Tag Archives: Polytechnio

Unprecedented violence against elderly demonstrators and dystopia images in downtown Athens on Tuesday: Riot police squads and water cannon trucks march like an occupation army in main avenues of the Greek capital. The Ministry of Citizen Protection deployed over 6,000 officers to impose “law and order” during the anniversary of …

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Thousand of Greeks marched to the US Embassy on Sunday to commemorate the Polytechnic School Students’ Uprising of 1973 that reached its peak on November 17, when a tank of the Armed Forced brought down the gate of the University and armed forces and police drowned in blood the revolt. …

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Fourth six years after the Polytechnic Students’ Uprising in November 1973 and the number of casualties is still a taboo for a part of the Greek society. The question is simple: Were the Casualties, Yes or No? Every year, on the anniversary, Greeks get involved in an endless argument race: …

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5,000 police officers, among them officers in plain clothes, drones and helicopters will be deployed in downtown Athens to enforce security during the 3-day festivities for the commemoration of the Polytechnic School Students’ Uprising against the military junta on November 17, 1973. The strict security measures implemented by the Greek …

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There is quite some dispute nowadays in Greece whether about the celebrations to commemorate the 39th Anniversary of Students’ Uprising against the military dictatorship at Polytechnic University in 1973.  In a society suffering from harsh austerity measures,  it is obvious that there is criticism about the so-called “Polytechnio Generation”: students …

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