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In reply to the discussion: Please rec to show your support for the people of France, England and Greece in [View all]backscatter712
(26,355 posts)56. K&R with a caveat...
Greeks unfortunately gave the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party 7% of the vote, giving them seats in parliament.
http://rt.com/news/golden-dawn-parliament-greece-715/
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MannyGoldstein
May 2012
OP
How do you feel about the massive austerity cuts that go into place Jan. 1st,
MannyGoldstein
May 2012
#2
Instead of austerity, we need big-time investment in environmentally friendly
JDPriestly
May 2012
#13
Yes. K&R for visibility because europe is leading the austerity charge and suffering as a result.
pa28
May 2012
#29
Voting New Labour in England and Wales to fight the austerity measures doesn't make sense.
MichaelMcGuire
May 2012
#35
Lack of a credible, alternative in England. Respect did well against New Labour.
MichaelMcGuire
May 2012
#86
I certainly don't support the outcome in Greece, which gave the right big victories.
DutchLiberal
May 2012
#39
Exactly! I WISH it had been about the working class awaking and flocking to the left for ideological
DutchLiberal
May 2012
#72
Hopefully, those in France, England and Greece follow the Icelanders and prosecute some banksters.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2012
#48
Good point -the rejection of this government policies was by no means confined to England!
LeftishBrit
May 2012
#51
Poverty is Warfare. The Spanish had a phrase for it that went something like,
freshwest
May 2012
#75
Pity about the twenty-one unreconstructed Nazis the Greeks elected, though. (nt)
Posteritatis
May 2012
#85