Greek members of the Indignant protest movement spray swastika outside German consulate, Thessaloniki

Greek members of the Indignant protest movement spray swastika outside German consulate, Thessaloniki, a photo by Teacher Dude's BBQ on Flickr.

Despite the onset of Summer Greek protests show no sign of dying down despite the witheringly high temperatures of a Mediterranean heatwave. In Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki members of the local anti-government "Indignant" movement this afternoon picketed the city's German consulate, shouting anti-German and anti EU slogans and spraying swasitikas on the pavement outside the main entrance.

Demands including the repayment of unpaid war reparation from Germany for the destruction caused by the Nazi occupation of Greece from 1941-1945. In addition German insistence of tough austerity measures has seen a massive upswing in anti-German feeling from across the political spectrum, a sentiment flamed by the repeated acusations that German corporations such as Siemens and HDW systematically bribed leading Greek politicians in order to win lucrative arms and security contracts

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Greece's Los Indignados continue protests for seventh day

Greece's Los Indignados continue protests for seventh day, originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Activists have set up online media centre in shadow of Thessaloniki's historic White Tower.

Their blog

aganaktismenoi-thess.blogspot.com/

ΕΛΛΑΣ - ΙΣΠΑΝΙΑ - ΣΥΜΜΑΧΙΑ, Greek revolution meets Spanish revolution

Ισπανίδα μιλάει για τις κινητοποιήσεις στην Ισπανία και για την επίθεση της αστυνομίας στην Βαρκελώνη, στην συνέλευση των Αγανακτισμένων στον Λευκό Πύργο.

A Spanish woman addresses an anti - government rally in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, sending messages of support and solidarity to those present. Video on Youtube.

Greece's Los Indigados (Indignant) - A slide show

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

With an estimated 30,000 taking to Athens's central Syntagma Square and 8-10,000 massed in Thessaloniki, the country's second largest city Greeks has been protesting against the latest round of asuterity measures and the performance of the country's political caste in general.

Greece's Los Indignados (Indignant) take to the streets

Greece's Los Indignados (Indignant) take to the streets, originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

With an estimated 30,000 taking to Athens's central Syntagma Square and 8-10,000 massed in Thessaloniki, the country's second largest city Greeks has been protesting against the latest round of asuterity measures and the performance of the country's political caste in general.



"With slogans such as Let's burn that bourdello, the parliament" and "We are nobody's hotel maid" thousands took over central roads and squares in a mixture of serious protest and street party. Despite the level of anger and upset many feel the Aganaktismenoi (Indignant) as they call themselves staged peaceful protests with no reports of clashes with the police.

The campaign which takes inspiration from similar protests in Spain has used Facebook, Twitter and blogs as well as more traditional media to get people out onto the streets and has given a focus to growing discontent Greece's embattled population feels not only with its creditors but also the ruling PASOK party who have imposed round after round of public spending cuts,tax hikes and lay offs.



With VAT now being levied on even basic food items such as bread, milk and meat many household are worrying if they can make ends meets in an economy which is shedding jobs at an unprecedented rate and seems to offer little in the way of hope for people.

For more pictures check out my Demotix story.