Tens of thousands of striking Greek workers take to the streets in a defiant show of protest against austerity measures aimed at averting the debt-plagued country's economic collapse.
Tens of thousands of striking Greek workers took to the streets today, some throwing stones at police, in a defiant show of protest against austerity measures aimed at averting the debt-plagued country's economic collapse. Riot police responded with teargas when, in sporadic bursts, masked youths charged them in Athens city centre. The violence coincided with a general strike that shut down public services and closed off Greece to the outside world. For trade unions the mass show of force was a warning shot to a government struggling to satisfy its eurozone partners with policies deemed vital for the nation's fiscal health while appeasing angry workers at home. AWIP: Greece not on the brink of bankruptcy, actually attacked by Goldman Sachs.