Greek parliament physically defended by communist party

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In another event I never thought I would see in my life time,

Had it not been for militants from the immensely disciplined communist party forming a human chain around the parliament, it is likely that the seething mass would have attempted to storm the building early on. As it was, clashes broke out as soon as riot police started firing tear gas to keep the crowds at bay with hundreds of protesters physically pushing their way up to the great marble steps of the parliament building itself.

The Greeks are pushing back hard.

Running reportage here.

In his office at the almost deserted university, maths professor Leonidas Pitsoulis said it was becoming increasingly difficult to see a way out of the situation politically. "In the past, this kind of crisis might have led to a coup d'etat," he said.

"Now it's hard to see what's going to happen. What's plain is that we need a whole new system in this country. The old one is too rotten to be fixed while it's still in place. We need to completely reboot, start again from scratch. Everybody understands that, I think. But it's difficult to see how it can happen politically."

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Re: Greek parliament physically defended by communist party

I never trusted them!
After the riots in the 80's........i er.....tried to contact "certain" groups......we got a meeting in a pub sorted & i was expecting to find Fidel/Che..........what i found was white middleclass mummys boy whom wanted to shout....i think he was gay as well.

We left quickly when they tried to suss our names.

Mike

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Re: Greek parliament physically defended by communist party

They were probably police.