A-Infos (en) Greece: standoffs with police on anniversary of student revolt

17th of November is the day where the student revolt against the dictatorship in 
Athens, Greece in 1973 is being commemorated. The 3days festivities lead to a 
march at the streets of every city in Greece but mainly in central Athens where 
a usually massive march is organized towards the American embassy that is being 
blamed of co-operating and imposing the junta at the time. ---- Like every other 
year the police measures are suppressive to an extreme length while this year 
almost 8.500 cops or more were guarding a march of 15.000 people focused 
particularly around the black block. Several days before, the police through the 
mass media was trying once again to deter people from joining the protest 
especially fearing solidarity actions and reactions to the more than 7.000 
prisoners on hunger strike demanding humane living conditions inside prisons 
while since the beginning of the hunger strike every day and night dozens of 
solidarity attacks took place by anarchists against mainly state targets and 
banks continuously injuring the police image or at least that's how they media 
portrayed it.

On that day the center of Athens reminded of a city under siege by the police 
whether in uniform or undercover performing continuous searches on passers by 
and blocking all the subway exits. Athens was looking like being under a 
military dictatorship regime once again, a fact that didn't deter anarchists 
from joining the protest or even the heavy rain which was pouring throughout the 
protest, the contrary, while the biggest black block in years was formed 
consisting of approximately 2.000 or more. Throughout the whole protest the 
hundreds of riot police cops encircled the block tightly, which in turn fueled 
the passion of anarchists shouting solidarity and anti-police slogans.

Regardless of the heavily guarded black block and embassy when they reached the 
final destination due to the suppressive and provocative police attitude the 
protest turned into a riot while bottles, stones, fireworks and several petrol 
bombs were hurled against the riot police reminding people that a dictatorship 
wearing a democratic mask is still a dictatorship.

BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7734817.stm

Video remix: http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926333

Videos and Photos:
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926158 (Athens)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=925838#925930 (Athens)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926102 (Athens)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926175 (Athens)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926437#926438 (Athens)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=925984 (Larisa)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=925855#927190 (Larisa)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926324#926693 
(Heraklion Crete)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926276 (Heraklion Crete)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926765 (Chania Crete)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926299 (Chania Crete)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926710 (Chania Crete)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=927237 (Kalamata)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926129 (Serres)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926283 (Patra)
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926373#926404 (Ioannina)
http://adakiprus.blogspot.com/ (Nicosia Cyprus)
https://athens.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=926856 (around Greece)
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/11/3...
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