Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras plans to address a rally of party supporters tonight but, despite its huge popularity, no one is expecting a mass mobilization of people flocking to his feet as the norm dictated in the 80s.
The late Andreas Papandreou, son of a prime minister in the 60's, and the father of George Papandreou, PM from 2009 to 2011, was considered a charismatic charmer of the masses.
But his legacy has been punctured with controversy: some still regard him as the statesman who changed Greece, fought inequality and brought social development and economic growth, while others see in him a populist, whose irresponsible spending policies led to today's crisis and spread an ethos of corruption.
The video depicts a PASOK rally in 1985 when political parties were still able to mobilize millions of people in the electoral campaigns, or, in the political lingo, drag them under his balcony.
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