Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Greek hospital now under workers’ control

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Greek hospital now under workers’ control

Click here to access article from Greek Left Review.

Greek workers continue their heroic struggle against neo-liberal policies that are intent upon placing Greek society under perpetual indentured servitude. Here we see Greeks taking over a hospital to serve the health needs of the people. This is what they are saying:

“The government is not acquitted of its financial responsibilities, and if their [workers] demands are not met, they will turn to the local and wider community for support in every possible way to save the hospital, defend free public healthcare, to overthrow the government and every neo-liberal policy.”