Molotov Cocktails & Tear Gas In Athens Before Austerity Vote ~ THE 5TH ESTATE ASIA

Friday, May 19, 2017

Molotov Cocktails & Tear Gas In Athens Before Austerity Vote

Friday, May 19, 2017

The Greek people have a last chance to throw off the chains of Merkel, Juncker, Tusk, Draghi and the EU globalists seeking to destroy their country and insure their permanent existence as slaves to a criminal empire: "Austerity" is and has always been nothing more than a code word for looting and theft

RT
05/18/2017

A thousands-strong protest against new austerity measures in Athens turned violent, when a small group of masked demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and other projectiles at the police, who fired tear gas and pepper spray.

Merkel with gigolo Tsipras

People took to the streets of Greece’s capital for the second consecutive day to protest new pension and tax-break cuts, which are expected to be voted on at around midnight Thursday. The protest was staged by the country’s major trade union.

An estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people gathered in front of the parliament building in Athens' Syntagma Square, AP reports. The situation escalated as a small group of masked demonstrators started to throw petrol bombs and other projectiles at the police. Police responded with tear gas and pepper spray.

Two people were detained and one arrested by the police in the aftermath of the clashes, according to ANA news agency. Law enforcement agencies reportedly confiscated an axe and a hammer from the arrested man.

A post of the iconic Evzones Presidential Guards near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located in front of the parliament, was set alight by a Molotov cocktail.

EU vultures gather to pick the bones of Greece clean

The clashes erupted as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was delivering a speech in parliament defending the proposed legislation that includes pension cuts and further tax hikes through 2020. The legislation is a part of measures to convince international creditors to release a €7.5 billion bailout tranche and grant Greece further debt relief.

While the ongoing protest will hardly have any impact on the ongoing political process, they indicate that the Greek society lost its faith in politicians, Professor of Social Anthropology in the VU Amsterdam University, Prof. Dr. Dimitris Dalakoglou believes.

“The reality is that unless the people storm the parliament there will be no real difference there. However, what you can see is a symbol and example of what is going on right now in Greek society,”Dalakoglou told RT.

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“It is more relevant what happens outside the parliament than what happens inside, because the government has no consent, and the political parties have no consent, so whatever they vote the society believes that they all are the same, they all are the same policy with a different name.”

Greek protesters need to target the CNN "austerity" propaganda scum that are once again at the forefront of the destruction of their country, smashing their cameras and ejecting them permanently from their devastated country

“These people rioting and clashing with the police outside the parliament right now and protesting for the last two days, during the general strike yesterday, are the important political agent of the moment in Greece,” he added.

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