Will SYRIZA hold the line?

Lee Sustar: After waves of struggles that included more than 30 general strikes, the occupation of public spaces and a movement to challenge Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Greek working people voted the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA, by its initials in Greek) into office at the head of a new government. But the pressure of both the raised expectations of Greece’s voters and the relentless demands from Europe has intensified debate within the SYRIZA membership. […] For SYRIZA’s left wing, a break with the eurozone and the risk of a split in the party are both preferable to the conversion of SYRIZA into another pro-austerity party that capitulates to the demands of Europe’s rulers, betraying the hopes of its voters and dooming Greece to even more years of suffering. More here.