Oscailt#SpanishRevolution comes to Greece: #M25Gr = #GreekRevolutionYesterday was a beautiful beautiful day and a very very important one. 10 days after the "Spanish Revolution" kicked off peacefully all over Spain, it has been replicated massively in the homeland of Democracy, Greece. Yesterdat, M25, 20,000 people took to the streets and squares all over Greece... 7,000 alone and absolutely peaceful in Constitution square in athens. They have been inspired by Spain and the simple core idea of the movement; That we have had enough, that we are "indignant", we will not take it any more, its time to stand up, take to the streets, occupy squares, create a "true democracy"... and hope that the Spark of peaceful Revoution spreads all over this little planet...
Follow the #GREEKREVOLUTION as it unfolds and spreads...
Real democracy Greece - http://real-democracy.gr/
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2011-05-26T13:56:56+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=99876http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifWe are not on the streets for the first timehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809082011-05-26T13:56:56+00:00Greek in ItalyWe are not on the streets for the first time in greece since the IMF!!We were no...We are not on the streets for the first time in greece since the IMF!!We were not waiting for the spanish and even more we were not waiting for facebook. The people in the general strikes is ten times more and the media don't say a word. The media up to now seem to "love" this harmless almost non political "revolution". Anyway i don't want to be pesimistic or elitist. If this is additional to the other movents-which are very self organised it's ok. but if it's about to replace other actions, then it's dangerous and disorientating for the masses. Some good parts of this particullar struggle are the direct democracy prossess-allthough not any serious decision is taken yet, the isolation of fascists and the presense of people on the streets for the first time. I believe that we anarchists hove to intervene.<br />
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Salutations from greece and italy!!Anarchists should be therehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809142011-05-26T17:05:00+00:00JorgeoYeah, It's obviously not the first time, that must be a misunderstanding. Actual...Yeah, It's obviously not the first time, that must be a misunderstanding. Actually, one of Spaniards's example of struggle in order to go out, was the Greek one, so it's kind of contradictory to say it's the first time for Greeks. Anyway, anarchists should be there, as we have been in the Spanish ones.Spanish revolution is being cleared out of Barcelona for football (as usual)http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809252011-05-27T06:40:46+00:00iosaf& not only was a I awoken nice and early by the helicopters but I've now discove...& not only was a I awoken nice and early by the helicopters but I've now discovered I can't get to work by the usual route. (I live not too far away from placa catalunya).<br />
Last weekend the right wing nationalist party CiU won the municipal elections. They had been in favour of ignoring the camp in Barcelona despite the legal objection of the electoral commission of Spain. Once they won the election and the support for left parties collapsed and even the far right had won councillors for the first time : they let it be known that the square should be cleared by the outgoing mayor in time for fans celebrating the BARCA FC game in Wembley this weekend. The hot potato has finally been touched by the Catalan interior minister (also of CiU) who indeed also wants to levy fines and costs on organisers of protests. This is the biggest eviction / public space clearance police action I've seen in ten years. <br />
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I wonder who'll pick up the bill?<br />
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Ongoing imc-ie updateshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809652011-05-28T11:14:22+00:00DunkBarcelona Camp being evicted now so Barca Football club can celebrate
http://www...Barcelona Camp being evicted now so Barca Football club can celebrate<br />
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<blockquote> WE DO NOT HAVE FEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVERY SQUARE! IN THE WORLD! ALL TO THE STREETS!!!<br />
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CALL from #acampadaBCN: Protests with pots and pans (loads of noise) in front of all Spanish embassies of hte world tonight at 21h...<br />
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Friends in Barcelona... come in solidarity, all (women and men)... 17h protest from the statue of Colombus, 19h concentration in Placa Catalunya + open assembly, 21h cassolada (pots and pans (loads of noise)</blockquote> <br />
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Spanish revolution comes to Ireland<br />
Demonstrations to express solidarity with the Spanish protests will take place in Dublin and Cork on Saturday, 28th May.<br />
<a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99889" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99889">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99889</a> + <a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99881" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99881">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99881</a><br />
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<blockquote> Taking the Arab revolts as their inspiration the peaceful demonstrations have a distinctive grassroots feel and have been organised via social networking and word-of-mouth.<br />
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Our rules for the protest are 4 simple ones:<br />
1. No Political Parties Bans<br />
2. No Flags<br />
3. No alcohol/Drug Use<br />
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REAL DEMOCRACY NOW movement<br />
PLANNED ACTION: individuals to withdraw 155 euro from their bank account on 30 May 2011<br />
<a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99893" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99893">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99893</a><br />
<a href="http://www.democraciarealya.es/?page_id=88" title="http://www.democraciarealya.es/?page_id=88">http://www.democraciarealya.es/?page_id=88</a><br />
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indignados Spain Indignats | Desallotjament de la Plaça Catalunya <br />
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3.000 'indignados' recuperan plaza Cataluña : the glorious RE-TAKE OF THE SQUARE<br />
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M15 grows thanks to cop violencehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809662011-05-28T11:29:10+00:00M-15Placa Catalunya was filled full last night, also all the side streets were car f...Placa Catalunya was filled full last night, also all the side streets were car free revolutionary occupation zones, thanks to the cop violence, the movement has grown massivly here. heres photo from catalunyas Vanguardia newspaper: <br />
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La actuación policial de esta mañana crea un efecto llamada que dispara la asistencia en plaza Catalunya<br />
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fuller reports - M27- The Glorious re-taking of the square: Some reports on yesterday in Barcelona:<br />
<a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99883&comment_limit=0&condense_comments=false#comment280963" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99883&comment_limit=0&condense_comments=false#comment280963">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99883&comment_limit=0&c...80963</a><br />
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vid - 27/05/2011 Los Mossos cargan contra los 'Indignados' de la Plaza Cataluña ( Barcelona ) 15-M <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l-n9reQpIE" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l-n9reQpIE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l-n9reQpIE</a><br />
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AcampadaBCN 27M Desalojo Mossos <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12w0gbtZu2E" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12w0gbtZu2E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12w0gbtZu2E</a>Spanish revolutionary camps of indignation emerging exponentially to police brutality.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809702011-05-28T15:16:13+00:00M27Someone ought write a book on the politics of indignation explaining how it brin...Someone ought write a book on the politics of indignation explaining how it brings the mass somewhere better than anger.<br />
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.................................coz revolutions only happen if people are desperate or the middle class loses not only its aspiration for its offspring but the welfare of its elderly.<br />
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<strong> This young sweet utopian breathless squelling naïve generation without work & prospects is the first in post war Europe to face a future less splendid on the consumer durable front than its parents whilst also having to think about its grand-parents and their Alzheimers and paliative care </strong><br />
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<small>................... we do all know where we are going with this, dont we? </small><br />
some bad usage of Facebookhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809732011-05-28T16:50:35+00:00Anti-TeruelThere have been scandals on Facebook, most recently an IDF soldier used it for h...There have been scandals on Facebook, most recently an IDF soldier used it for her tourist postcards:<br />
<a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2010/08/israeli-soldier-mocks-palestinian-prisoners-in-facebook-photos.html" title="http://mondoweiss.net/2010/08/israeli-soldier-mocks-palestinian-prisoners-in-facebook-photos.html">http://mondoweiss.net/2010/08/israeli-soldier-mocks-pal....html</a><br />
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Here's Ferran Teruel , doing the same thing:<br />
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<a href="http://www.storyful.com/stories/1000003889-protesters-defiant-as-police-move-on-barcelona-square" title="http://www.storyful.com/stories/1000003889-protesters-defiant-as-police-move-on-barcelona-square">http://www.storyful.com/stories/1000003889-protesters-d...quare</a><br />
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yep admitting he gets off on brutalisation and telling all his mateys.<br />
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<a href="http://storyful.s3.amazonaws.com/production/ci_images/273503/nopas-large.jpg" title="http://storyful.s3.amazonaws.com/production/ci_images/273503/nopas-large.jpg">http://storyful.s3.amazonaws.com/production/ci_images/2...e.jpg</a>Demonstrations against IMF today in Athenshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809772011-05-28T17:15:25+00:00garDemonstrations against IMF today in Athens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgRTqL...Demonstrations against IMF today in Athens<br />
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Todos somos BCN (We are all Barcelona)http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809762011-05-28T19:32:06+00:00#acampadaBCNcops fired rubber bullets, heres vid of one such brave policeman...
