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Greek riots: Banks and cars burned by Greek mob
Nick Squires and Paul Anast
London Telegraph
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008
Gangs of youths attacked banks across Athens on Saturday as the violence that has engulfed Greece looks set to enter a second week.
Greece’s prime minister, Costas Karamanlis, was battling against demands that he step down after a week of violent protests. The opposition Socialist party called for him to quit and call an early election after his government failed to contain rioters protesting at the death of a teenage boy shot dead by a policeman last weekend.
After another night of violence, in which cars were torched and five banks and an office of the ruling conservative party were attacked and set on fire by mobs of youths, thousands gathered for peaceful protests yesterday in the capital and in the city of Thessaloniki to remember 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos.
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Banners carrying his name were held aloft outside the Athens parliament, while many of the students wore white as a sign of peace, and carried flowers.
Militants among the protesters continued to occupy nearby university buildings, many of them wearing masks. More violence was expected last night as those behind the worst of the looting and riots – which have seen fierce clashes with police – were thought likely to renew their street battles with security forces to mark the passing of the first week since the schoolboy died.
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December 14th, 2008 at 8:57 am
A chane of political leadership aint going to change anything, they are going to swap one crook with another…total rejection of the present system and a brake with the monetery institutions needs to be adopted. A world workers state based on exchange and equal distribution is the only answer…the total illimination of both capital and capitalist elite is the requirement anything short of this is a sell out and will maintain the elites control over this planet and its peoples and all its nations. In short A workers one world order not an Elites.
December 14th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Se gnoriso apo tin kopsi.
Tou spathiou tin tromeri,
Se gnoriso apo tin opsi
Pou me via metra tin yi.
Ap’ ta kokala vialmeni
Ton Ellinon ta iera,
Ke san prota andriomeni,
Haire, o haire, Eleftheria!
December 14th, 2008 at 11:45 am
guys,
just remember,in your endeavors,”Harm no one that has done no harm to you”,
Your fellow countrymen may be on your side and support you,but may fear retaliation if they stand beside you at this point,I’m sure the destructers among you are government agent provocateurs and are probably there to shadow your movement with violent outburst to occupy the media coverage…
INFERNO
December 14th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
How about posting a source OTHER than the London Telegraph, which lies through its teeth. These are not gangs they are Greek Citizens that are rebelling against hyperinflation and 30% Unemployment. THEN there are Greek Riot Police hiring Neo-Fascists to provocoteur and burn down stores…… Please elaborate on this reporting it is very misleading.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Peter in the UK What the hellare you talking about a world worker order, stop that crap on this website. You are touting Globalism even if for the better reasons, its a BAD reason.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
“five banks and an office of the ruling conservative party were attacked and set on fire by mobs of youths”
Good to see an angry mob that seems to be vaguely aware that its true enemies are the banksters. Surely a sign that the individual people who the mob is comprised of are, on average, becoming more aware of the true nature of this worlds problems.
A pity they couldn’t have channeled that energy against the banks in a more constructive and intelligent manner, but unfortunately careful consideration and cunning plans just aren’t in the nature of the average angry mob.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
The Greek riots are about ten million in damage and a couple of weeks from massive violent retaliation, if not from the Greek government then from foreign powers. You have the Nihilism guarantee on that.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Peter in the UK – you are a very confused boy! Wasnt it Mao and Stalin who wanted a world workers order.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:20 am
sbs news Australia- ‘in a recent poll by greek media authorities, it is now confirmed that 69% of the greek population, believe that the chaos of the past week is a social uprising and not riots as confirmed’.
greece will fall, and the corparate media who have been ignoring this uprising, will have a rude shock trying to explain how greece fell overnight, this is the begining of the revolution, if the people believe in it, we can take our own governments and create real change, as opposed to obamas ‘hitler’ change.
December 15th, 2008 at 6:53 am
#1 is delusional. Fluoride dumpster.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I dont think the greeks involved here are stupid enough to accept an existing party candidate. They are way more awake over there than we imagine.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Good for the antiauthoritarian youth in Greece, they know where to hit them. Young greeks have a great deal of experience rejecting horizontalist social structures. Get the workers to join in and they might have a good chance at establishing a libertarian system.
Anarchy and Solidarity!
-Comrade Durruti-