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Dealing with divisions in the Greek movement Greece’s 48-hour strike on 19-20 October was the biggest success for the workers’ movement here in decades (Socialist Worker, 29 October).

The Greek government is trying to present the decisions of last week’s European Union (EU) summit as a "helping hand" that relieves the Greek people of half their debt burden.

In arguing against a Greek departure from the eurozone some on the left are mistakenly conflating the EU and workers' internationalism

Amalia is a 31-year-old living in Athens, Greece.

A 48-hour general strike saw the biggest turnout ever in every Greek city on Wednesday and Thursday of last week.

Greek civil service workers occupied their ministries last week, blocking the way for the cutters.

The Greek economy is sliding deeper into recession. Its deficit is getting worse. So why are Western powers insisting on making Greece honour debts that it has no chance of repaying?

Europe’s leading bankers and politicians were in crisis talks this week as they tried to stop Greece from defaulting on its debts.

‘Fear that Greece will be unable to repay the banks is precipitating a crisis in the eurozone and beyond’ Panos Garganas, Greece

World stock markets tumbled on Monday as the rich feared that Greece would default on its debt.

The so-called "second Greek bailout" is up in the air. Negotiations between the Greek government and representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the EU and the European Central Bank (ECB) have been suspended.

There is a huge wave of occupations in Greek university faculties against the government’s education bill. They began on 24 August and more than 200 are now taking place.