During their election campaign, the Syriza movement promised the
people of Greece an end to the inhumane politics of austerity and the
dictatorship of the Troika.
After being elected in January, Prime Minister Tsipras and his
Finance Minister Varoufakis negotiated with the EU commission, the ECB
and the IMF for almost five months. While fulfilling almost all of their
financial demands, Syriza’s leaders openly criticized the
“institutions” for their tough bargaining and resisted some of their
harshest measures.
At the beginning of July, the Troika tightened its grip on Greece.
Tsipras and Varoufakis in return called for a referendum in which the
people of Greece took a very clear stance and said “no” to the
continuation of austerity politics.
Rather than fulfill this mandate, Tsipras responded with a 180-degree
turnaround. He dismissed his finance