Enraged by Privatization Plan, Greece's Left Resists
<div class='node-body'><p>Calls by Greece's ruling coalition government to speed up the sale of state-owned assets -- including state railway systems, water infrastructure, and power utilities -- compelled Syriza, the left coalition party, to say the move was tantamount to putting a 'for sale sign' on the country and would not be tolerated by the Greek people.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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