The level ...cops fired rubber bullets, heres vid of one such brave policeman... <br />
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The level of indigantion shot up due to this unprecedented violence from the spanish state, we even had a member of CIU (catalan right wind nationalist) on the main stage expressing his indignation at what happened, see vid 2 for the response of solidarity from Madrid: #spanishrevolution - Todos somos BCN (We are all Barcelona)<br />
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Los Invencibles de la plaza Cataluña 27/05/2011 <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiW-NesA-YM" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiW-NesA-YM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiW-NesA-YM</a><br />
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Hagamos juntos algo nuevo - #spanishrevolution - Todos somos BCN <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaV3eKVK18c" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaV3eKVK18c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaV3eKVK18c</a><br />
From Spain to Ireland - is the revolution growing?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809962011-05-29T23:41:58+00:00dunkarticles:
Why are the Irish not more like Spain’s Indignados?
http://www.irisht...articles:<br />
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Why are the Irish not more like Spain’s Indignados?<br />
<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/theindex/2011/05/27/why-are-the-irish-not-more-like-spains-indignados/" title="http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/theindex/2011/05/27/why-are-the-irish-not-more-like-spains-indignados/">http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/theindex/2011/05/27/why...ados/</a><br />
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Peripherals Revolt: Spanish Square Occupation Movement Challenges Austerity and Worthless Elections<br />
<a href="http://www.wsm.ie/c/spanish-square-occupation-movement-austerity" title="http://www.wsm.ie/c/spanish-square-occupation-movement-austerity">http://www.wsm.ie/c/spanish-square-occupation-movement-...erity</a><br />
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Spanish "Real Democracy Now" protest - Dublin -21 and 28 May 2011<br />
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Democracia Real Ya Dublin Protestas<br />
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29 May Protest dublin!<br />
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Upcoming Dublin events:<br />
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3rd meeting true democracy now Dublin.<br />
31 May · 19:00 - 22:00<br />
Seomra Spraoi, 10 Belvedere Court. <br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176764345713700" title="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176764345713700">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176764345713700</a><br />
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the recent cork events<br />
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True Democracy Now #Cork rising up!<br />
28 May · 14:00 - 18:00<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211967275501008" title="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211967275501008">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211967275501008</a><br />
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True Democracy Now Demonstration and Assembly in Cork<br />
29 May · 18:00 - 21:00<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106543242768676" title="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106543242768676">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106543242768676</a><br />
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(as devil's advocate) : some reasons why #Spanish Revolution is not going to be replicated.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2809982011-05-30T10:21:06+00:00iosafI write this comment as "devil's advocate" to explain some reasons and highlight...I write this comment as "devil's advocate" to explain some reasons and highlight certain factors which I think are vital.<br />
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* The chronology of the Spanish Revolution most visibly began with marches on May15 (M15). These resulted from cyber call outs and even facebook. A call to "reclaim the street" pacifically & declare that people "were not merchandise" nor were they to be ruled by "bankers" appealed to youth population who in the Spanish state average 52% unemployment. No other EU state has such high youth unemployment.<br />
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*The M15 march ended at Madrid's central square and on that balmy warm night several people decided to camp over.<br />
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*The Spanish municipal elections were in full campaign and all but 4 of Spain's regional governments were up for election too.<br />
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*the PSOE ruling party of Zapatero attempted to show sympathy with the protesters but minister Jose Blanco was rejected. The PSOE as a "New Labour" party naturally thought the protesters were its natural grass root base. If these people didn't vote for PSOE they would most likely vote for the further left post-marxist IU.<br />
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*the Spanish right wing party PP who control Madrid city council and Madrid's regional government decided to take a <em> laissez fair </em> attitude to the protests both seeing them as a useful political tool to increase their vote and also slightly wary as the protest spread : to Barcelona.<br />
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*In Barcelona a unpopular socialist mayor (of the PSOE local party) was about to see the uninterrupted control of city hall pass to the rightwing nationalist CiU. The candidate for CiU cannily requested that young people be "listened to" and thus the municipal laws not be used to evict them.<br />
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*good warm weather continued.<br />
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*the election resuts are known to all : the PSOE lost. they lost badly. the PP came back with a vengance. the far-right entered 67 council seats in Catalonia - the "left post marxists" lost.<br />
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*At that point focus moved from Madrid to Barcelona - the incoming CiU mayor changing his tune and requesting that the camp be cleared in time for his inauguration at most or the champion's league celebration at least. His fellow party member the CiU minister of the interior sent in the notorious police operation of last Friday.<br />
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*As a result of the elections, the leadership struggle for the PSOE reached a new level with the PSOE party fracturing completely. Zapatero had announced he will not run after the general elections in 2012 : the newspapers of Spain since Thursday have not led with coverage of the camps but of the split in PSOE as Carmen Chacon the female minister of defence and grand-daughter of an anarchist guerilla, who won international "respect" for taking up her job whilst pregnant ..... bowed out when political manouvred by the regional PSOE president of the Basque.................... For in the Basque council elections something extraordinary had occured : Bildu the electoral coalition of abertzale independence (batasuna) and pacifist far left groups had won a landslide becoming the second most voted party in the Basque and likely to take control of key cities............. Thus the PSOE is to be handed over to the leadership of Rubalcaba, that old wiley horse who currently fudges constitutionalism as both minister of the interior (destroying ETA) and vice-president.<br />
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<strong> There is at present no comparative macro-political situation in any other European state which allows such camps to be "blind-eyed". </strong><br />
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2nd set of points ought also be considered and weighed :-<br />
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The demands of those on the camps. & let me stress again the weather and climate which certainly doesn't discourage people to spend nights of let's be frank - "poor quality sleep".<br />
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** Spanish politics operates a party list electoral system. The protesters are opposed to a system of democracy which at present influences no other EU state.<br />
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** The demand for an end to party political funding - the Spanish democratic system operates a system which though simliar to some other EU states has not been used to illegalise or penalise political viewpoints (Such as basque independence)<br />
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** the maximum wage idea naturally appeals and ought be explored by all workers everywhere.... but the directors of Spain's banks such as Santander and BBVA have to much publicity earned the largest bonuses and indeed Santander is the richest bank in the EU.<br />
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<em> I hope this background and these thoughts are useful </em><br />
photo of last night's Athens Revolution & report from France revolution.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2810002011-05-30T11:12:24+00:00iosafLast night several thousand indignant Greek people gathered on Athens despite ...Last night several thousand <em> indignant </em> Greek people gathered on Athens despite enjoying a poor public transport system more than offset by fine balmy hot weather & replicated Spanish Revolution by being alltogether pacifist and indignant & banging pots and pans. Greek authorities seem to be delighted that Greek young people can be something other than the usual angry so directed their green uniformed plod to stay indoors for the Sunday night.<br />
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Meanwhile in slightly damp overcast Paris with night temperatures at 12ºC, a few hundred indignant people got baton charged by French plod.<br />
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Back home (For Dunk & I and indeed the whole "#_____(put your local place here)_____ revolution" The chief of Catalan police (who dragged people across the pavement by the nostrils on Friday has claimed that his boys in Kevlar® gave "self-defence" advice to the indignants on Saturday night as they kicked the shite out of the angry people celebrating BCN football victory (<small> c/f <a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99883?comment_limit=0&condense_comments=false#comment280988" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99883?comment_limit=0&condense_comments=false#comment280988">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99883?comment_limit=0&c...80988</a> </small>) Which is quite dandy of him and I note he gave his interview to the Catalan nationalist ruling party CiU's newspaper <a href="http://www.ara.cat/societat/Barca-passara-Catalunya-coincidir-lacampada_0_489551341.html" title="http://www.ara.cat/societat/Barca-passara-Catalunya-coincidir-lacampada_0_489551341.html">http://www.ara.cat/societat/Barca-passara-Catalunya-coi....html</a> which confirms my suspicions that the <em> angry people </em> were indeed those Catalan republicans and outright independence heads who knowing their parties have been wiped out at the last council elections are feeling more "patriotically angry" than "economically indignant". Thankfully then post-Lord Byron Athens is a place where such patriotism is not a factor in what our commercial press love to term <em> auserity protests </em>......don't you love the word austerity? Oh yes. I'll have some austerity measures and the hot candle wax please. <br />
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I invite people to read my last comment on this thread which is a devil's advocate mini-critique of factors so far not being widely highlighted on the nature of "Spanish Revolution" and even why it's current focus is not Spanish Madrid but _____ Barcelona.<br />
