This week in a European
Parliament corridor I bumped into Manolis Glezos, the poll-topping Syriza MEP
from Greece.
Manolis is 93, a veteran of the
Greek resistance against the Nazis in the Second World War, was twice sentenced
to death – you can read about him in these two
links.
Following a short conversation, Manolis has agreed to join us some Sunday on
the weekly Ballyhea protest march.
I ask ye, please go to those
articles and read, learn, understand where exactly the likes of Manolis and his
modern-day successors, Alexis Tsipras and Yanis Varoufakis are coming from.
They don’t just , have history on their side, they have right, they have
justice.
Then think of those politicians
doing what they were elected to do – what they promised to do – and bringing
Greece’s fight to Europe, but being lectured by Enda Kenny on how they SHOULD
be behaving. And ask yourself – who would you want representing you right now?
Syriza are not spoiling for a
fight, they are not the ones being stupidly stubborn; rather they are pointing
out the glaringly obvious, that the austerity measures forced on their country
by the Troika have failed drastically, have proved counter-productive, are
driving Greece into the Dark Ages and need to be radically altered. This should
start with TRUE debt write-down as opposed to the ‘extend and pretend’ measures
adopted to date.
If ever there was a time for
solidarity with Greece, this is it. The weekly Ballyhea Says No protest march
tomorrow (Sunday, February 8th) will offer just that. If you want to
bring a sign supporting Syriza and Greece, do so, please.
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| Shoulder to shoulder with Manolis Glezos, a modern Greek legend |
