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Introduction
Political outcomes and events
unfolding in Greece are not isolated in time and space. It is not about money
or instruments of wealth accumulation as imposed around by the mainstream
media. What obtains in Greece is a manifestation of a long duree political and geopolitical struggle between 2 major
interests captured within Greek territory. It is the case now that things have
come to a head and this piece attempts to explore the determinants and scope
its implications across Europe.
A People Betrayed Many Times
The dominant subject absent or
seriously held down by the media is the real history of post-war Greek
experience. Preceding it was the bloody experience and resistance of Greek
peoples against Nazi onslaught which cost the Greeks dearly and like the
ill-fated post-war settlement of accounts, Greek commons once again found
themselves on the right of history by ¾. As a buffer against the then Iron Curtain
with Turkey on the eastern flank, ideological (military via NATO) interest of
the Great Powers superseded national self-determination implemented by Greek
1%.
Even the internal politics was
rigged against serious competition to prevent any bubbling of real initiative
based on popular movement and real national agitation. It became safe to
suggest that Greece was a European accident. Denied its place in the sun with
proximity as back-door of Europe, Greek elites saw it fit to pander and kowtow
to Western alliance in return for scraps from the table of global power elite
at the expenses of their national interest.
1991 collapse of the ideological
divide in Europe didn't magnify Greece’s ability to rise according to its
popular wishes as Western powers saw to it that national interest chaffed under
the radar while they are imposed with huge defence expenditure. No wonder many
Greeks of the last 2 generations find more opportunities outside their national
territory. With all eyes focused on the West even the orthodox religious and
cultural connections with Eastern Europeans including Russian was modest and
moribund at best.
Underneath all these changes were
taking place and the bond of history among the peoples continues to thrive with
hope, mobilisation and organisation waiting for its time while the elite
ignored them as usual in history.
Imposition of Derogation
Even many of the so-called
enlightened individuals including Greek elites whose hands are stained with
regression and abuse of their heritage have resorted to derogation and abuse of
Greek commons. Forced under a reconfigured geopolitical platform, a turgid Pax
EUropa now institutes poverty as national dividends in Greece and across Europe
via murderous austerity. When the bubble of EU economic re-engineering burst,
risk and capitalistic accumulation consequences reverted to poisonous state. No
more investor losses by any means necessary! Caucasian Europe is imbued with
excellence in degradation and dehumanising of the Other. Africans initially,
now Arabs and Asians provide excellent attestation!
Now EU elite realised with
assistance from powerful media that Greeks are different from descendants of
the so-called nucleus of Western civilisation. Actually for them the Greeks are
lazy! A fitting metaphor manipulated to determine, trigger and execute
destruction of peoples! This is humanitarian intervention without Hellfire
missiles, Tomahawks, Rafale, Tornado and F-Series bombers. Yes, for them Greeks
deserve to be stripped of ontology, history, civilisation, dignity, honour and
humanity. They have become the Other despite their European origin and
identity.
Resistance with Class
So when the toxicity of rigged
capitalistic accumulation reached unmanageable proportion something is expected
to give. With over $300 billion debt for 11 million people executed with
finesse of ‘fiscal water boarding’, the Greeks realised that they either had to
choose between death and honour. Now Greek has committed the awful crime of
challenging the New EU Order (NEO) and the rhetoric against them borders on
their temerity to do so. In Europe you are expected to tow the line or shot up.
So much for democracy!
What is apparent is that capitalism
is not the cause of Greek issue rather it is fascism, that uncontested merging
of state and private interests with dissipation of their boundaries into a
liquid relationship of common regressive vision. A geopolitical operation that
refused to acknowledge the commons rather favour ill-fated struggles like
failed banks is poignant. Now Greeks have said no with determination and
serious consequences. They have and are putting up a serious fight and
struggle. Remember Iceland with less a million people survived and thriving.
Economy Stupid!
The fight is about power pure and
simple. It is not about money. Internally, Greek elite are finished as a
serious political force. They are harbingers of betrayal and indignity. What EU elite refuse to countenance is the
real experience of Greek commons, who are have confronted so much with institutionalised
poverty and pain that death is trivial. Death is dead for them. The only things
that can emerge for them is up and life.
EU elite led by Chancellor Merkel
are too comfortable to understand reality of Greek streets. They are thumbing
down their noses in disdain for the new Greek government. History has shown that they are the wrong
side of history. Washington DC did the same with Castro’s Cuba, Khomeini’s Iran
and Hugo Chavez Venezuela.
As other Europeans observe, their
observation conflate with EU elite fear that soon they may be pushed from power
regardless of political divide. It is obvious that the ‘Greeks are lazy’ mantra
will not work. It is equally clear that ‘Greeks must pay or stick to the plan’
is a hoax. The battle thicken as the new government in Athens refuse to budge
under pressure as they painfully lead this apparently bloodless revolutions in
Europe. They are standing tall!
The ‘right’ and ‘left’ concepts of
political disposition are obsolete. The playing field is capitalism and the
enemy is fascism for all players. The outcome is easily predictable; the commons
in various EU countries will emerge as new political forces to contend with.
Those on the right spectrum especially the anti-EU flirtation will surely
emerge stronger. There is equally a geopolitical risk with far more potent than
presented in the media.
The global sovereign fund of the
rich Gulf States, China and other emerging economies are waiting on the wings
to pick up cheap assets as Europe gradually unravels in an economic maelstrom.
Currently Europe is a space of economic decline and vulnerability with internal
bifurcation between the 1% and majority seeking handout which is serious clips
with panache by genocidal austerity.
Europe may realise that it has little room to manoeuvre. Russia is not
the weak link here, it is Europe. While
Berlin is played as the grand patron
l’Europe Europe is leaking of credibility, stature and cohesion. United
States private and public positions are interesting!
Conclusion
In the final analysis, EUrope in
its current state is irrelevant and ripe for reconfiguration. The wind blowing
from Athens is irreversible as many capitals and parliaments will be forced by
unique national depressed economic experiences to foment spectrum of views from
Anti-EU to pro-EU in the next decade. Of course the complex problem will remain
insolvent but at least new faces and new ideas will grace the landscape. Those
in Berlin who refuse to obtain insight from Athens will be eliminated in the
next and subsequent rounds of European reconfiguration whose time has come.
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