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<p> Paul Mason on SYRIZA, a previously lesser known leftist political party in Greece which has surged ahead in the polls as voters have become disillusioned with the major pro-austerity parties. </p>

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<p> [i]This is less of a blog more of a series of notes to try and enhance understanding of who SYRIZA and its leader Alexis Tsipras actually are, and how they might behave if, as polls suggest, they become the winning party in a second Greek general election. </p>
<p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/greece-trying-understand-syriza-paul-mason" target="_blank">read more</a></p>