Neue Debatte - Special Edition - Long Essay on Left Strategy #002 - 04/2017 | Page 5

CONTENTS
Preface
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
5
5.1
5.2
5.3
6
6.1
6.2
7
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
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Me, my time and the beast of nationalism ................................. 4
“A unique moment in human history?” ................................................................. 4
The post war period ............................................................................................... 5
The misleading national “WE” ............................................................................... 6
Europe, a beacon of humanity? ............................................................................. 7
On democracy ............................................................................ 9
Self-administration vs. democracy ......................................................................... 9
Representative democracy and class struggle ..................................................... 11
From class collaboration to class war .................................................................. 12
On nations and global capitalism ............................................. 14
On a social toxin called “nation” .......................................................................... 14
Nations and nation states: relicts of history ........................................................ 15
Globalisation changing personal attitudes and views .......................................... 17
Capitalism vs. democracy ......................................................... 20
Noam Chomsky: You can’t have capitalist democracy ........................................ 20
One business party with factions called people’s parties .................................... 21
Blaming non-voters? ............................................................................................ 22
On the people .......................................................................... 24
Folks at disposal: taken out of and put back to democracy? ............................... 24
On the “silent majority” ....................................................................................... 25
On our tasks ......................................................................................................... 27
On the Greek experiences ........................................................ 30
On Syriza politics and the OXI-referendum .......................................................... 30
An “immodest proposal” for a Greek offensive ................................................... 31
Repairing capitalism in Europe? ............................................... 34
“Save European capitalism from itself”? .............................................................. 34
“A Modest Proposal” to advice the political establishment ................................ 36
Yanis Varoufakis: Let’s go for capitalist democracy ............................................. 37
On two identities of DIEM25 ................................................................................ 38