Showing posts with label political rally. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political rally. Show all posts
Monday, May 30, 2011
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Papathemalis is in the house
A nationalist rally in Thessaloniki, Greece over the naming of Greece's northern neighbour. See here for more details on this.
Friday, November 09, 2007
Venizelos is in the house
Tonight I had a couple of hours off so I decided to visit the Palai de Spor and take a few photos of the political speech by Evangelios Venizelos, a candidate for the leadership of PASOK (Greece's version of the UK's Labour party. Alas, he was a bit late, so I just had the chance to take a few shots of him before going to school.
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In Athens, Thessaloniki and score of other cities and towns across Greece, protesters have continued to attend rallies in protest against the government and the austerity measures demanded by the country's creditors.
In Athens more than 100,000 gathered peacefully in the central Syntagma Square opposite parliament to express their indigbation with not only the policies ofthe ruling PASOK party but also with the whole political system in general which is widely perceived as being corrupt and unrespeonsive to popular needs.
In Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki thousands also rallied, taking part in open assemblies which lasted from 6pm till after midnight, despite torrential downpours. Debates not only focused on the current economic crisis but also touched on wider issues such as how the country should be governed.
However, as the days pass demonstrators, following the example of Spanish, Egyptian and Tunisian protests have been organising themselves with internet camps, cleaning crews, translation groups being formed in order to get their message across and keep sites tidy.
In sharp contrast to massive unrest that gripped Greece in December 2008 following the police shooting of a teenager the present demonstrations have been remarkably peaceful and have included a far wider ranger of ages and political views as ordinary people unaffliated with any political group have come to hear and share with others their own experiences.