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thepeoplesrecord:

fromgreecetoanarchy:

Video from today’s massive protest in Athens, Greece and the subsequent clashes with the Riot Police when the latter provoked the demonstrators.

General strikes today from Greece to India! Workers of the world really can transform this globally connected society! I wish there was more I could do to support the conscious social movements of the world.

The social crisis in Greece leads to rising fascism; European Day of Action against austerity on 14 November; Defending the right to strike in Kenya; the link between banana plantations and supermarkets; the US election.

#14N   #14NHuelgaInternacional15M  #Austerity

CGT - RESPIRA. CONFEDERACIÒN GENERAL DEL TRABAJO

14-N Huelga Internacional. #14NHuelgaInternacional15M — INTERNATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE 14 NOVEMBER 2012 AGAINST THE FINANCIAL MARKETS AND EUROPEAN AUSTERITY AND PRIVATIZATION POLICIES

Golden Dawn and the deafening silence of Europehttp://roarmag.org/2012/10/golden-dawn-european-union-silence/

One day it may … be considered one of history’s greatest ironies that, as EU leaders were busy deciding who would collect its Nobel Prize for “the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights,” those same leaders remained woefully silent when a recent survey indicated that the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party now polls third in Greece, at 14 percent — a showing comparable to that of Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers’ Party in 1930, three years before rising to power and setting the world on course for WWII.

Also: Golden Dawn glows amid Greece gloomhttp://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/10/2012102572921214294.html

Rising unemployment on the back of financial crisis allows far-right party to win supporters by targeting immigrants.

“A Political Implosion”: Anti-Austerity Parties Win Historic French and Greek Elections (by democracynow)

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“Voters in Europe have supported anti-austerity candidates in landmark victories. In France’s presidential election, Francois Hollande was elected as the first Socialist to lead France in 17 years. Greek citizens rejected two parties in parliamentary elections that had pledged to enact harsh international bailout measures. Meanwhile, Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party could enter parliament for the first time.”

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leftliberty:

It is a night that will be remembered for burning buildings and  scenes of mayhem in Athens while politicians passed the controversial  rescue programme aimed at averting Greece’s economic collapse.
As  more than 40 buildings went up in flames, including two historic  cinemas and several banks, Athens city centre was left resembling a war  zone with cafes and shops smashed and looted as MPs backed the austerity  measures by 199 votes to 74 in the single most important ballot in  modern Greek history.
The chaos dominated one of the stormiest  debates seen in the Greek parliament as MPs argued over a raft of strict  measures demanded in return for international aid. Clashes were also  reported in Thessaloniki, Patras, Corfu and Crete.
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leftliberty:

It is a night that will be remembered for burning buildings and scenes of mayhem in Athens while politicians passed the controversial rescue programme aimed at averting Greece’s economic collapse.

As more than 40 buildings went up in flames, including two historic cinemas and several banks, Athens city centre was left resembling a war zone with cafes and shops smashed and looted as MPs backed the austerity measures by 199 votes to 74 in the single most important ballot in modern Greek history.

The chaos dominated one of the stormiest debates seen in the Greek parliament as MPs argued over a raft of strict measures demanded in return for international aid. Clashes were also reported in Thessaloniki, Patras, Corfu and Crete.

Read more

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kileyrae:

The debate over an austerity package in the Greek parliament was angry and at times impassioned, but the outcome seemed inevitable. Despite the withdrawal of a small coalition partner, the government still had the numbers needed to pass the bill.

It sets out 3.3 billion euros in wage, pension and job cuts this year alone – the price the Greeks must pay for thier 130 billion euro bailout from the EU and IMF. It is the country’s second since 2010.

Athens needs the international funds before March 20 to meet debt repayments of 14.5 billion euros, or suffer a chaotic default which could shake the entire euro zone, and probably force Greece out of the single currency. (euronews)

Raw Video: Greek Rioting Ahead of Austerity Vote (AP)