ATHENS DECEMBER 2008

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• published: 18 Dec 2008
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On the night of Saturday, December 6th, two Special Guards of the Greek police clashed with a small group of young men. The exact details of what took place are still unclear, but it is known that one of the Guards fired three shots, and one of those bullets caused the death of 15-year-old Alexander Grigoropoulos - whether the injury was made by an accidental ricochet or deliberate shot remains to be determined. The two Guards are now in jail awaiting trial, the shooter charged with homicide. This incident sparked an immediate and widespread response in the form of angry demonstrations and riots in many Greek cities that have continued at varying levels to this day - though dimming in intensity recently. Alexander's death appears to have been a catalyst, unleashing widespread Greek anger towards many issues - police mistreatment of protesters, unwelcome education reforms, economic stagnation, government corruption and more. Are those riots (in France as well 3 years ago) concern a local issue, or in a globalize world system, facing economical, cultural, cocial, enviromental and political crisis, indicates the upcoming world changes? "Among the abnormal conditions present in modern industrial society are excessive density of population, isolation of man from nature, excessive rapidity of social change and the breakdown of natural small-scale communities such as the extended family, the village or the tribe." Unabomber "Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part to problems of human behavior and in part to economic and environmental problems." Unabomber Did Al Gore say it? Or was it the Unabomber? Take the quiz It may be more difficult to decide than you think. http://www.crm114.com/algore/quiz.html