Wednesday, February 22, 2012  Political Upheaval Looms Large in
Greece  The Greek class war is being fought ever more openly
There is no doubt that Greece is on the verge of a dramatic
political change, following years of banker-dictated austerity
measures which have slashed living standards for all but the
super-rich. But there is much doubt about exactly what will
happen next. Are Greek workers about to storm heaven, or will
they be crushed under fascist jackboots? I think there seem to
be four main possibilities.  Nine days ago, Athens and other
cities burned as vast multitudes of Greeks made their raging
anger at the latest brutal austerity vote explicitly clear. In
return for a further bailout of Greek banks - and therefore the
banks of other nations which are owed money by the Greek finance
houses - the parliament acceded to the demands of the so-called
'Troika', which includes the European Union, European Central
Bank and International Monetary Fund. 'Technocrat' Prime
Minister Lucas Papademos - the fo