72 April 2015
I
N last month’s Village, Yanis
Varoufakis, Finance Minister in
Greece’s Syriza Government, was
quoted as saying that it is “the
Left’s historical duty, at this par-
ticular juncture, to stabilise capitalism,
to save European capitalism from itself
and from the inane handlers of the Euro-
zone’s inevitable crisis.” He said the Left
in Europe should work towards a broad
coalition, “the purpose of which ought
to be the resolution of the Eurozone
crisis and the stabilisation of the Euro-
pean Union.”
When Mr Varoufakis lectured in
Dublin two years ago he spoke as an
advocate of deeper EU integration, a
critic of the Nation State as the locus
of democracy, and a proponent of
Euro-Keynesianism, euro bonds and a
Leftism
demands
national
independence
ahead of
socialism
The French Revolution sought national
independence and democracy not the
Russian Revolution’s socialism.
So should Greece
By Anthony Coughlan
INTERNATIONAL Greece