'In the past four weeks, Greece has seen another 24-hour general strike, huge workers' action in different industries and sectors, and mass demonstrations--proof that the resistance to austerity measures which have devastated the country is far from over.

Now the stakes are even higher as the coalition government--led by the center-right New Democracy party, but including the center-left PASOK and Democratic Left parties--pushes for yet more cuts, tax increases and privatization. Earlier rounds of austerity were encapsulated in the Memorandums--two agreements negotiated between the Greek government and the "troika" of the International Monetary Fund, European Union and European Central Bank that produced a financial bailout in return for the savage cuts. Now, the troika wants more, and the New Democracy-led government is preparing to comply.'

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