An update from Athens and other cities will come later, because now everyone is out to the streets. Demonstrations took place for second day in most cities. Many detentions or arrests and violence by the police. The oppression has no precedent.
In Thessaloniki today a demonstration even bigger than yesterday took place. I believe about 8000-10000. Many high school students were there and also workers and students. The demo was attacked initially with chemical gasses, but did not break and then did not allow the police to approach the demo, throwing rocks. After the demonstration, an assembly of the students was planned in the Polytechnic University. Without any reason, special police forces entered for third time the last tree days into the university, hit people, throwed chemical gasses into the building and detained or arrested some. Their intention was 100% to kill or wound severely someone. The students occupied the central building of the university and an assembly (not only students, after the last events everybody will take part) will take place there. Earlier in the morning student demonstrations took place in many neighborhoods.
The state is clearly trying to terrorize the population, but until now the only thing that they achieve is to make everybody angry, and more people come out to the streets. Many are afraid to go out but support the demonstrators, opening their houses to hide people that are chased by the killers.
The streets will win, or else the terror will win…
The photos are from Athens (just two out of hundreds)
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they clearly seem to be targeting, often at least in the streets, older folks. i have not seen many youths with bloody heads, but they attacked that leftist, and the men in these photos, plus many others over 30. i feel this might be a strategy to try and make older demonstrators turn against the youth, students, and anarchists.
Check out these links. I don’t think that they target only older folks, nor only leftists. At the streets we are all together. Leftists, anarchists, younger, older. solidarity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjh1dEbaWsI
http://katalipsiesiea.blogspot.com/2009/12/712_9999.html
Which target does the Lion attack and why?
Brutal and disturbing images, I hope peace and civility has now returned to the streets of Athens. P
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