great article with updates and vids from greek revolthttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2810292011-05-31T07:38:01+00:00Dunk100,000 ‘indignants’ march on Parliament in Athens (by Jérôme E. Roos on May 30,...100,000 ‘indignants’ march on Parliament in Athens (by Jérôme E. Roos on May 30, 2011)<br />
<a href="http://roarmag.org/2011/05/greek-revolution-protests-syntagma-spain/" title="http://roarmag.org/2011/05/greek-revolution-protests-syntagma-spain/">http://roarmag.org/2011/05/greek-revolution-protests-sy...pain/</a><br />
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While the international press looks the other way, unprecedented pro-democracy protests in Greece will be going into their 7th day tomorrow.<br />
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We keep repeating it, but it’s honestly unbelievable how little attention the international media are paying to something as huge as what’s happening in Spain and Greece right now.<br />
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Just yesterday, on the 5th day of a Spanish-style uprising, a record 100,000 Greeks marched on Parliament to protest against EU-IMF austerity measures and demand real democracy now.<br />
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While the international media looks the other way, Europe’s largest popular uprising since 1989 is unfolding in Athens right now.<br />
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Vid: Athens, May 25 2011<br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/24261500" title="http://vimeo.com/24261500">http://vimeo.com/24261500</a>Spanish/Catalan government prepare to peel the cucumber whilst Greek Revolution dwarfs inspirationhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2810852011-06-01T16:06:59+00:00iosafBoth the central Spanish state government & the regional Catalan generalitat h...Both the central Spanish state government & the regional Catalan <em> generalitat </em> have begun the PR process which shall see them evict the camps in the last 24 hours through commercial media & in the case of the Catalan government through the Catalan president's "Q&A" session in the parliament.<br />
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It is now time to "back to barrio" (neighbourhoods) in concerted preparation for the world day of <em>"Democracia Real"</em>(=Real Democracy) : October 15th.<br />
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I was impressed that yesterday's torrential rain here did not wash away the camp on Catalonia Square. The assembly to vote on continuation or abandonment merely being postponed to this evening. Many Irish readers might not understand what torrential rain actually means. We grow up with rain and our languages (Gaeilge or English) are filled with beautiful ways to differentiate the many kinds of precipitation we are accustomed to. But the mediterranean coast gets "torrential rain". In a few hours the average summer monthly rainfall for Ireland falls and in a city such as Barcelona which is situated between mountains and the sea, that mass of water flows in torrents whislt beyond in the countryside dry river beds (or torrents) are filled with silt laden water. 2 of those natural torrents were converted in the last two centuries into long avenues which lead into Catalonia Square which is itself on an incline. I have skidded off my bike crossing that square's marble (or formica) surface many a time & approach it now with utmost caution. Indeed, for one raised on classical latin & greek texts of military campaigns - Catalonia Square is a very poor place to pitch a tent. Yet all the same the throng sat it out & more than few risked colds and pneumonia. <br />
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Meanwhile the "return to Barrio" does appear to be working. I can only speak for my own for the noise protest at 21h00 on Monday night. But what began with pots and pans being banged in the flats on my street then turned into drums (& my piano) being bashed by 21h15 and by 21h30 many of us had left our homes and gathered down on our local square. We were of all ages and I know that a few hundred metres away in the next square this coming together in noise and out the door in mass had occured too. [<strong> & let us not contain this movement by thinking it is only of the young - nor only of the indignant - many of us are well angry & long in the tooth but fond of our creature comforts and warm beds : indeed many of us know that this revolution needs indignance and anger in equal measure.</strong>]<br />
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Yesterday & Today in Barcelona I saw small focussed pacifist "indignant" protests (at mainstream trade union offices, French consulate, interior ministry, private university rectorships & banks) which if repeated everyday will stretch the resources of the police.<br />
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<strong> The Barcelona city policeman who blogged so horribly about beating the unemployed has been suspended </strong><br />
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The CiU Catalan nationalist party of the right & business now wishes to use the violence of last Friday's failed eviction to pander even more to one of its favourite lobbies. They are to equip their riot police with cameras.... so they can counter "media manipulation" such as ours.... for that photo which I and many others have been repeating of cops wielding a baton against a wheelchair bound protester are......<em> misleading </em>..... they were about to batter the shite out of the uppities behind him.... the uppities sheltering behind him.....so he needn't have been scared.<br />
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<strong> As we have seen French revolution evicted before it could consolidate & we see Greek revolution exceed expectations - so too must we consider that Madrid & Barcelona revolution are entering a new phase which might indeed be easier to replicate in other EU states such as Ireland.<br />
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& we can not forget that the Arab Spring is turning into a bloody Arab Summer </strong><br />
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.................If I may be so bold................<br />
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the end of Iberian camp revolution is approaching - but as I've written before the most interesting parts of any temporary autonomous space are the conjunt of their birth and end. These camps have now passed through a stage equivalent to that moment when a prolongwed protest fast becomes a hunger strike. They will move again & harder against the camps should the camps stay. <br />
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I daresay <strong><small> m-a-r-t-y-r-d-o-m</strong></small> might just help fill the public space left by indignation with anger.<br />
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& if our neighbourhoods and floating pacifist protests remain indignant....<br />
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then a little anger just might be called for.<br />
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The Greek Revolution has now beyond doubt dwarfed the mass assemblies and concentrations German & Turkish press suggest CIA analysts hypothesise possible "coup d'etat" in Greecehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2811312011-06-03T00:14:36+00:00iosaf = o as ifNow that kind of "coup d'etat" or "putsch" (as it is in German) would not be on ...Now that kind of "coup d'etat" or "putsch" (as it is in German) would not be on account of cucumbers, e-coli or indignation - would it?<br />
Nor would it have any bearing on the traditional loathing of the Turk for the Greek or the recent non-solidarity Euro-attitude of the German.<br />
Likewise it need not be considered along with the unfathomable and irrational increase in the value of the US dollar and trading in US bonds which the current Greek government's attempt to blaa blaa about <em> haggling for the special services of austerity measures & hot candle wax </em> have seemingly coincided with...................<br />
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Yes the #Spanish Revolution continues in Greece.<br />
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& yep - it's continuing in the Spanish state too.<br />
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¿aren't we all delighted & inspired? <br />
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Not a one of us put off our revolutionary zeal and internet social networking & cyber footprint profile by the hint of a good old fashioned fascist <em> put us up against the wall or electrode our gonads without the comfort of a backrub </em> coup d'etat and twist in the tale of Europe's history.<br />
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Today I made the effort to visit camps and protests on the periphery of Barcelona's central square's camp. I went out to a small neighbouring county's town whose assembly wish to bring in a 15km radius catchment of other small towns and organise daily noise protests, info drops, discussions & meals.<br />
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They aren't going to chance pitching tents.<br />
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Their nearest city isn't Barcelona but rather the mostly ignored city of Hospitalet. The un-funky predominantly working class city which forms part of the <em>"urban sprawl and conurbation" </em> understood by most foreigners like you dear & esteemed reader as "Barcelona" which is indeed home to 3.7 million people................. that's most of the Eire state within 55 minutes commute on public transport.<br />
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I left Martorell's fresh camp to visit "district 4" of Hospitallet which is technically the most densely populated urban area in Europe.<br />
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That's where the neo-nazis got elected forthe first time in the last muncipal elections.<br />
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I didn't see any of our indignation or angry revolution.<br />
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but I did see a lot of wallpaper paste hate posters.<br />
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<em> source for this latest CIA psy-op coup d'etat shite :<br />
The Germans and their cucumber bollox credibility <br />
<a href="http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/griechenland-krise/griechenland-geheimdienst-angst-vor-neuer-gewalt-welle-zerbricht-das-land-an-der-krise-18102150.bild.html" title="http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/griechenland-krise/griechenland-geheimdienst-angst-vor-neuer-gewalt-welle-zerbricht-das-land-an-der-krise-18102150.bild.html">http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/griechenland-krise/g....html</a><br />
The Turks and their whatever it is they have viz-a-vizar the Greeks<br />
<a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=report-military-coup-possible-in-greece-2011-05-29" title="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=report-military-coup-possible-in-greece-2011-05-29">http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=report-militar...05-29</a><br />
