Basta! Les Grecs quittent en masse le Système

Basta! Les Grecs quittent en masse le Système

Voici un article d’un intérêt certain, du Guardian, ce 3 novembre 2011. Il décrit, non pas la situation de la Grèce telle qu’on l’évalue en Europe, telle que les “marchés” la considèrent, telle que le G-20 s’en occupe à sa façon, mais la situation des Grecs eux-mêmes. Tout se passe comme si un élan collectif les poussait à prendre la voie de “quitter le Système”, de retourner à leurs propres conceptions et capacités de subsistance, avec ce dont ils disposent, hors des normes et contraintes qui sont désormais celles d’une prison et d’une mise en esclavage officiellement mises en place et actées par l'“Europe”, cette grande idée, et la “communauté internationale”, avec sa morale en bandoulière. Peu importe, désormais, de savoir où tout cela aboutira ; il n'est plus question que de le faire, sans plus s'interroger...

«In early October, a peculiar news item barely made its way into the back pages of Greek national press: in the northern city of Veria, a small group of people had started reconnecting the electricity supply of households disconnected from the national grid due to bill non-payment. This kind of solidarity action seemed rather abnormal.

»Then again, it is difficult to define what constitutes normality in the country nowadays – the upper echelon of political power is in an unprecedented turmoil, and Tuesday's referendum announcement by prime minister George Papandreou, followed by him reportedly preparing to step down, has thrown his political allies and foes into a tailspin. Parliamentary opposition parties are calling for a “national unity” government, snap elections, or a succession of the two; the entire mainstream political spectrum in the country seems to have entered a delirious state of panic. In a stunningly surreal scene, eurozone leaders and global markets are nervously waiting for people in Greece to cast a vote.

«And yet, at this precise moment, Greek people are realising they are left with what they had at the outset – that is, absolutely nothing to hope for from the mainstream political scene… […]

»People here feel the country is gradually sinking, carrying them down a path dug in arbitrariness and injustice. Yet at this very moment – when it is not only the rules of the game that are challenged but the game itself – they seem to feel empowered to act in ways that would not have appeared feasible in the past: they physically attack politicians, mock and cancel military-inspired national public parades and humiliate army officials attending them, participate in neighbourhood assemblies and mass demonstrations (irrespective of the amount of tear gas thrown against them by the police), create grassroots trade unions to demand their labour rights, occupy workplaces, disrupt public services and protest in violent, impulsive, unpredictable ways.

»In these peculiar times, when there is nothing to lose for so many, everything becomes possible. In the northern Athens suburb of Nea Ionia, the municipality is now actively calling for locals to shun the new tax, offering instructions to avoid its payment on its official website and promising legal support and even volunteers to reconnect potentially disconnected supplies. Grassroots refusal to put up with austerity is quickly gaining momentum, regardless of everyday politics of fear and emergency, or never-ending market crashes. In return, the realisation is sinking in that a possibility for tangible change only lies in people changing their understandings, their habits, the ways in which they do politics: while asked to cast a vote, Greek society sees a major role recast.»

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