Update - Patra reacts!

11.12.2008 20:13

[ Translated from here: http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3? ... _id=941270 ]

Over 5,000 people demonstrated today in the city center of Patras, an unprecedented magnitude for this city.

The provocation of cops & neonazis worked as a boomerang against them, as the people realized the role played by... "infuriated [citizens; the name traditionally assigned to the puppets of the greek shadow state by mass media & the state itself]" & flooded the streets.

Let it be remarked that a municipality cop [one part "neighborhood cop," one part "traffic cop," & one part common snitch] was lynched today in the city center. [Indeed: http://patras.indymedia.org/front.php3? ... le_id=3029 reports that the cop was beaten by peddlers who were trying to sell their produce in the market, apparently without a license.]

At this moment [21:00 local time], there's a large demonstration going on in Patras, despite the terror crusade unleashed by local [TV] channels. Riot Squad forces have sealed off all side streets. Concurrently, SYRIZA [Coalition of the Radical Left; been given about 15% by recent gallops on the citizens' voting intention] organizes a gathering in Georgiou square with [former party leader Alekos] Alavanos. In the morning, the commerce chamber denied that anything was damaged - in fact, the sole merchant that talked on TV said that his storefront was smashed up by cops during the stone exchange with the demonstrators.
TGL
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