http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/greece-in-turmoil-ii Comments for "What is happening in Greece? , openDemocracy " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/greece-in-turmoil-ii <ul> <li>Editor <a href="/blog/2008/12/12/sources-of-rage-nikos-konstandaras">Nikos Konstandaras</a> points to the State&#39;s double humiliation: it killed an innocent; it failed to contain street violence.</li> <li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7771628.stm">Malcolm Brabant</a> at the BBC describes the culture of protest that has grown up in the Greek polytechnics since 1973. </li> <li><a href="/article/greece-in-turmoil-riots-and-politics">Kostas Gemenis</a> asks why a romanticisation of self-styled anarchist political violence  has survived in Greece longer than anywhere else in Europe: there ought to have been reform of both education and police.</li> <li>The AP reports spreading <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hOJuFJaHKzesQ2L6lRnfBKvHouiAD950J0VG0">anarchist-style violence</a> in Spain, France and Denmark. </li> <li><a href="/blog/admin/2008/12/11/under-the-lid-corruption-media-manipulation-and-protest">Giorgos Markakis</a> offers an angry, tactical interpretation of events from the perspective of an opposition activist. </li> <li>London-based journalist  <a href="/blog/teo-kermeliotis/2008/12/12/when-pessimism-turns-to-protest">Teo Kermeliotis</a> echoes Gemenis in emphasising the frustration felt by highly qualified young Greeks in the face of nepotism and corruption.</li> <li>Alexis,  <a href="/blog/alexis-s/2008/12/12/eyewitness-from-thessaloniki">a young protester</a>  from Thessaloniki watches the take-over of peaceful protests by violent extremists. </li> </ul> <div class="rating-item"><div class="rating" id="rating_mean_47012"><div class="rating-intro"><span class="rating-intro-text">Average rating</span></div><div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div><div class="num-votes">(<span id="rating_num_votes_47012">1</span> vote)</div></div><form action="/crss/node/47012" method="post" id="rating_form_47012" class="rating" title="Rating: 1.0"> <div><div class="form-item"> <label for="rating_options_47012">Rate this: </label> <select name="edit[rating]" class="form-select rating-options" title="Rate this" id="rating_options_47012" ><option value="0">---</option><option value="100">Excellent!</option><option value="80">Great!</option><option value="60">Good</option><option value="40">Quite good</option><option value="20" selected="selected">Not so great</option></select> </div> <input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="47012" /> <input type="submit" name="op" value="Submit" class="form-submit" /> <input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-rating-form-47012" value="rating_form_47012" /> </div></form> </div> http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/greece-in-turmoil-ii#comment europe democracy &amp; power Creative Commons normal openDemocracy politics of protest the politics of protest Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:57:12 +0000 47012 at http://www.opendemocracy.net