Syriza's Only Choice: A Radical Step Forward
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1089 .... March 11, 2015
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Syriza's Only Choice: A Radical Step Forward
Spyros Lapatsioras, John Milios and Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos
"One must know how to employ the kairos [right or opportune moment] of one's forces at the right moment.
It is easy to only lose a little, if one always keeps foremost in the mind the idea that unity is never the trick, but the game."
— Guy Gebord, "Notes on poker."
1. Introduction
The transitional "bridge Agreement" of the 20th of February is a truce intended by the Greek government and welcomed by the other side (the European "institutions"). Within the truce period (the next four months), the conditions for negotiating the next agreement will be shaped. This could mean that everything is still open. However, that is not... true for two reasons. First, the very transitional agreement changes the balance of power. Second, the "hostilities" will continue in the course of the next four months (i.e. the review of the commitments and the re-interpretation of the terms by each party).