{"id":1532,"date":"2008-12-10T03:50:09","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T17:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2008-12-10T03:50:09","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T17:50:09","slug":"the-kids-are-alright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1532","title":{"rendered":"The Kids are Alright"},"content":{"rendered":"

the urge<\/a> to destroy is also a creative urge<\/p>\n

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Violence breaks out during Greek teen’s funeral<\/a><\/p>\n

ATHENS, Greece (AP) \u2014 Riot police fought running battles with mourners Tuesday after the funeral of a teenager<\/a> whose shooting by officers triggered Greece’s worst rioting in decades… “Everyone has let our children down … Every day I see that students are becoming more hostile toward us and figures of authority,” said Christos Kittas, who resigned as the dean of Athens University after the rioting spread to campuses…<\/p>\n

Mourners and police clash at Greek schoolboy funeral<\/a>
\nMark Tran
\nguardian.co.uk
\nDecember 9, 2008<\/p>\n

Officers battle demonstrators outside parliament as pressure mounts on government to call early election<\/em><\/p>\n

…With many struggling to make ends meet, and one in five living below the poverty line, there is growing discontent over the tough fiscal policies of a government determined to reach the prescriptive benchmarks set out by Brussels and rein in budget deficits. The disaffection has been exacerbated by allegations of corruption and a series of scandals implicating members of Karamanlis’s inner circle.<\/p>\n

Secondary school students rushed to join the protests, throwing stones at police in clashes in front of the Athens parliament yesterday, and on islands and mainland towns nationwide.<\/p>\n

“A lot of teenagers identify with Grigoropoulos,” said Christos Mazanitis, an Athenian journalist. “There’s a whole generation out there who see their parents in debt and feel they have nothing to look forward to in the future. Fear and despair are what these riots are about.”<\/p>\n

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YOUR DEMOCRACY SHOOTS US
\n16 YEAR-OLD DEAD BY A COP’S BULLET<\/p>\n