In the past two days, local residents of the area of Keratea in Attica (Greater Athens) have been engaged in a fierce battle with riot police (MAT). The riot police are there to protect the construction of a waste burial site (HITA). Such burial sites have not only been judged to be illegal by European courts but additionally, the site in Keratea is of archeological significance.
On Saturday, riot police arrived at the site to protect the ongoing construction works from the enraged locals. Clashes quickly erupted, with locals attacking the police with sticks, stones and scores of molotov cocktails. The police responded with tear gas while for the first time ever in Greece, water cannons also made their appearance. On Sunday evening, gunshots were aimed in the direction of the police from nearby hills.
Photos from Sunday’s clashes and corporate news video footage:
At the same time, Athens is gearing up for what seems to be the largest general strike in a while. Tomorrow, the discussion over the new labour law will be commence in parliament. The law, expected to be voted in by Tuesday,will override the collective working sector agreements and allow bosses to set individual contracts instead. The law will also waive the number of workers that bosses are allowed to fire, along with the compensation that they must pay them. Corporate newspapers have dubbed this a “Taiwan model” for Greece.
The General Strike, called for Wednesday 15.12, is expected to be one of the largest the country has seen in a while. Workers in Public Transport will be on strike for the best part of the week; transportation will be available before and after the strike demonstration on Wednesday however, to facilitate people’s participation to the demo.
More news on the preparations for the strike will be published here over the next few days.
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Some may remember last year’s similiar fight for weeks in Grammatiko (North East of Athens) when the pigs tried to make public think protesters there started the huge wildfires in august. Later on the conflict went offline, here are some details…
http://landfillsgrece.blogspot.com/2009/08/fight-of-small-greek-village-to.html
THE GREEKS KNOW THE TRUTH THEIR GOVERNMENT IS AS CORRUPT AND WORTHLESS AS OURS. THE NWO MUST BE STOPPED NOW.
Seems we can always look to Greece for heroes.
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