Journalist Stacy Herbert is tweeting from the protests in Athens, Greece.
Some background info on the protests, via Greek News agency ANA-MPA:
Thousands of Athenians were flocking to central Syntagma Square and the surrounding streets in downtown Athens from early Wednesday morning in the 22nd consecutive day of protests by the Indignants’ Movement, with the aim of encircling parliament.
Also via BBC News:
“Tramps, police informers, journalists!” That’s the chant of the front line of the protest and since my cameraman and I are the only journalists here it is aimed at us.
The protestors are taking a break from insulting the riot cops lined up in front; a woman tugs my arm and says, “Get out of here”.
The media is the target here in Syntagma Square for two reasons. First, because the people here believe the Greek media have sided totally with what they call “Big Capital”.
And Costas Douzinas for Comment is free @ guardian.co.uk:
When Stéphane Hessel wrote in Time for Outrage! that indignation with injustice should turn to “a peaceful insurrection” perhaps he did not expect that the movement of indignados in Spain and aganaktismenoi (outraged) in Greece would take his advice to heart so soon and so spectacularly.
The Greek resistance to the catastrophic economic measures was expected. Throughout modern history the Greeks have resisted foreign occupation and domestic dictatorship with determination and sacrifice. The measures imposed by the IMF, EU and European Central Bank with the full accord, if not invitation, of the Greek government, have led to 11 one-day general strikes, numerous regional strikes and imaginative acts of resistance. […]
Three weeks ago, things changed. A motley multitude of indignant men and women of all ideologies, ages, occupations, including the many unemployed, began occupying Syntagma – the central square of Athens opposite parliament; the area around White Tower in Thessaloniki; and public spaces in other major cities.
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