Greeks march to 48-hour general strike - Athens

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Protesters go on a 48-hour strike in Athens.

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Protesters go on a 48-hour strike in Athens.

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Human chain, trying to protect the demonstration.

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Workers in the demonstration.

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Immigrants participating in the demonstration.

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Immigrants participating in the demonstration.

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Greek veterans participating in the demonstration, protesting against the reduction of their pensions.

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Man of the taxi drivers union protesting against the opening of their closed profession.

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Protesters go on a 48-hour strike in Athens.

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Banner with Che Guevara.

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Students in 48-hour strike.

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Student holding banner, protesting against the privatization of education.

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As Papandreou government creates more austerity measures, Greeks take part in a 48- hour strike, which turned violent following the march. 19th October 2011

The indignation of the people in Greece towards the new economic measures.
The first day of a 48 hour general strike in Greece. The main streets of the capital Athens was full of people, participating in what seems to be one of the biggest demonstrations of the last ten years in Greece.The massive police reinforcements made the atmosphere tense and later on, riots broke out.