The mythical 'legacy of Andreas'

The theory and practice of Greece's Renewing Left - which later became one of the founding forces of SYRIZA (following, of course, numerous additions and transformations which altered the party's original character) - was formed through its opposition to the neighboring political forces, namely the Greek Communist Party (KKE) and PASOK socialists.

The Renewing Left stood against the dogmatism and mentality of Stalinism found in KKE, but at the same time distanced itself from the populism of late Socialist leader Andreas Papandreou and Papandreou's cheerleaders, who at the time included Akis Tsochatzopoulos, Theodoros Pangalos, Costas Laliotis and, at a later stage, the proponents of the party's populist wing, known as the "Avrianistes" (after the name of the pro-PASOK tabloid Avriani).

So when one talks about "the legacy of Andreas," one ought to approach this...