Vicious assault by riot police during Greek general strike
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Thursday March 16, 2006 01:23
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Greek general strike on 15th March led to the following
VICIOUS ASSAULT ON WORKERS POWER BLOCK BY RIOT POLICE DURING GREEK GENERAL STRIKE-15th March 2006
Τhe provocative and murderous assault of the riot police against the Ergatiki Exousia-Workers Power in the demonstration called by the Greek Trade Union GSEE-ADEDY just before Sintagma Square constitutes a link in the chain of repression and the democracy of the policemans baton
Nothing new here. The young riot cops believe that with police clubs and violence and their terrorism they can dampen the fighting spirit of the labour movement. Despite the vicious assault which our block encountered we continued the demo until the end, with slogans against state terrorism, slogans which the whole demo adopted, with the final slogan being “police out of demos”. Something which finally occurred under the pressure of the demonstration.
The cdes (those of which we know) who have ended up in hospital Genimatas are the following
Cde Kiriakos Vasalos member of the central council of teaching union in Piraeus was injured viciously with a broken hand and injuries to the head.
Chris T. 68 year old pensioner member of the League of Tortured-Imprisoned-Exiled victims of the Junta was injured viciously with a broken arm and nose as well as other injuries.
Cde. KK electrician from the Skaramaga shipyards
Cde GP a telecoms worker
Cde. GM a student
Each one of them are undergoing medical tests. The government of capital, of poverty and unemployment finds recourse only in brute oppression.
The want to impose a society of the stillness of the graveyard. The servants of the capitalists are being guarded with terror laws, anticommunist statutes and preventative judicial trials against militants.
The violence of the state of capitalists will be replied on the streets. It will be answered with even more decisive struggles of the oppresses which will bury the decaying society and its praetorian guards.
Communist League-Ergatiki Exousia
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During a General Strike called by the Greek TUC and Public Sector Union-ADEDY the police attacked, in a vicious assault, which led to many injuries (including an operation) a group of striking workers and pensioners at the end of the march.
Having been confronted over recent bankworkers strikes and dockworkers which crippled the islands of Greece for 8 days, the right-wing Karamanlis government is trying to bare its teeth to all those who dare to resist its neo-con policies, by the use of the police baton as its main policy.
“Go Home xxxxOldMan…” is what the riot police told a 68year old pensioner after proceeding to break his nose and arm.
The unions have stated they will continue with further strikes until their demands are met. But with some of the lowest wages in Europe Greece is heading into an abyss, in particular after the wasted amounts of the Olympics extravaganza.
Picture of Attack
http://ta-nea.dolnet.gr/print_article.php?e=A&f=18489&m=N09&aa=1
Pictures of Demo
http://www.rizospastis.gr/
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