</em>proactive greek protesters on the fringe of indignant greeks have occupied Finance Ministry Athenshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2811522011-06-03T20:40:06+00:00iosaf..........their press statement (very proactive which is a shift from passive ag.............their press statement (very proactive which is a shift from passive aggressive sulky).............."From dawn today forces of PAME [All-Workers Militant Front] have symbolically occupied the finance ministry, calling on workers to rise, organize their struggle and prevent the government's barbarous and anti-popular measures from passing," the front said, AFP reported. <strong>Angry </strong>citizens in the country have now, for a tenth consecutive day, held anti-government demonstrations against the austerity measures. Protesters have set up a camp in the central square of the capital, in a move modeled after the Spanish M-15 movement and the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. The new bailout plan will mean harsher austerity measures, as it is aimed at reducing the 2011 budget deficit by EUR 6.5 billion. PAME said the new plan would “turn workers into slaves.” #Turkey Revolution : just started camp, lead-up to election.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2812952011-06-08T19:19:47+00:00iosafAs such they are bouncing the #greek revolution which bounced from #spanish revo...As such they are bouncing the #greek revolution which bounced from #spanish revolution & interestingly we see a secular M15 movement begin in an ostensibly muslim state which despite its aspirations to be a member EU state has never been considered an arabic one.<br />
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hmmmmmmm.<br />
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<em> ¿did you know there are 40 million fked young workers in Turkey ? </em><br />
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acampadasol moves to madrid congresshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2813042011-06-08T21:52:10+00:00DunkAt 8.40 this evening more than a thousand people gathered outside the main congr...At 8.40 this evening more than a thousand people gathered outside the main congress building in madrid, shouts of "huelga general" (general strike)<br />
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reports, both with vids<br />
- <a href="http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/06/08/espana/1307554493.html" title="http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/06/08/espana/1307554493.html">http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/06/08/espana/1307554....html</a><br />
- <a href="http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/06/08/actualidad/1307557415_866426.html" title="http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/06/08/actualidad/1307557415_866426.html">http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2011/06/08/actualid....html</a><br />
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follow on TWITTER #15frentealcongreso<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/#" title="http://twitter.com/#">http://twitter.com/#</a>!/search/realtime/%2315frentealcongreso<br />
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Watch stream - <a href="http://www.livestream.com/spanishrevolutionsol" title="http://www.livestream.com/spanishrevolutionsol">http://www.livestream.com/spanishrevolutionsol</a><br />
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Syrian refugees join Turkish revolution, Valencian revolution brutalised by corrupt opus dei.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2813722011-06-10T16:21:28+00:00iosafThe camp which had been outside the Valencian regional government was stormed by...The camp which had been outside the Valencian regional government was stormed by Spanish national police yesterday as the newly elected Valencian regional government (PP again) took power.<br />
The <em> ceann chomhairle </em> (love that word) of the Valencian parliament placed his personal crucifix (he's a noted Opus Dei head) on the table by the constitution as the new cabinet & deputies swore their oaths. 10 of the new members of the Valencian government are currently facing charges and investigation for corruption.<br />
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Meanwhile the Syrian contigent is arriving in Istanbul. Which is really getting interesting.Letter from Greece Saturday 11th June 2011http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2814542011-06-12T11:05:13+00:00Dunk(this letter appears as a NOTE on Facebook, therefor, I think, it is not fully a...(this letter appears as a NOTE on Facebook, therefor, I think, it is not fully available to all online, therefor I post in full here, assume ye at imc-ie will understand)<br />
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<blockquote>News from the streets in Greece: Hello friends, I am writing to you as we are experiencing huge demonstrations all over Greece on daily basis for the past week. After our entrance to the IMF, a year or so later people have had enough. There are daily demonstrations happening in over 60 cities around Greece. Everywhere. In Athens yesterday some 200,000 people surrounded the parliament chanting "Thieves, thieves, thieves" and calling politicians names. They brought rope and hang a dummy representing a politician. Women, children, young, old, from all walks of life have come out with metal pans. The movement is called "The outraged" and there is a web site and a face book blog created where people are joining and are exchanging ideas and organizing. The movement is calling for direct democracy, for the IMF loan not to be payed off, for the corrupt politicians to go to jail, for change in the constitution and for the government to step down. They also are saying they want out of the euro and to go back to our own currency, the drachma. People are starting to take their money out of the bank, effectively creating a "bank run" saying that if the government doesn't default on the IMF loan they will collapse the banking system. There is a call for people to start taking 100-200 euros each day out of their bank account until the government decides to default on the IMF loan, or go bankrupt. Which ever comes first. There are assemblies happening each night on squares around the cities where people are getting together and talking about a new system using direct democracy. They don't want any political parties and when they see anyone with a flag or a sign from a political party trying to approach the demonstration or to come to the assemblies they turn them away, asking them to come back without any political signage or affiliation. So far the demonstrations have been very peaceful. The movement has created a security group to police the demonstrations, so no provocateurs can infiltrate and cause problems. There are people camping outside of the parliament 24/7, there are teams created to feed people and teams created for legal support, medical support etc. So far the people are learning how to self organize and the movement is growing at the speed of light. Just yesterday on the Athens face book there where 90000 people, today there are more than 110000. People are massively calling TV stations and making their web sites to go down because they are not covering the uprising and/or are misinforming people. Last night the politicians had to escape from the back entrance of the parliament, at night, through the park where security took them with flash lights because the people had blocked the front entrance. The outpouring of the people was so large, estimated at 200,000 that even the cops were not able to hold them back. There is no stopping us now. Everyone is talking about change. People who never even talked about politics, are now coming out in an outcry for direct democracy. The government is scared and they don't know what to do. The prime minister has not appeared in days anywhere and has not made any comments. It is becoming known now that the IMF deal is a big scandal. The agreement has been liked and is online and many constitutional lawyers are going to the streets to inform people of what has really happened. They have forced on us terms that are illegal even under International or European law. They are not allowing us to go to elections. The IMF agreement states that the Greek state cannot go to a Greek court to challenge the agreement and it cannot sale its debt in order to pay it back. We have to go to European courts (from 10-15 different European nations who are the creditors of the loan) and challenge the legality of the loan in each court individually. They, on the other hand, can sale the loan to another country. They have asked that all political parties in Greece accept the IMF and EU loan as legal and that all political parties sign it, or else we will not get the next payment. That is why they refuse to allow us to go to elections. How can they stop us from having elections in our own country? Well it is a term written in the loan agreement. Yet it is illegal and there is no court in Europe or International that can uphold such term. But our stupid sold out government has no guts. Our system is parliamentarian, so we have a President of Democracy, who is basically a person voted by all political parties in parliament, and serves as a check and balance in our political system. If he resigns the government gets dissolved as per our constitution. In the past week he has refused to sign anything that has been voted from the Greek parliament and the Government. We hope that he will do what is right and resign. If he doesn't sign an agreement or a law that gets passed in parliament, it doesn't come to effect. Well, there are tons of things happening. It is crazy how people, especially the youth, has mobilized. Even the church is starting to come out for the protesters, although probably a political move to gain sympathy and approval from the people. I will write again soon with updates, there are a lot of things happening and I cannot even begin to start elaborating on them. This same movement is also going on in Portugal for the past 3 weeks, in Spain for the past 2 weeks, and in Greece for a week now. It is spreading now in France, Italy, England and other countries. Last Sunday it happened all across Europe in dozens of European cities. Millions of people came out on the streets and is now been organized for the entire Europe. This coming Sunday there will be a huge protest outside of the Greek parliament where protesters will come from all over Greece. Look for the government to possibly come out or escape via helicopters, like in Argentina. OUT OF THE IMF, EURO AND THE EU NOW. DIRECT DEMOCRACY NOW!!! lots of love and peace</blockquote><br />
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original letter found at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/leticia-ortega/letter-from-greece-saturday-11th-june-2011/10150223148152138" title="http://www.facebook.com/notes/leticia-ortega/letter-from-greece-saturday-11th-june-2011/10150223148152138">http://www.facebook.com/notes/leticia-ortega/letter-fro...52138</a><br />
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keep updated on stories from Greece, Via OCCUPIED LONDON, ie:<br />
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#613 | Democracy is born in the squares<br />
<a href="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/09/613-democracy-is-born-in-the-squares/" title="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/09/613-democracy-is-born-in-the-squares/">http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/09/613-democ...ares/</a><br />
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Greek Revolutionary indignants exchange yoghurt bombs for greek berserk bloodlust plod tear gas.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2815462011-06-15T13:30:57+00:00iosafCoz today the Greek parliament debates its "austerity" whilst over where I live ...Coz today the Greek parliament debates its "austerity" whilst over where I live (one km down the road) the Catalan indignants have attempted to prevent the Catalan parliament meeting to vote on our local "austerity". But they got flown in on helicopters (the important ones) whereas the unimportant ones (the opposition) got brought in riot vans. Oh it's dandy.<br />
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Meanwhile for those who missed it : the Spanish national police website was taken down by "anonymous" my last posting (kind of demonstrating that they had no in fact disarticulated the ring as they had claimed) and then the Turkish police claimed to have disarticulated their "anonymous ring" with several arrests a day later.<br />
