For the development of his alternative he took inspiration from the Paris Commune of 1871 (the source of the word 'communism')
on Lenin. did not know the etymology of communism
three leaders inveighed bitterly against the parliamentary system: Lenin, Mussolini and Hitler.
Ideological struggle gave way to the TINA ('there is no alternative') principle, and the foundations for a technocratisation of politics had been laid.
we should do the same with the progress of global capitalism today: keep in mind its dark underside, which is fomenting revolts
What is so enervating about Varoufakis is not his radicality but his rational pragmatic modesty--no wonder that many radical members of Syriza accused him of capitulating to the EU.
I am never going to remember which meaning this word has am I
