Greece: The myth of the revival of classical democracy in Athens

In his article entitled, "This is classic democracy" Costas Douzinas provides an idealised view of the movement of the aganaktismenoi (outraged) in Greece, which has very little to do with reality and even less to do with classic democracy. As this has wider political implications, given that a similar movement (indignados) has risen and has already been phased out, with no tangible political effects in Spain, and a similar future seems to be awaiting the Greek "movement", it may be worth considering in greater detail what seems to be the new dream of the reformist Left as regards the political subject in the fight against neoliberal globalisation ― following the demise of their previous, similar dream with respect to the now defunct World Social Forum, or the inevitable marginalisation of various forms of local democracy (Porto Allegre, Marinaleda etc). In fact, some within the same Left already present the "movement" that has emerged everywhere from Tahrir to Syntagma Square as "a European and world alliance of the peoples, a deep social radicalism which could overturn the neoliberal nightmare".