Will a breath of fresh air sweep through Greece on Sunday - and upset the EU applecart?

[Magda Hassan]

Here is more from the Saker website: The Limits on What Can Be Expected From the SYRIZA Government

The above analysis of the politics of SYRIZA and its government does not say anything that is untrue, but it leaves out of account a number of points that are relevant in estimating the political potential of the new Greek government.

It makes me laugh when I hear the media describe Syriza as 'extreme' left or hard left. Syriza is firmly in the capitalist camp. That is why KKE wont be in a coalition with them. The fact that media talking heads are describing them thus with a straight face only goes to show how far to the extreme right the public debate has been shifted over the years. Just that they are not of the neo-con reactionaries seems to permit them to be called extreme left. They are not going to abolish the banks and shoot the class traitors. They might make some people pay more tax and get away with less highway robbery but not much more. Apparently that is terrifying enough.