Protest in Athens Greece 5th May 2010 Bella Ciao

BBC News:

At least three people have been killed in the Greek capital as protesters set fire to a bank during a general strike over planned austerity measures.

The bodies were found inside the Marfin Bank in Athens. The Greek prime minister said it was a "murderous act".

The protest became violent, with petrol bombs thrown at police, who responded with pepper spray and tear gas.

Protesters are angered by spending cuts and tax rises planned in return for a 110bn euro (£95bn) bail-out for Greece.

A police spokesman said the three victims - two women and a man - were among 20 people working in the Marfin bank branch on Stadiou Avenue in central Athens when the petrol bomb was thrown.

Most of the employees managed to escape the fumes as the flames took hold.

But three found their way blocked as they tried to escape to the roof and they suffocated.

"We took 15 minutes to get to the site because it was very difficult to get there," said fire brigade spokesman Panayiotis Falaras.

He said another five people had been rescued from the building's balcony.

Parliament is to vote on the measures by the end of the week. They include wage freezes, pension cuts and tax rises. They aim to achieve fresh budget cuts of 30bn euros over three years, with the goal of cutting Greece's public deficit to less than 3% of GDP by 2014. It currently stands at 13.6%.

As the demonstration gained momentum, a group of protesters rushed up a flight of steps at the parliament building in Syntagma Square, taunting MPs to come out and calling them "thieves".

Riot police forced them back, but right next to parliament, other groups set buildings on fire - including a department of the finance ministry in charge of the the austerity programme, as well as an office of the Athens prefecture.

Prime Minister George Papandreou told MPs in parliament: "Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder. Violence breeds violence."

Singer of this version is Lidija Percan.

Lyrics
Una mattina mi son svegliato,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
Una mattina mi son svegliato,
e ho trovato l'invasor.
O partigiano, portami via,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
O partigiano, portami via,
ché mi sento di morir.
E se io muoio da partigiano,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
E se io muoio da partigiano,
tu mi devi seppellir.
E seppellire lassù in montagna,
o bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!
E seppellire lassù in montagna,
sotto l'ombra di un bel fior.

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[vabalab]

The awakening of the world will -once more- start from Greece. The mass movement is becoming gigantic here in the cradle of democracy and liberty.

[djderap]

I want to say to all comrades : I love you, all of you, from all my heart.

You're the reason why I still alive. You are the ones I think about when I'm sad, depressed, and feeling hopeless. You are a kind of platonic familly that I will always love, even if I don't know you individually, and even if I never meet you in my life.

Never forget that we are millions worldwide

Never forget that we are winning

Never forget that you're alive

Never forget that a day, you will dream again !

[anaposavski]

POWER TO THE PEOPLE! THANK YOU GREECE! VIVA LA LIBERTA!

[Tha8sorrow]

STUPID DIVIDED IGNORANTS YOU D ONT SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WORLD SINCE 2000 YEARS DIVISION THEY DIVIDE POEPLE CREATE PROBLEMS (WAR VIRUS POLITACAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS) THEY USE YOU RE IGNORANCE TO HAVE POWER THEY TREAT YOU LIKE A SIMPLE CONSUMER (LIKE A SHIT THEN)

LOVE ALL HUMANS UNITY MAKE FREEDOM MAKE JOY AND GIVE U SMILE

AGAINST THE SAVAGE CAPITALISM AGAINST THE DIVISION 1 SOLUTION RE-EVOLUTION

[panagiwtis27]

@realbraf ignorant asshole...

[lincolniteron]

These white shoe boys received a free plane ride and a stake dinner and yet they will not fix anything. When you have a big monitory loss the rich will not pay for their sins so they look at the little man's pocket to rob. We have had it with this system and they will not get the bucks form us. “Global Economy”, was a fifty-cent word to rob the working man's job, assets and his land. The rich get richer! The one who has the money makes the rules and put the one without money into slavery.

[analphabet118]

@realbraf omfg what an insight in political economy