Abstract
This article provides some (self-)reflections on the social solidarity movement in Greece and the challenges it faces one year after SYRIZA's government capitulation to the Troika (of creditors) and the signing of a 3rd austerity memorandum. It reads the grassroots solidarity initiatives in the framework of the 'organic crisis" of Western capitalism and as active agents for it and for incubating post-capitalist alternatives. But it also outlines the challenges that they are facing in the new and devastating morally and politically context.
Translated title of the contribution | Beyond helping and organising: From the Solidarity networks in Greece to the building of material power |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 82-89 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | LUXEMBURG Gessellschaftanalyse und Linke Praxis |
Volume | 2016 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2016 |
Keywords
- Social Solidarity Movement
- Social movements
- Resistance
- Austerity
- Material Power
- Greece