Systemic Disorder: Yes, we disagree on near-term tactics, but also in our estimations of how ripe are the subjective conditions for a revolution. Perhaps also on the objective level of the revolution in Greece. I’m not advocating a revolution against 90 percent of the Greeks, but I’m not advocating tailing them either. If the majority prefers staying in the EU, then it’s an indicator of the need to work on the subjective conditions to make revolution possible. Formation of a Syriza-led government is not a revolution(and I’m not implying you think so either), but it might help bring about the required subjective conditions including popular disillusionment with the possibilities to proceed under EU.
My stance is not dependent on the KKE, either. I’m not at all sure there’s any party worthy of the name communist. But for the sake of this discussion, assuming KKE indeed was worth its name, I think it should consider giving tactical support for an anti-memorandum government from the outside, even forming a temporary electoral pact with Syriza to bring about such a government. But the communist party should tell the hard truth to the people, that there can’t be a revolution under EU any more than there can be a revolution under the existing Greek state. Let the Syriza lie to the people, but the communists must expose the lie, not buying a moment of popularity by perpetuating it. Popularity will come when the lie clashes with reality.
Your only concrete argument in favour of staying in the EU is the relatively free movement of Greek workers to build links. The only way to retain the “free movement” provided by Fortress Europe is to refrain from initiating any serious anti-capitalist measures in Greece until other countries are ripe.
Also I would not equate Europe with the EU. One is a geographical area, the other is an imperialist organisation of European capitalist nation-states. A socialist Europe requires the dissolution of both the capitalist nation-states as well as the EU, state by state if need be.
