Agamemnon wrote:
> Thousands join annual Athens student uprising march to US embassy
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> Nov 17, 2007, 16:06 GMT
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> Athens - Thousands of demonstrators braved heavy rain in Athens Saturday
> to join an annual march to the US Embassy to mark the anniversary of a
> bloody student uprising more than 30 years ago.
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> Some 10,000 people took to the streets for the march from the
> Polytechnic University - site of the 1973 uprising against the then-
> ruling military dictator****p - towards the American Embassy. There was a
> similar march in the northern ****t city of Thessaloniki.
I was a kid then but will never forget the fear of the adults to speak
their mind. Thank goodness those times are gone in Greece but
unfortunately still prevail in neighboring country Turkey.
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> Nearly 8,000 riot police initially took up positions outside the
> embassy, government buildings and the university in preparation for the
> march which has sparked riots in recent years. The security was later
> scaled back owing to the heavy rain.
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> Dozens of people died when the military junta sent tanks into the
> university to put down the revolt 35 years ago, which many believe was
> backed by the US.
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> In recent years, the demonstrations have often escalated into riots
> between hooded anarchists, armed with stones and petrol bombs, and riot
> police.
Those people who claim to be anarchists are not anarchist. They are
chaot's. Chaos is not anarchy. They claim to fight the order of the
state but by meaningless violence they enforce the order of the state.
I do remember frustrated, chaotic youngsters from my youth.
What they need is to move out of the town for a few months.
Those people ( who commit meaningless destruction ) are a symptom of
concrete city and are not political.
More youth houses could calm the youth down and contribute also to more
democracy.
I was a part of the youth movement when I was young.
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