Greece: General Strike demonstrations lead to pitched battles

Greece: General Strike demonstration, Athens, 11 March 2010

from libcom via mw, updated 12 March 2010: “Battle Ground Athens: Second general strike leads to pitched battles… More than 150,000 people took to the streets of Athens against the austerity measures in a mass protest march that has led to extended battles in the Greek capital.

On Thursday March 11 all of Greece came to a 24 hour standstill as a result of the second general strike to be called within less than a month (not the third as reported by foreign media, as the first strike in February only concerned the public sector)…” more