10 July 2015 — The Wolf Report: Nonconfidential analysis for the anti-investor
It appears from the tally that Syriza party MPs accounted for all of the abstentions, seven of the no-shows, and only two of the “no” votes. So much for the “left platform,” of which so much was made, in which was placed so much hope, just as before so much was made of and so much hope was placed in Syriza itself.
So Tsirpas has rendered his (near) final services to the maintenance of Greek and European capitalism– a) proving the insignificance, irrelevance of “left platform” formations; how they embody all the sterling qualities–equivocation, bluster, duplicity, cowardice– of the broader electoral alliance in which they participate; b) removing any further need for his government and his party to exist; and c) setting the stage for eclipse, dispersal, and probable suppression of parliament itself as protests, temporarily quelled by Syriza’s election, move back into the streets, as the economy resumes its death spiral, as the police and the military find themselves reinvigorated by capital’s demand for “Order!”.
I’m guessing that the “no” votes were cast by the KKE (Greek Communist Party) and XA (Golden Dawn), at least that’s what I come up with from the numbers. The KKE has 12 seats, and Golden Dawn has 17, and maybe there’s one, but probably only one ANEL MP who voted no.
So now what happens? First, the struggle is now as it always has been– extra-parliamentary. Golden Dawn has been expanding and consolidating its extra-parliamentary gangs, and extra-parliamentary activity– everything from collecting “protection” money to providing medical treatment for Greeks only– throughout the memorandum period.
“Responsible action” by Marxists requires, first and foremost, construction of an underground network, embedded in working class areas that can protect activists, organizers, immigrants from official and unofficial repression.
That’s a good enough place for a start.
July 10, 2015
The New Dark Age 
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