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marrow3 -> RE: Join The Greek Revolution (Jun. 4 2011 22:24:28)
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Revolutions make progress only when people put in the hard work, before and after, to find better ways of doing things. A reiterative process at best.
The following is from from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%932011_Greek_protests
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May 2011 (The "Indignant Citizens Movement")
Demonstrators in the plaza in front of the Greek parliament, May 25.
As of May 25, 2011, there is a peaceful demonstration in Athens and other major cities, protesting the new austerity measures proposed by the goverment, in the same spirit as the 2011 Spanish protests.[47][48][49] The demonstrations span across most major greek cities, including Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Patras, Volos, Rethymno, Tripoli and Kalamata, some of Greece's largest cities.[50][51][52] The demonstration in Athens is coordinated by the Facebook page "Αγανακτισμένοι Στο Σύνταγμα" (Indignants at Syntagma).[53] Currently, it is reported that over 90,000 people have registered at the page,[54] and thousands (reportedly over 30,000)[48] have gathered outside the Greek Parliament in Syntagma square.[55][56] The demonstration in Greece's second-largest city, Thessaloniki, is co-ordinated by the facebook page "Αγανακτισμένοι στον Λευκό Πύργο" (Indignants at the White Tower), and over 35,000 people have said they would 'attend' the protest.[57] Some of the most popular slogans at the May 25 protest were:
• Error 404, Democracy was not found.
• I vote, You vote, He votes, She votes, We vote, You vote, They steal.
• Greece your turn has come, you have to stop burying your children.[58]
• Oust! (Greek interjection of a negative nature, meaning "leave")
• The maid resisted. What do we do? (Reference to an alleged sex scandal involving former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn)[49]
This series of demonstrations differed from almost all other demonstrations in Greece's metapolitefsi era (1975-present) in that it was a protest organized by the people without any political or trade union affiliation.[49] Demonstrators who expressed affiliation to any political party during the demonstrations were condemned by the majority of the demonstrators, as the organizers claimed that there is no room for political affiliations and violence in these demonstrations.[50] The focus of the protesters was mostly against the government and the current driving forces of Greek politics, as well as the International Monetary Fund.[49] As a responce to the Spanish slogan "Be quiet, the Greeks are sleeping" (which was allegedly heard at the 2011 Spanish protests),[59] a big banner was raised in front of the Spanish embassy in Athens reading "¡Estamos despiertos! ¿Que hora es? ¡Ya es hora de que se vayan!" (We've woken up! What time is it? Its time they left!).[49][60] There was also a strong sense of disapproval for the Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou, and the vice-president of the government, Theodoros Pangalos.[49][61]
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On May 27, the proceedings of the first people's assembly on Syntagma Square were published by the Real Democracy Now! movement. Among them:[72]
• Any wrong-doing politician should either be sent home or to jail.
• When we, the people, start discussions without fear, fear grasps them, inside the parliament building.
• This is not just the politician's fault. Its all our faults, with our selfish attitudes.
• Demonstrations should take place every evening at 6pm and an [[Popular assembly|assembly] at 9pm.
• Their democracy guarantees neither Justice nor Equality.
• The taxation system is not the same for the rich and the poor. Equal rights for everyone.
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Some of the demands that the Real Democracy Now! movement has formulated during the [[Popular assembly|assemblies] at syntagma Square include:[84]
• Adoption of a new constitution, written by the people and not the members of parliament
• Refusal to pay debt that is odious
• Cancellation of the memorandum signed between Greece and the IMF
• Harder taxation on the rich, and others.
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