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So key words and trend topics :<br />
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<strong> ............... indignant..................austerity.................anonymous...............parliament....................berserk bloodlust plod.................revolution </strong>Time for #globalrevolution is here :-)http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2816452011-06-19T15:24:29+00:00Take the square@takethesquare Take the square
Time for #globalrevolution is here :-) ... toda...@takethesquare Take the square<br />
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<blockquote> Time for #globalrevolution is here :-) ... today #19jun is our first movilization day, but it will not be the only one</blockquote> <br />
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@takethesquare Tweet at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/65hggke" title="http://tinyurl.com/65hggke">http://tinyurl.com/65hggke</a><br />
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vid - Join the #SpanishRevolution <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2xuSHdjZ00" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2xuSHdjZ00">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2xuSHdjZ00</a><br />
Spanish Revolution<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBbI257cOQ" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBbI257cOQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBbI257cOQ</a><br />
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J19: Where and when! <br />
View all links to all events at <a href="http://takethesquare.wordpress.com/where-and-when/" title="http://takethesquare.wordpress.com/where-and-when/">http://takethesquare.wordpress.com/where-and-when/</a><br />
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Argentina:<br />
- Buenos Aires. Avenida Figueroa Alcorta 3102, CABA 13:00<br />
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Austria:<br />
- Vienna. Rathaus 19:00<br />
- Graz. Hauptplatz Graz 18:00<br />
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Belgium:<br />
- Bruxelles. Place Flagey 14h place Flagey pour se diriger vers la place du Luxembourg<br />
- Liège. 14h30 de l’esplanade St Léonard. Assemblée Populaire : 17h place St Lambert<br />
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Brasil:<br />
- Belém-Pará. We go to #TakeTheSquare Waldemar henrique, 19/6 – 14:00<br />
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Canada:<br />
- Montreal. Parc du Portugal. Saint Laurent/Marie Anne. 13:00<br />
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Colombia:<br />
- Bogotá. Spanish Embassy calle 92 con cra 12 – 12:00<br />
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Costa Rica:<br />
- San José. Parque CENTRAL, 11 a.m<br />
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Czech Republi:<br />
- Praha. Španělská ambasáda (+ pochod na Můstek) Badeniho 4. 16:00<br />
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Denmark:<br />
- Copenhagen. City hall Square. Rådhuspladsen (København)19:00<br />
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Ecuador:<br />
- Quito. Plaza Grande. 10:00<br />
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France:<br />
Paris : 11h départ métro Jussieu<br />
Annecy : 18h30, Parc Paquier<br />
Angers : 12h30, Pique-nique puis rassemblement Place du Ralliement<br />
Angoulême: à 18h à la place du champ de Mars<br />
Arles : 19h, Place de la République<br />
Avignon : 18h place Pie<br />
Bordeaux : 19h Place de la Bourse<br />
Bruxelles ( Belgium ) : 14h départ de la Place Flagey<br />
Caen : 11h, Pique-Nique des indignés Place Saint Pierre<br />
Charleville-Mézières : 11h30 place Ducale : pique-nique citoyen<br />
Chartres : 19, place des Epars<br />
Douarnenez : 12h, Pique-nique citoyen aux Plomarchs<br />
Genève (suisse) : 11h00 parc des Bastions<br />
Grenoble : 19h, Place Victor Hugo<br />
Lannion : 10h, Marché Rive Gauche<br />
Lille : 12h, Picnic suivi d’une manifestation Place Richebé<br />
Lyon : voir cette page<br />
Orléans : 16h, Place du Martroi<br />
Marseille : 13h Rond point de David<br />
Metz : 17h place St Louis<br />
Monaco : 14h, place royale de la liberté<br />
Montpellier : 14H place de la Comédie<br />
Nantes : 18:30 Place Royale<br />
Namur ( Belgium ) : 13h00 départ pour Bruxelles Place Flagey<br />
Nimes : à partir de 10h Maison Carrée<br />
Nyons : 18.30 hrs place des arcades<br />
Pau : 18h place Clemenceau<br />
Perpignan : 14h, Place de la Victoire<br />
Poitiers : 19h, Assemblée Générale Place du marché<br />
Puy-en-Velay : 11h, Pique-nique Place du Breuil<br />
Rennes : 16h, Place de la mairie<br />
Saintes Charente-maritime : 17h place Bassompierre<br />
Saint-Etienne : 14h00 place de l’hotel de Ville<br />
Saint Pierre (Réunion) : 14h sur la place devant le Casino, au front de mer.<br />
Toulouse : Place du Capitole à midi !<br />
Valence : 17h, Place de la Liberté<br />
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Germany:<br />
- Berlin.. Bundeskanzleramt. Willy-Brandt-Straße 1. 17:00<br />
- Munich. Karlsplatz Stachus 17:00<br />
- Düsseldorf. Burgplatz 14:00<br />
- Leipzig. 13:00 Augustusplatz,<br />
- Frankfurt, Willy-Brandt platz 19:00. (European Central Bank)<br />
- Stuttgart : Schlossplatz at 18:00pm<br />
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Greece:<br />
- Athens. Syntagma Square<br />
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Iceland:<br />
- Reykjavík. Ingólfstorgi 14:00<br />
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Ireland:<br />
- Dublin. The Spire, the Monument of Light. O’Connell Street. 16:00.<br />
- Cork. Grand Parade<br />
- Galway. Spanish Arch, Galway 16:00<br />
- Limerick. Ireland O´connell Street (where Pennys is) 16:00<br />
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Italy:<br />
- Roma. Piazza San Giovanni sotto la statua di san francesco. 18:00<br />
- Perugia: Piazza IV Novembre – 18:00<br />
- Cagliari: Piazza Garibaldi – 18:00<br />
- Milan. Piazza Mercanti 18:00<br />
- Firenze. Piazza della signoria (Firenze) 18:30<br />
- Bologna. <br />
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Japan:<br />
- Tokio. Parque de Yoyogi, al lado de la estación de Harajuku, en la zona de los Elvis. 17:00<br />
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Luxemburg:<br />
- Lëtzebuerg. Place d’Armes 18:00<br />
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México:<br />
- Mexico DF. Embajada de España. Galileo, 114 (esq. Horacio) Colonia Polanco, a dos cuadras del Metro Polanco 12:00<br />
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Netherlands:<br />
- Amsterdam. Dam Square 18:00<br />
- Groningen: De Grote Markt – 18:00<br />
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Nicaragua:<br />
- Granada: Parque Central – 12:00<br />
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Norway:<br />
- Oslo. Youngstorget 18:00<br />
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Panamá:<br />
- Ciudad de Panamá.. Parque Legislativo. 12:00<br />
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Perú:<br />
- Lima. En el Boulevar Saenz Peña de Barranco, a partir de las 11 a.m. horas<br />
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Poland:<br />
- Kraków. 18:00 Sw. Marii Magdaleny <br />
- Varsovia. Monumento Copernico, <br />
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Portugal:<br />
- Lisbon 16:00 from Cinema S. Jorge (Av. Liberdade) to Rossio (the original camp square)<br />
- Coimbra. 16:00 Praça 8 de Maio (idem)<br />
- Oporto. 16:00, Praça da Ribeira (once they camp on Av. dos Aliados)<br />
- Aveiro. Praça Melo Freitas 19:00<br />
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Romania:<br />
- Bucuresti. Piata Universitatii 18:00<br />
- Cluj-Napoca. Cluj-Bulevardul Eroilor(in jurul monumentului) 18:00<br />
- Timisoara. Piata Operei 18:00<br />
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Serbia:<br />
- Belgrade. Studenski trg 12:00<br />
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Slovakia:<br />
- Bratislava. Námestie SNP 18:00<br />
- Kosice. Hlavná ulica, Námestie slobody 18:00<br />
- Martin. Od Slovenského komorného divadla až na Memorandove námestie a naspäť 18:00<br />
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Spain:<br />
Everywhere.... Ya!!!<br />
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Sweden:<br />
- Stockholm. Sergels Torg 13:00<br />
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Switzerland:<br />
- Bern.stairs behind the Landesmuseum at 13.00<br />
- Geneve.Parc des Bastions 11:00<br />
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Turkey:<br />
- Istanbul. Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey 19:00<br />
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United Kingdom:<br />
- London. Trafalgar Square 18:00<br />
- Manchester. Piccadilly Garden 12:00<br />
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USA:<br />
- Boston. In front of the stairs of the Public Library of Boston (Copley Sq) <br />
- New York. City hall (in front of Brookling Bridge) 11h-13h<br />
J19 was awesome & as Greece came home - #Spanish revolution took a huge step up the hill to #globalhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2816632011-06-20T13:57:33+00:00iosafI've never been into the attendance estimate quibling thing that goes one, with ...I've never been into the attendance estimate quibling thing that goes one, with states and plod underestimating events they intend on ignoring and organisers overestimating their turnout and commercial media choosing an nice round number somewhere between low or high average.<br />
But I am good at soft maths & I know exactly how long it takes to walk at quick trot or lazy amble between Plaza Catalunya and the Park where our parliament is because it's my neighbourhood. It took 3hrs and 45 minutes for the final group of happy J19 marchers to reach the destination. At 7pm, 2 hours in, I took the photo above and by then had no problem estimating 125,000. The organisers claim 275,000 total. I have not much issue with 200,000approx. The sympathetic commercial press say 100,000 the Catalan statelet 50,000. <br />
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The atmosphere was one of carnival and good natured cross-age, multi-cultural, diverse working people and those on the margins of our society whose continued healthcare depends on our ruling class cutting something else instead of the progress we have made globally in the last century.<br />
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I think it was a great success. An awful lot of people looked around themselves and knew - <em> we're walking up that hill </em>.<br />
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Yet again we encourage ye to watch this video which is in English & is meant to inspire & explain & encourage. & you know you can turn down the music and just read the subtitles if the song doesn't grab you. Just coz we are now singing from the same hymnsheet doesn't mean we're into the same anthems.<br />
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<strong> This system is unsustainable = We are going to win : what we win depends on how we meet now & walk together up that hill</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBbI257cOQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBbI257cOQ" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBbI257cOQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBbI257cOQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBbI257cOQhttp://www.yo...57cOQ</a>V from Greece on his clippity clophttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2816812011-06-21T07:25:09+00:00VSi luchas puedes perder, si no luchas estás perdido
If you struggle you might ...Si luchas puedes perder, si no luchas estás perdido<br />
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<strong><blockquote> If you struggle you might loose, but if you dont struggle you are lost.</blockquote> </strong><br />
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vid: 19J: El dÃa en el que el 15M abrió los ojos del Mundo<br />
