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Varoufakis outside, Katrougalos inside: The systemic propaganda continues unabated and that's good news!

by system failure

The latest attack by the banking-media establishment in Greece was launched against the Alternate Minister of Administrative Reform, George Katrougalos, who appeared signing “contracts up until January the 27th 2015 - two days after SYRIZA's election win - which would see him paid commissions via his former law firm for securing the re-hiring of suspended public employees.” (http://www.thetoc.gr/eng/politics/article/katrougalos-denounces-plan-to-undermine-government)

The target was not picked accidentally. Katrougalos was always expressing his clear position on the side of those public employees who have lost their jobs, as troika demanded under previous governments in Greece. The banking-media establishment was always hostile against Katrougalos and other SYRIZA MPs who were referred to the mass layoffs as being unconstitutional.

Through his new position, Katrougalos will re-examine the layoffs and re-establish justice and constitutionality, giving a chance to public employees return to their jobs. Therefore, the target was carefully picked.

The establishment senses a serious threat by the new Greek government, especially after the decision to form a committee to audit public debt (http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/03/greece-forms-commission-to-audit-public.html). Many scandals will be revealed and the possibility for Greece to write off a significant amount of the debt through international law, would be another nightmare for the local and European oligarchs. This would be another major defeat against their plans to impose permanent neoliberal and austerity conditions in eurozone, as many other countries may follow the Greek example to succeed a relief from unbearable debt and change course towards growth, public investments and spending on social benefits.

As previous governments - directly connected with the banking-media establishment and the local oligarchs - have been involved in numerous scandals, they lost reliability and, therefore, much of their strength. The only hope for the establishment to throw SYRIZA from power and bring another government-puppet, is to start presenting it as being corrupted too.

Abroad, an operation is in process by the system, and especially by the German side, to throw Yanis Varoufakis from his position as Finance Minister (http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/03/the-system-launches-another-major.html), probably because he is considered another barrier to Merkel's plans to implement a Treuhand type operation in Europe, starting from Greece (http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2014/04/official-merkel-wants-treuhand-for.html). Apart from the humoristic side, the war by the media is targeting Varoufakis' reliability.

Meanwhile, Alexis Tsipras showed in his latest meeting with Angela Merkel, that he is not willing to retreat from the basic red lines put by his government. During the common announcement and answering to journalists' questions, Tsipras clearly pointed that the troika program has failed, referred again to the disaster through the GDP shrinking, debt rising, unemployment reaching unprecedented figures, inequality. A recent study proves that the middle class in Greece has been much more heavily taxed and lost income, compared to the upper class during the crisis (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-20/shocking-austerity-greece%E2%80%99s-poor-lost-86-income-rich-only-17-20).

Tsipras also referred to the second big issue, which is the German WWII reparations. No other Greek PM so far dared to speak openly about these matters in front of the German chancellor and the journalists. Apparently, Tsipras is determined not to "slip" slowly towards the lenders' positions and become, eventually, another manipulated government.

Why this behaviour by the system inside Greece and abroad is good news? Simply because it provides another proof that Tsipras administration is not attached to the big interests, but only to the interests of the Greek and the European people.

No matter how many meetings will be conducted between Tsipras and Merkel, there is no chance that they will meet somewhere in the middle. Chancellors' moderate stance to Tsipras' "audacity" is only a tactic retreat against the tactical, resolute move by the Greek government to use the Russian card (http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/03/the-greek-government-expedites-tsipras.html), and force Obama to make another call to Merkel.

There is no chance that they will meet, exactly because they serve conflicting interests. Merkel and the troika of course, represent bankers and lobbyists. Tsipras represents the majority of the people. Tsipras knows it, Merkel knows it. They just make their moves and prepare for the next big battle which will probably come after the four-month truce period (http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/02/german-retreat-gives-chance-for-greeks.html). Until then, we should expect continuous waves of systemic propaganda against the Greek government. European people should wish Tsipras to win and open the road for Podemos. Then, everything would be possible ...

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  1. Anonymous26/3/15 17:48

    never read such a stupid text

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  2. Stonebird27/3/15 16:45

    Interesting to see that the Tsipiras is holding fast to a definite line of conduct. I reckon that the "forcing" of Greece is to enable a pre-conceived plan by the Troika to be carried out, "blaming" the Greeks. Otherwise why the inflexibility? However I presume that it is also to enable a generalised "haircut" of all EU depositors by the Banks. Which has been mentioned as probable towards the end of March. AFTER which a general take-over of financial sovereignty will be "proposed".
    All assorted with a racheting up of tension by NATO, to justify troops in the EU (in case of real dissent)?

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  3. Do we recognize that the Greek people are able to see a crook with their right eye as well as with their left eye? They tolerate slush funds for right-wing banks so long as there is some balancing of benefits because a lower income, lefty part of the population gets nice pensions.
    The Troika says the balancing benefits are finished? Then Greeks say the tolerating is finished too.

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  4. Anonymous28/4/15 16:36

    You can find my comments under

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275351007_Can_Greece_Overcome_the_Current_Crisis_and_Stay_in_the_Euro_Zone_Yes_They_Can__Provided_that_They_Really_Will!

    Hans-Georg Petersen

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