On both sides of the class divide, the sharp polarization of Greek society has brought to the fore bitter memories of the Civil War in the 1940s, which pitted the mass of workers and peasants under the leadership of the Communist Party (KKE) against the Greek ruling class and its imperialist patrons. At the same time, the fascist Golden Dawn, which is inspired by Hitler’s Nazis and enjoys considerable support among the police and the officer corps, has grown enormously, carrying out ever-bolder attacks on immigrants and leftists. Threatened with homelessness and hunger, the combative proletariat has taken to the streets time and again in recent years in huge demonstrations and protest strikes. Greece has been plundered by the imperialist powers of the European Union (EU), while the pliant Greek bourgeoisie has inflicted massive pain and suffering on the working masses. The economic implosion of Greece in the midst of a global recession has turned that small capitalist country into a tinderbox. With a subscription to an English-language ICL periodical
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