In uncharted waters again

Alexis Tsipras grew into a political force inside the anti-memorandum movement and by siding with the so-called Indignant anti-austerity protesters who demonstrated in Syntagma Square in 2011. His vocal champions at the time are the same people who are putting the prime minister through the wringer today because of his position on the name talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Tsipras didn't have enough words of praise for the likes of composer Mikis Theodorakis, constitutional law professor George Kassimatis and all the others who stood beside him back in the day. Now we have a classic case of "what goes around comes around."

Sunday's rally pointed to a powerful wave that has brought together disparate groups of people and politicians. Regardless of who said what, they marched on Syntagma Square, some because they care deeply about the name issue, others...