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Martin Zeis, 02.09.2015

Dear all,

the French newspaper l’Humanitè published an interview with Stathis KOUVELAKIS, a leadership-member of the new dissident Syriza-formation Popular Unity, entitled „After Syriza. Syriza failed to stop austerity in Greece. What can Popular Unity do differently?“. (1)
The translated version just came out in „Reason in Revolt – JACOBIN“ and suddenly was given a critical opinion by Alexander Mercouris on RI: „Interview with Syriza insider confirms: That Tsipras’s approaches to Russia were never intended seriously, that there is no political constituency in Greece, even on the anti-Euro Left, for such a realignment.“ (2)

Following the introduction of the interview. The complete version is attached (pdf, 8 p).

Greets,
Martin Zeis

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Reason in Revolt – JACOBIN, August 2015 – https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/greece-grexit-popular-unity-syriza

After Syriza
Syriza failed to stop austerity in Greece. What can Popular Unity do differently?
by Stathis Kouvelakis

When Alexis Tspiras resigned his premiership earlier this month and called for a snap election, it signaled a new round in the ongoing battle between Greece and its creditors.

For Tsipras, next month’s election represents an attempt to secure a mandate for the deal Syriza has signed off on. Yet the former prime minister’s approval rating has dropped from 61 percent to 29 percent in the last month. Almost 80 percent of voters say they’re disappointed with Tsipras’s performance during Syriza’s time in office. And 70 percent think the bailout package the leadership approved will deliver more economic pain than the previous two austerity agreements.

It is to this discontent which Popular Unity, a new formation of dissident Syriza members and other anti-austerity forces, hopes to give institutional expression.

In this recent interview — conducted by Thomas Lemahieu for the French paper L’Humanité * — Stathis Kouvelakis, a member of Popular Unity’s leadership, discusses the formation’s anti-memorandum program, how to find allies outside of Europe, and what Popular Unity wishes to accomplish in the upcoming election.

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Notes
(1) l’Humanitè.fr, JEUDI, 27 AOÛT, 2015 – ENTRETIEN RÉALISÉ PAR THOMAS LEMAHIEU: Grèce. Stathis Kouvelakis : «Aucune illusion sur le carcan de l’euro»; URL: http://www.humanite.fr/grece-stathis-kouvelakis-aucune-illusion-sur-le-carcan-de-leuro-582336
(2) Alexander MERCOURIS: Syriza Insider Confirms Tsipras Tried to Take Russia for a Ride; URL: http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/syriza-insider-confirms-tsipras-tried-take-russia-ride/ri9463

KOUVELAKIS-After-Syriza150827.pdf