19J the day that 15M opened the eyes of the world<br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/25363599" title="http://vimeo.com/25363599">http://vimeo.com/25363599</a><br />
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acampadaBCN says thanks + call 4 #EuropeanRevolutionhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2816822011-06-21T07:42:52+00:00#acampadaBCNA word of Thanks from acampadaBCN: Gràcies a totes i tots! El carrer és nostre! ...A word of Thanks from acampadaBCN: Gràcies a totes i tots! El carrer és nostre! (Thanks to all women and men! The street is ours! )<br />
<a href="http://acampadabcn.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/gracies-a-totes-i-tots/" title="http://acampadabcn.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/gracies-a-totes-i-tots/">http://acampadabcn.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/gracies-a-t...tots/</a><br />
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<blockquote> Thanks to everyone that came yesterday to the protest from the neighborhoods, towns and cities of all Catalonia, and to those that where supporting us from their home and through social media. The estimated participations is above 200.000 pax :) </blockquote> <br />
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vid from day: 19J - No pagarem la seva crisi (19J - We will not pay for their crisis)<br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/25341964" title="http://vimeo.com/25341964">http://vimeo.com/25341964</a><br />
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Why do we need a #EuropeanRevolution<br />
<a href="http://www.europeanrevolution.net/?p=624" title="http://www.europeanrevolution.net/?p=624">http://www.europeanrevolution.net/?p=624</a><br />
(Article by Jérôme E. Roos, first published at <a href="http://roarmag.org/2011/06/spanish-greek-european-revolution/" title="http://roarmag.org/2011/06/spanish-greek-european-revolution/">http://roarmag.org/2011/06/spanish-greek-european-revol...tion/</a> )<br />
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<blockquote> Blaming bankers and politicians is not enough. To solve the crisis, radical change will be needed at the European level.<br />
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The mass protests currently sweeping through Europe are truly unprecedented and historical both in their creative and non-violent character and in their immense geographical spread. The oncoming exacerbation of the eurozone debt crisis — Paul Krugman yesterday warned that meltdown is imminent and that it’s “time to panic” — will only serve as fuel on the fire of this budding European protest movement.<br />
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Yet however inspiring this continental quest for real democracy is, it’s also worrisome to consider its possible fate. Yes, we have plenty of revolutionaries now, and yes, for the first time in decades we have a genuinely revolutionary movement here in Europe. Yet we have no revolution, and at this pace, we won’t have one anytime soon.</blockquote> Guardian vid of J19http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2816862011-06-21T10:18:48+00:00Guardian viewerSpain gets angry: 'The people united will never be defeated' - (video 7 min 26 s...Spain gets angry: 'The people united will never be defeated' - (video 7 min 26 secs)<br />
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Thousands of people united by the M15 movement – which came together using social media – took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to voice their disgust at Spain's economic crisis. Cristina López, who took her daughter Naima, fireman Jorge Couceiro and journalist Sofia de Roa explain why they participated<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/jun/20/spain-gets-angry-m15-protest-video?CMP=twt_gu" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/jun/20/spain-gets-angry-m15-protest-video?CMP=twt_gu">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/jun/20/spain...wt_gu</a><br />
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War in Greece: 48 hour strike is met with huge police repressionhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2819782011-07-03T14:17:38+00:00We are all GreeceProtesters in Greece after the government voted through further austerity cuts: ...Protesters in Greece after the government voted through further austerity cuts: THIS IS WAR<br />
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Excellent article published in the guardian:<br />
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The Greek authorities try to terrorise, but they are terrified<br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/02/greek-authorities-synyagma-square" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/02/greek-authorities-synyagma-square">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/02/gre...quare</a><br />
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<blockquote> Greek people are currently in an open and real war with a monster that in ancient mythology was known as the Lernaean Hydra. Today, the monster is called neoliberalism. Unfortunately, for us, not only has it many heads, but many long hands as well ... and unfortunately for us is not a myth but a reality.<br />
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My personal experience of this week's riots in the streets of Athens was this: after we were sprayed with hundreds of chemicals in Syntagma Square, we were pushed away towards the surrounding streets. Everywhere we went, we immediately found ourselves surrounded by heavily armoured members of the police's Delta force, who tried to scare us by pointing fingers, throwing stones and shouting abuse. A friend got injured by a stone thrown at his head. Just a few more millimetres, and the stone might well have killed him. </blockquote> <br />
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Related: <br />
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Greek journalist: police in Syntagma “flirted with death”<br />
<a href="http://roarmag.org/2011/07/greek-police-violence-brutality-athens/" title="http://roarmag.org/2011/07/greek-police-violence-brutality-athens/">http://roarmag.org/2011/07/greek-police-violence-brutal...hens/</a><br />
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<blockquote> A famous Greek documentary-maker, Yorgos Avgeropoulos, describes the savage onslaught against peaceful protesters by Greek police during this week’s 48-hour strike.<br />
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I have covered conflicts of protesters and police in various places around the world outside Greece, such as in Argentina, Italy, Bolivia, and Mexico. Especially in Mexico, the police, as many know, are considered savage, untrained and corrupt. However, what I lived through and recorded along with my co-workers yesterday (Wednesday 29/6) at Syntagma, surpasses all limits in savagery. The Greek police rightly, and by a wide margin, gets the prize for barbarity. A barbarity which has no relation to repression but which was a constant flirt with death.</blockquote> <br />
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related article as to what is going on in Europe in these days:<br />
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Real Democracy - The Art of Seeing | Workers Solidarity Movement<br />
<a href="http://www.wsm.ie/c/real-democracy-movement-saramago-seeing" title="http://www.wsm.ie/c/real-democracy-movement-saramago-seeing">http://www.wsm.ie/c/real-democracy-movement-saramago-seeing</a><br />
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<blockquote> Real Democracy is an idea that will have to be fought for. Real democracy will have to be built again. It certainly is not what we have at the moment, and it does not come from the stroke of a pencil every 5 years. All you get from that is a new stooge for the bankers.<br />
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Essentially the idea remains the same. The idea of democracy is a simple one, but it has been co-opted and corrupted for years. Some would argue that it has only bloomed for short moments of time. It is only by working together, all of us that we can get back to that idea of real democracy. Saramago in all his wit and wisdom knew that. His books might just show us how to get there.</blockquote> <br />
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reports:<br />
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Day 2 of 48 hour strike - live blog<br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jun/29/greece-austerity-vote-demonstrations" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jun/29/greece-austerity-vote-demonstrations">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jun/29/greece...tions</a><br />
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Updates from the second day of the General Strike in Athens<br />
<a href="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/29/updates-from-the-second-day-of-the-general-strike-in-athens/" title="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/29/updates-from-the-second-day-of-the-general-strike-in-athens/">http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/29/updates-f...hens/</a><br />
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Day 1 of 48 hour strike - live blog<br />
<a href="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/28/updates-from-the-first-day-of-the-general-strike-in-athens-june-28/" title="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/28/updates-from-the-first-day-of-the-general-strike-in-athens-june-28/">http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/28/updates-f...e-28/</a><br />
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occupied london coverage of the 48 hour General Strike of June 28-29<br />
<a href="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/30/our-coverage-of-the-48-hour-general-strike-of-june-28-29/" title="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/30/our-coverage-of-the-48-hour-general-strike-of-june-28-29/">http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/06/30/our-cover...8-29/</a><br />
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amazing photos from Greece<br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/jun/29/athens-riots-greek-general-strike-in-pictures#/?picture=376304676&index=0" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/jun/29/athens-riots-greek-general-strike-in-pictures#/?picture=376304676&index=0">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/jun/29/ath...dex=0</a><br />
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and one cant forget Loukanikos: the rioting dog of Athens that inspired so many to come out and riot. You could say he's a symbol of the Greek left.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn1HApiNUxM&feature=player_embedded" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn1HApiNUxM&feature=player_embedded">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn1HApiNUxM&feature=pla...edded</a><br />
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ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΤΩΡΑ!! - DEMOCRACIA REAL YA, GRECIA<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_218940354800038" title="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_218940354800038">http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_218940354800038</a><br />
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Today we are all calling ourselves Greeks<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbjLPMtWsdI" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbjLPMtWsdI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbjLPMtWsdI</a><br />
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DRY TODOS SOMOS GRECIA.mov <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMnAeuGOqA" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMnAeuGOqA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMnAeuGOqA</a><br />
