The Challenges of the Greek Left after the Election

An Assessment and Report-Back.   A talk by Leo Panitch, - Editor of Socialist Register and Professor of Political Economy, York University, Toronto, Canada

Recorded in Toronto, just before the election to which the talk refers

“After two years of anti-austerity street battles, Greece is in the midst of a highly polarized electoral battle, with voting set for Sunday June 17th. Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, gained 10% over their previous election result. But the direction and programme of Syriza is far from settled, and containing many contradictions and tensions. The crisis in Greece and Europe is far from settled, and will enter a new phase. Leo Panitch was addressing a meeting in Toronto, having just returned from a week in Greece where he met many senior officials in Syriza, and also of the radical left coalition Antarsya, speaking at one of their congresses.

See Panitch’s speech