Both IU and Podemos (but more the latter) have also been affected by the „Syriza effect“. The leadership of both organisations has sided clearly with Syriza and Tsipras after they signed the Memorandum and the party broke. This has alienated a whole layer of activists. On the other hand they are unable to answer the propaganda of the ruling class which says; „look at Greece, if you vote a radical government, you will get bank closures, economic chaos and in the end you will be forced to accept cuts anyway“.