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June 28th and 29th (English version) <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9I0nZb3qHw&feature=share" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9I0nZb3qHw&feature=share">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9I0nZb3qHw&feature=share</a><br />
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Also, remember just 2 years ago when riots spread all over Greece, that time it was provoked by police injustice and a murder of a young 15 year old, now with all this daylight robbery going on, huge indignation and anger rising, what might it lead to...<br />
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Athens, Greece: Cops murder 16 year old boy<br />
<a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90111" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90111">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90111</a><br />
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Greek Uprising disappearing from International news<br />
<a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90173" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90173">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90173</a><br />
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The end of fear in Greece is met by neo nazi collusion with Greek police + some agent provoceteurshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2819802011-07-03T14:45:32+00:00We are all GreeceMeanwhile, among the Greek anarchists
http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/201...Meanwhile, among the Greek anarchists<br />
<a href="http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/06/meanwhile-among-the-greek-anarchists/" title="http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/06/meanwhile-among-the-greek-anarchists/">http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/06/meanwhil...ists/</a><br />
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<blockquote> Syntagma, Athens, June 15th 2011. How to put to words what we lived in this square, over the course of a single day?<br />
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A society in some spectacular turmoil; the most unusual of suspects have now taken to the streets. Syntagma was meant to be the epicentre of today’s attempt to block off Parliament as called by the square’s popular assembly. It was also the main focus point of the General Strike. At times, it felt like worlds in collusion: the naivety of pacificism, the fetischisation of anti-police violence. And around this collusion, a myriad others.<br />
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In Syntagma today we fought off the Neo-nazis of the Golden Dawn, who had the nerve to show up at a General Strike. We saw the demonstrators’ clashing with police in the square’s South-eastern corner (for an unjustifiably long time) being followed by an astonishing, but only momentary, sweeping clean of the thousands on its square. People were trampled over tents, gassed like ants, fainting all over. By the time that the Delta motorcycle police tried to come into play, people had learnt the rules of the game - and they pushed them off. Twelve! hours of nearly uninterrupted beating, tear-gassing, running, fighting. For these twelve hours, Syntagma compressed and showed naked the haphazard patterns into which people’s actions are cornered by this social order. A social order that is crumbling, an authority at loss, unable to manage its populace any longer. A regime that has fallen a while ago, only resting on the fallacy of some imagined national unity to try engineer change, to lengthen its days.</blockquote> <br />
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Athens reduced to smoldering battlefield — in pictures<br />
<a href="http://roarmag.org/2011/06/pictures-athens-austerity-vote-protests-riot/" title="http://roarmag.org/2011/06/pictures-athens-austerity-vote-protests-riot/">http://roarmag.org/2011/06/pictures-athens-austerity-vo...riot/</a><br />
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Inglourious Basterds: Greek Neo-Nazis and our police force in the times of #Syntagma<br />
<a href="http://maledictus.posterous.com/inglourious-basterds-greek-neo-nazis-and-our" title="http://maledictus.posterous.com/inglourious-basterds-greek-neo-nazis-and-our">http://maledictus.posterous.com/inglourious-basterds-gr...d-our</a><br />
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<blockquote>The one thing one can deduct from listening to hours of live streams from the protests, violence and police brutality that Syntagma (Constitution) Square has witnessed over the past few weeks is that there are dozens of citizens that go on air to allege that the people that stir up the violence are provocateurs, anywhere between friends of the police forces to actual undercover policemen.<br />
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This public disbelief in the Police forces has been cemented by years of actual police brutality that led to the assassination of leftist icons over the years and culminated in the December 2008 murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos that sparked the worst riots that Athens has ever seen </blockquote> <br />
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watch vid at 4:43<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihahWeFvmfE" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihahWeFvmfE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihahWeFvmfE</a><br />
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Vids<br />
WE ARE ALL GREEKS <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qddv2fN6N8A&feature=player_embedded#at=15" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qddv2fN6N8A&feature=player_embedded#at=15">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qddv2fN6N8A&feature=play...at=15</a><br />
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Το τέλος του φόβου... The end of fear...<br />
<a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjnepa_yy-yyyyy-yyy-yyyyy_lifestyle#from=embediframe" title="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjnepa_yy-yyyyy-yyy-yyyyy_lifestyle#from=embediframe">http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjnepa_yy-yyyyy-yyy-yy...frame</a><br />
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via web - <a href="http://www.real-democracy.gr/en/announcement/end-fear" title="http://www.real-democracy.gr/en/announcement/end-fear">http://www.real-democracy.gr/en/announcement/end-fear</a> from TWEET <a href="http://twitter.com/#" title="http://twitter.com/#">http://twitter.com/#</a>!/revolution_info/status/87067475891601408<br />
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Greek police Hand in hand with masked neo-nazis! <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsOBtTNJ-aA&feature=player_embedded" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsOBtTNJ-aA&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsOBtTNJ-aA&feature=play...edded</a><br />
via <a href="http://glykosymoritis.blogspot.com/2011/07/greek-police-hand-in-hand-with-masked.html?spref=fb" title="http://glykosymoritis.blogspot.com/2011/07/greek-police-hand-in-hand-with-masked.html?spref=fb">http://glykosymoritis.blogspot.com/2011/07/greek-police...ef=fb</a> <br />
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We are not the Irish, we will resisthttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2843682011-10-05T14:25:24+00:00Greeks resistAnti-austerity strike paralyses Greece
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe...Anti-austerity strike paralyses Greece <br />
<a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/10/201110555316562451.html" title="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/10/201110555316562451.html">http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/10/201110....html</a><br />
Civil servants and private-sector workers walk out in protest against government measures to cut costs.<br />
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TWITTER: Hash tags for today's events in Athens are #syntagma #5ogr<br />
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vid: NewsIt.gr: Τα ΜΑΤ χτυπούν πεσμένο διαδηλωτή <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmDnT5dRzCc" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmDnT5dRzCc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmDnT5dRzCc</a><br />
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Live streams at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3tebe5a" title="http://tinyurl.com/3tebe5a">http://tinyurl.com/3tebe5a</a><br />
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(Irish Times) Greece hit by public sector strike today<br />
<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1005/breaking14.html" title="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1005/breaking14.html">http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1005/....html</a><br />
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<blockquote> State workers, students and pensioners are gathering in central Athens. A few hours later they will march on the capital's central Syntagma Square and protest outside parliament.<br />
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"If we don't take our lives back into our own hands and go on strike, how will we survive?," said Athens resident Maria Bargiadaki, a public sector worker.<br />
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Communist union group PAME is expected to stage a separate rally. Police, fire brigade and coastguard unions said they would join the central Athens demonstrations.<br />
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The country's main labour unions, representing about half Greece's 5 million-strong workforce, have staged repeated strikes since Athens asked the European Union and the International Monetary Fund for a €110 billion bailout last year.<br />
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Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths in central Athens today, where thousands of striking state sector workers marched against cuts the government says are needed to save the nation from bankruptcy. <br />
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A small number of youths broke up marble paving slabs and hurled the chunks of rock at police in full riot gear, who responded by firing tear gas grenades.<br />
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Hundreds of thousands of Greek state workers are staging a 24-hour general strike in protest at their government's €6.6bn austerity plan.<br />
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In Athens' airport, more than 400 domestic and international flights have been cancelled, an airport spokeswoman said.</blockquote> <br />
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Pictures show trouble already: A man covered in his own blood tries to escape from a group of protesters who attacked him during a protest in Syntagma Square in Athens after accusing him of being a fascist.<br />
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Better stream with commentry in many languages including englishhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2843702011-10-05T14:44:50+00:00greek streamCALLS of barbaric attacks by police again against peaceful protesters. OBVIOUSLY...CALLS of barbaric attacks by police again against peaceful protesters. OBVIOUSLY dont want Syntagma square occupied and camped in again... like #OCCUPYWALLSTREET... that might prove too much for Greece<br />
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LIVE STREAM click here - <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6gf98vc" title="http://tinyurl.com/6gf98vc">http://tinyurl.com/6gf98vc</a><br />
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Reporter is now shouting "They beat up our colleagues. They are trying to arrest colleagues"<br />
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Greek Riot Police attacked with sticks and teargasses INSIDE #syntagma metro station<br />
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Young man wounded by riot cop when invaded metro from nat garden. 2nd invasion during 1st aid.<br />
