Greek Protest Ends in Violence

Greek police fire teargas to disperse rioting youths, after thousands march through Athens yesterday. They are commemorating the November 1973 student uprising that was later crushed by the military junta that formerly ruled the country.

Thousands of people beat drums and chant slogans like education, security, work. Anti-war and anti-police protesters also participated, and these groups expressed grievances over the economy and education.

The youths attacked riot police with stones, set fire to bins and destroyed cars on Athens' Alexandras Avenue.

The annual march marks the uprising at the Athens Polytechnic University. Dozens died when tanks rolled through the school gates and surrounding streets.

The revolt heralded the end of dictatorship. Shops closed and traffic stalled, as the march, led by a blood-stained flag, passed through the city before heading to the U.S. embassy.

Self-proclaimed anarchists usually trail the march and clash with police. This year, a group of anarchists dressed in black held a banner reading "Remember, Remember the 6th of December" to mark the police shooting of a teenager and a violent uprising in Athens last year.

Police say they have arrested one youth and detained 12 other youths for carrying petrol bombs and pelting rocks at police.

Thirteen officers and one protester were injured.

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[21yannisath]

@joshv89

They are fighting to eliminate dickheads like you ...

[abarzilai664]

No Greek protest is complete without the obligatory riot LOL.

[jonis3092]

@dervit Can't tell if trolling or just very,very fucking stupid. Probably the latter.

[AnotherVoiceless]

Also, @joshv89

What's wrong with communism other than other people telling you it's bad?

Carl Marx, the one who invented communism, only had good intensions, and he thought this way of government would bring fairness, equality, respect, and happiness to all "the little poor people". True Communism is about sharing and evenly distributing, and above all, no class system.

Communism is no worse or better than any other government in the right or wrong hands.

[AnotherVoiceless]

@dervit

Yes, trashing their own neighborhoods,

because they own their neighborhoods, right?

because they run their neighborhoods, right?

because they can get a good education in their neighborhoods, right?

because they can live healthy in their neighborhoods, right?

because it's so easy to survive with so many luxuries in their neighbor hood, right?

because they get so much respect in their neighborhoods, right?

Grow up, it's not the same as you're neighborhood. And it isn't Theirs.

[joshv89]

@21yannisath

Well from what iv seen in this clip many of them are marching for communism

[joshv89]

There are people marching for communism? Are these people stupid?

[ellinaras150]

remember remember the 6th of december! xaxa to exw 3exasei kiolas!!