Greek Left at a crossroad between the fateful decisions of 2015 and a New Vision

It was 2015. In one of his last pre-election speeches, Alexis Tsipras, former star of the Greek and European left and President of the anti-austerity coalition Syriza, quoted the local anti-fascist rebel Manolis Glezos in the capital of Crete, the largest island of Greece, Iraklio: “Do you hear that sound? History is knocking at our door.” Tsipras then called on the electorate to respond: “Open the door so that we can live as we dreamed, what we fought for for five years; for justice and a decent life. I call on you to fight to the end. On Sunday, we will write history!” announced Tsipras. What all the opinion polls predicted has happened: 36% of voters trusted Greek Syriza and turnout was over 60%! After almost four decades of corruption, scandals and nepotism, the socialists Pasok and the conservative right-wing New Democracy moved into opposition. <a href="https://lihtenvalner.medium.com/the-greek-left-at-a-crossroads-between-the-fateful-decisions-of-2015-and-a-new-vision-8b7c6760108c">Read More</a>