Sacbee awesome images of the debt-riots in Greece

[TalkingDog]

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2010/03/riots-in-greece-over-debt-cris.html

No text, but the images speak for themselves.

[villager]

1. "A riot is an ugly thing. And I think it is just about time that we had one!"

--Kenneth Mars in "Young Frankenstein"

[TalkingDog]

6. I don't know who the photographer is, but man....

I don't think I've seen too much like this in American riot reporting.

[villager]

2. Wow -- Greek WWII resistance fighter attacked by police, during riots:

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Whjat does Greek citizens not wanting to pay higher taxes have to do with...

invading Nazi armies?

(This could be us, or any other developed country, if we keep cutting taxes and raising benefits.)

[villager]

7. It was in the caption at the site -- the guy getting gassed by police

..is a Greek politician and former resistance fighter..

and yes, it could (will?) be us...!

[TalkingDog]

9. I think it was more about how big and brass the old guys balls must be

rather than a discussion of invading armies.

If he was a resistance fighter in WWII, even if he was in his teens, then that would put him in his 70's now. I don't know too many 70 y.o. who are going to go out and get truncheoned, especially in the US.


on edit. Other than that, agreed. It may well be us if things don't improve.....

[xchrom]

3. Recommend

[G_j]

4. amazing pictures! must have been frightening to take them:

Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest outside the Greek parliament in Athens on March 5.

[dchill]

8. K&R

The cradle of Democracy.

[lunatica]

10. And people here want to see this in our streets

The thugs beat up the people who I didn't see had any weapons, not even a stick to fight back and the criminals are all safe and sound sending out the thugs. How does that help?

It's the criminals who need to be confronted. Not their thugs who only do one thing. Beat on and gas and push unarmed civilians who are protesting and then they say the people rioted.

[L0oniX]

12. IMO ...the police (robbots) are complicit in the crimes of the leaders.

Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them. - Abbie Hoffman

[L0oniX]

11. K & R ...at least the people there have some guts ...unlike here.

[DemReadingDU]

13. What happens when unemployment compensation can't be extended?

What happens when lots of people are hungry, and they have no money nor food stamps?

Desperate people will do desperate things.
:(


slightly changed title

[lunatica]

14. Yeah, it takes a lot of guts to be beaten on by thugs armed to the teeth

while you have nothing but your bare hands. Real guts that.