is vanishingly small: longer timeframes for elimination of the EKAS supplementary pension and ending of VAT subsidies for the islands makes this proposal a little less like a cliff edge, but as far as I can see that’s about the only difference. Faced with a stark choice between crossing its “red lines” or being forced out of the Euro, the Greek government has caved in.
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It is increasingly likely although not a done deal that Greece will come to an agreement with the 19 European Union countries that use the Euro, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (the troika) in the next week or so. The Greek proposal which can be found on the New York Times website for July 10, 2015 is similar to what the European Union proposed last week and that Greek voters overwhelmingly voted no to last Sunday, July 5th, 2015. There will be a new three year loan to the Greek government of $59 billion dollars and there will be an infusion of Euros into Greek banks so that they can reopen and make loans. Although it is not in the proposed agreement that the Greek parliament has ratified and the European Union countries, the IMF and the ECB still have to ratify, there will be further negotiations that will lead to some reduction of the Greek government debt or extending the payment period after the agreement is signed. It is probable that the Eurozone countries, the IMF and the ECB will accept the latest Greek proposal.
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The Greek people said no to austerity, knowing the path would be hard. They learned bittersweet, painful lessons
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Greek MPs are debating tough economic measures they must approve by the end of the day in order for an €86bn eurozone bailout deal to go ahead.
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In his first interview since resigning, Greece's former Finance Minister says the Eurogroup is “completely and utterly” controlled by Germany, Greece was “set up” and last week’s referendum was wasted.
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