Greek
Break It Down
Author / Source / Date:
Teju Cole, Courtesy: The New Enquiry, July 12, 2012
In a dry landscape, men work. With axes, hammers, and other tools, they break stones. It is hard work, from the looks of it, but they do it seriously. They are enthusiastic, and work as a team. Something is being cleared away, perhaps in preparation for something else to be built. A small walled house, made of hardened mud bricks and just a little taller than human height, comes crashing down. When the dust settles, the men, finding the large chunks of rubble unsatisfactory, reduce them further.
Greece: SYRIZA, the Communist Party and the desperate need for a united front.
Author / Source / Date:
Courtesy: Michael Karadjis, May 21, 2012
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- This article does not aim to give a full account of the current Greek political crisis.


