One reason I go on about
the plight of the Greek people is because I don't see it as a unique
set of circumstances. I tend to see Greece as a forerunner of what is
about to happen to more European countries as the financial Mafia try
to make up their gambling losses by plundering the public assets of
country after country. Their policy of paying off debt with debt and
getting the taxpayer to take care of the “deficit” is bound to
end in disaster. What we should be doing is organising to take
control of the crumbling capitalist edifice before the financial
Mafia can re-group and start their casino all over again. Now is the
perfect opportunity to organise to shape society the way we want it
to be, one that sees to the needs of all our people. Occupations and
people's assemblies must play a large part in our strategies.
Organising in the community to circumvent and undermine the rules of
their game of greed and exploitation. Hopefully that anger will make
its self apparent long before we reach the situation in which the Greek people find themselves. In Greece they are now running out of
medicines, people are finding it increasingly difficult to get
medication for serious health problems from cancer to mental health
problems. The usual capitalist compassion rules, the pharmaceutical companies are demanding payment up-front before they will ship any medication to Greece. Anger will grow, people will be looking for answers, and if
our answers are not on the table, then they will pick up what is
there. The state is preparing for public unrest, they expect trouble
as they slash at the living standards of the people at the behest of
their masters the financial Mafia. We either accept the situation
where we watch our friends and relatives die a slow death from the
lack of available treatment or we take control of the situation.
Society doesn't have to be modeled on the capitalist greed plan.
There are alternatives based on co-operation, and justice. We can
build a society where we take care of all our people, we have the
resources, the ability and the imagination, all we need is the will
to come together and start the demolition job, then build that better
world.
