Raw video - Athens Riot 15/12/10

Greece stages it's seventh general strike this year following harsh austerity measures which have been put in place to try and take the country out of it's soaring debt.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered around Sydagma square and marched past parliament to voice their anger about the current economic situation. Many where chanting "No Sacrifice for the rich" and walls were graffitied with slogans reading "Eat the rich" and "Occupy Athens, London, Rome" in reference to recent violent protests in other European capitals.
Protesters fought running street battles with riot police and explosives where heard across athens.
The riots where dubbed the worst in Greece in the past two years.
A hotel near to parliament was fire bombed and some cars where set ablaze. Later the conflict took place at the Politechnio university where police are forbidden to enter following a dictatorship which lead to a student revolt in 1973. The university has become a stronghold for Anarchists in Athens.
Some protesters vowed that the riots on 15th December where a taste of things to come next year.

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[zodiacchiller]

respect to the Greek citizens

[Chem1Crew]

@Korvan1993 i am pretty sure the riot police are the ones that come in and start knocking people mercilessly.... the cops always start it. and thats a fucking fact. and people will fight back.

[TheSign92]

4:16 ..Μπάτσος στον μπάτσο: ''ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΕ ΡΕ ΜΑΛΑΚΑ !!''

[diptdipt]

The devil is losing and at the end will be judged for all the crimes. Live at the full in the freedom of GOD (praying in a right form, following the INSTRUCTIONS in the Bible - keeping the 10 commandments - including keeping the Saturday as the 7th day etc.) instead of in the incapacity and deception of devil. Jesus Christ is the savior, love and hope.

[SuunnatonL]

BesT riot video that i have ever seen.. go GREECE

[electricrailwaygod]

I AM NOT GOING TO WATCH YOUR GOD DAMN VIDEOS! THIS COPYRIGHT LUNACY HAS GOT TO CEASE! TO PUT YOUR STUPID COPYGUARD RIGHT IN THE C E N T R E OF THE FRAME IS JUST BEYOND REPROACH! hOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SEE THE GOD DAMN VIDEO WITH YOUR LITTLE STUPID EGO RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE? STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!

[HeadHunteR1988]

@Cata018 What a conformist looser scum.

[MrJens1909]

never give up, fight back for your self!

[TheVidalis]

respect , best scenes i ever seen . i know how dangerous it is . take a look at my video of 17 of noevember

[BroncWarrior12]

Go Mr. Bean!!!! 4:53

[rw5791]

@antifadimos everybody knew by 1943 the war was over for the nazi's. Churchill is more worried about greek communists and the ussr than about the nazi's.

How can greece be allowed to fall into hands of stalin?It's not possible to imagine.Greece is the birthplace of democracy 2000 years ago.

So why u talk about communism? If u were a true greek u would be a monarcho-fachist like in the mountain brigade and in 1967 government.Those were the real greece,like sparta even before Jesus was born.

[antifadimos]

@rw5791 greek communist rebels did n't plan to take over the country,they could have done it but they preferred to go to elections.Surely they would win because they were the only who was fighting against nazi occupation and they had the majority of the people on their side,while the conservative anticommunist politicians and other were collaborating with the occupators.It was the same asholes who collaborated with british and americans later.btw capitalism sucks.