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(BBC) In pictures: Greek general strike<br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15178759" title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15178759">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15178759</a><br />
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Athens braced for 'mother of all strikes' - 48 HOURS + cops fired gas alreadyhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2849652011-10-19T12:36:07+00:00Greeks resist
Athens braced for 'mother of all strikes'
Thousands of riot
police are bei...<div>
<h1>Athens braced for 'mother of all strikes'</h1>
<p>Thousands of riot
police are being rushed to Athens ahead of what one Greek daily has
dubbed 'the mother of all strikes' – a 48-hour stoppage with a pledge by
unions to flood the capital with protesters<br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/18/greece-awaits-mother-of-all-strikes" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/18/greece-awaits-mother-of-all-strikes">http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/18/greece-a...rikes</a></p><p>LIVE STREAM AT <a href="http://www.livestream.com/stopcarteltvgr" title="http://www.livestream.com/stopcarteltvgr">http://www.livestream.com/stopcarteltvgr</a> <br></p><p>TWITTER: <strong><strong>#Greece </strong></strong><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3con4uf&nbsp" title="http://tinyurl.com/3con4uf&nbsp">http://tinyurl.com/3con4uf </a>; </b><strong><strong><br></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>#19ogr </strong></strong><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3atu4v4" title="http://tinyurl.com/3atu4v4">http://tinyurl.com/3atu4v4</a></b></p><p>English updates via OCCUPIED LONDON</p><h2>Live updates from the General Strike, day one – October 19</h2><a href="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/10/19/live-updates-from-the-general-strike-day-one-october-19/" title="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/10/19/live-updates-from-the-general-strike-day-one-october-19/">http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/10/19/live-upda...r-19/</a><br><br><p>14.09 PM At least 10,000 protesters in Heraklion on Crete Island; attacks on
banks and a police car were reported. In Agrinio nearly 3,000 people
attended the gathering in Irinis Square. Also, in Trikala about 30
anarchists took to the streets, other cities had marches.</p>1.51 PM (GREEK TIME) A few minutes ago, police used extensively tear gas and shock
grenades in front of the plexiglass/metal wall that blockades Vas Sofias
Av. the avenue next to th parliament, people were pushed away due to
the chemical gas.<br><br><p><br></p>
</div>"we are not the irish, we will resist"http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2849662011-10-19T12:48:39+00:00Greeks resistLocal shopkeepers have also shut down today in Greece saying "closed for 1 day s...Local shopkeepers have also shut down today in Greece saying "closed for 1 day so as not closed down forever"LATEST:14.34 PM The first burning barricades are up high on Akadimias. Riot police are blocking entrance to Syntagma from there.14.31 PM Clashes in Akadimias st. and clashes in front of banks next
the university Refectory in Panepistimiou st. People in Syntagma are
moving, flooding the Unkown Soldier Monument, shock grenades sound all
around Syntagma but people are not sure where exactly they come from.BBC report at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15362678" title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15362678">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15362678</a> (gggrrrr, this new imc-ie text type)<br>'where next'...?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2849672011-10-19T13:06:15+00:00opus diablosIt asks at the top of the thread.Right now the empire has landed home to Dale Fa...It asks at the top of the thread.<br><br>Right now the empire has landed home to Dale Farm. can someone more techno-capable open a thread with links?<br>this just landedhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2849752011-10-19T15:34:08+00:00opus diablosseems relevant, even if its trans-ponding a bit..http://www.globalresearch.ca/in...seems relevant, even if its trans-ponding a bit..<br><br><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27110" title="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27110">http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27110</a><br><br><br>Greetk protesters reach parliament steps and set fire to a sentry boxhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2849832011-10-19T20:10:25+00:00Greeks resistStrike brings Greece to standstillhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2...Strike brings Greece to standstill<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1019/breaking3.html" title="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1019/breaking3.html">http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1019/....html</a><br><br>For the first time since the outbreak of the crisis two years ago,
protesters pushed up to the steps of the parliament building itself,
setting fire to a sentry box occupied by the ceremonial guards who stand
watch over the main symbols of the Greek state.Black-clad demonstrators hurled stones and fire bombs at police in
front of the Greek parliament today as tens of thousands rallied for a
nationwide general strike to coincide with a vote on painful new
austerity measures.<br><br>RT vids:<br><br>Greek anger over new austerity measures and layoffs erupted into
violence outside parliament on Wednesday, as demonstrators hurled chunks
of marble and gasoline bombs and riot police responded with tear gas
and stun grenades that echoed across Athens' main square. Police said at
least 14 officers were hospitalised with injuries, and at least three
journalists covering the demonstrations sustained minor injuries. <br><br>Greek Battlefield: Video of Athens clashes with police<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSi0iNIaRLU" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSi0iNIaRLU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSi0iNIaRLU</a><br>More video of fierce battles in Athens<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5CbJdQvCQ" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5CbJdQvCQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5CbJdQvCQ</a>Greek protester re day 2 of the 48 hour strike: The day of the vote will be the day we resisthttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2849902011-10-20T09:33:50+00:00Angry GREEKSGreek protester talking about yesterday, day 1 of the 48 hour strike: "Tod...Greek protester talking about yesterday, day 1 of the 48 hour strike: "Today is the practice run. The day of the vote will be the day we resist."<br><br>"Those who are really responsible for this crisis, the rich, the tax
evaders, the 300 people who sit in that parliament, have never been made
to pay," said a contract worker in the public sector who gave his name
only as Giorgos. "Sadly I think the time has come for blood to be shed.
Every time we protest peacefully more cuts are made and they are always
at the expense of workers. As one of our great singers said, it's only
with fire and knives that men progress. People will have to die if we
are going to stop these dreadful policies."<br><br>Report from the Guardian about yesterday:<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>Greece erupts as police clash with thousands marching on parliament<br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/19/athens-police-clash-marching-parliament" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/19/athens-police-clash-marching-parliament">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/19/athens-poli...ament</a><br><br>Todays article:<br><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Greek parliament prepares for austerity vote as protests rock Athens<br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/20/greek-parliament-austerity-vote-protests" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/20/greek-parliament-austerity-vote-protests">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/20/greek-parli...tests</a><br><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br>Greece's
lawmakers are to vote on intensely unpopular new measures needed to
secure continued payment from an international bailout fund as the
country remains paralysed by a two-day general strike.<p>Protesters
headed to Syntagma Square outside the Greek parliament in Athens, while
one Communist-party-backed union vowed to encircle parliament in an
attempt to prevent lawmakers from accessing the building for the vote on
the spending cuts and tax hikes required by Greece's international
creditors.</p><p>The bill won initial approval in a vote Wednesday
night, and deputies are now to vote on the details, which include the
suspension on reduced pay of 30,000 public servants and the suspension
of collective labour contracts.</p><br>How the day unfolded:<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>Clashes in Greece as strikes begin - Wednesday 19 October 2011<br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2011/oct/19/european-debt-crisis-shares-rally" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2011/oct/19/european-debt-crisis-shares-rally">http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2011/oct/19/eur...rally</a><br><br>Athens Protest & Tear Gas - Live Blogging<br><a href="http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2011/10/19/athens-protests-tear-gas-live-blogging-in-e-oct-19-2011/" title="http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2011/10/19/athens-protests-tear-gas-live-blogging-in-e-oct-19-2011/">http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2011/10/19/athens-prot...2011/</a><br><br>VIDS:<br><br>Long list from indymedia athens: <a href="http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1343505" title="http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1343505">http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_...43505</a><br><br>Euronews: <span class="">Parliament debates as Athens burns
</span><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSiVl1eScM4" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSiVl1eScM4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSiVl1eScM4</a><br><span class="long-title"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
RT: </span>Protesters on Fire: More video of fierce battles in Athens<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5CbJdQvCQ" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5CbJdQvCQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5CbJdQvCQ</a><br></span><span class="long-title"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>First video of Athens night clashes as Greece fights austerity<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQuk_yKi78" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQuk_yKi78">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQuk_yKi78</a><br></span><h1>
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</h1><br><div><br><br></div><br><br>Follow day 2 of 48 hour strike on TWITTER: #20ogrhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876#comment2849922011-10-20T09:48:15+00:00Greeks resistFollow todays events as they unfold on TWITTER: #20ogrhttp://tinyurl.com/6zqcv7b...<span>Follow todays events as they unfold on TWITTER: </span><strong><strong>#20ogr</strong></strong><span><br></span><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6zqcv7b" title="http://tinyurl.com/6zqcv7b">http://tinyurl.com/6zqcv7b</a></b><br><span><br>Greece braces for second day of unrest
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<span class="">(Al Jazeera)</span><br><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2011/10/201110207230500592.html" title="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2011/10/201110207230500592.html">http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2011/10/2011102072....html</a><br><br>inlcuding vid: <span class="">First day of Greek strikes ends violently
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