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| Greek protesters seize finance ministry |
| 2011-06-03 |
| I think I can feel a Military Junta coming on. Greek protesters have taken over the finance ministry building in Athens as the country agreed with its European partners to introduce new austerity measures in return for a new bailout package. Protesters belonging to the left-wing The All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) union unfolded a giant banner from the roof of the finance ministry building on the central Syntagma square, calling for a nationwide strike against the new austerity measures that the government agreed to take in return for the new bailout package. "From dawn today forces of PAME 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. Angry 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 modelled after the Spanish M-15 movement and the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Greek protesters have taken over the finance ministry building in Athens "Where's the money? This is the finance building - there's supposed to be money here!" |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-06-03 23:02 |
| #1 Protesting to keep being lazy and not shore up the leaks to keep your financial ship from sinking. Stop bailing out the fuckers and cut off all aid. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-06-03 16:18 |