Anarchist and their flags in Greece.
Anarchists and their flags in the US.
Posted on 02/25/2009 5:34:02 PM PST by Blackyce
ATHENS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Greeks disgruntled by their country's economic woes ramped up protests against the government on Wednesday, shutting down airports and disrupting many public services.
Public schools and tax offices shut down, and services at ministries and public offices were suspended, as hundreds of workers marched to parliament with banners reading "No to pension reforms, privatisations and job cuts".
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They went ON STRIKE to protest a bad economy. Words fail.
They are clearly a bunch of government drones protesting the slowing of the slop in the trough.
Nevertheless, they have something to teach us !!!!!
Watch and learn !!!!!
They didn’t go out on strike to protest a bad economy. They used the bad economy as an excuse to take time off work.
I am ethnically Greek, and I’ve spent a lot of time in Greece, so I think I know what I’m talking about when I say this: a Greek strike means nothing. There have been nationwide (or worldwide, in the case of Olympic Airlines) strikes to coincide with something good on TV (particularly a soccer game), strikes against more government intervention, strikes against less government intervention, strikes to coincide with the end of winter, and more. Greeks in Greece (a VERY different group than Greeks in the States) just don’t wanna work, and they spend a lot of time on strike.
This, of course, improved the situation.... how?
That’ll show ‘em!
Interesting. Thanks for posting. Let’s see if this one becomes more widespread/frequent.
Well if we want President Hopenchange to stop giving away the billions, is this not one way to get attention. Worked like a charm in Thailand a couple of months ago. Whats wrong with it as a protest avenue?
The Greek state itself owes €10 billion (around £7.5 billion) to the pension funds.
Let me know how that works out for you...
Actually, I wonder if Greece is going to be the first country to leave the EU?
Watch how it’s done people.
My impression is that many of the hard-working and capable ones left for the US, leaving Greece full of lazy bums and crooks.
Greeks disgruntled by their country's economic woes... marched to parliament with banners reading "No to pension reforms, privatisations and job cuts".
Anarchist and their flags in Greece.
Anarchists and their flags in the US.
Yup. No hope for Greece.
Happening in Ireland as well. But actually, this may not be a reflection of what the general public thinks. Unions are good at marching people around. In fact, that’s all they’re good at.
The unions are still at it I see....
That’ll teach ‘em!
They are idiots, but I bet they are listened to more by their leaders than we.
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