This year’s anniversary demonstrations could be the most volatile in years as Greeks say they are willing to give a brief honeymoon to interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, who took over after PASOK leader George Papandreou resigned in the face of ceaseless protests, but will still use the date to show their anger and contempt. “We expect massive participation as rage and anger has been dwelling in people for so long,” Mary Bossis, International Security Professor at the University of Piraeus told Reuters. “It is very possible that some groups will misbehave.” Greek leaders and those of the European Union-International Monetary Fund-European Central Bank Troika lending Greece $152 billion to stay afloat, and offering a second bailout of $157 billion, will be watching intently to see how Greeks react on a day symbolizing resistance. “The message on November 17 will be that Greeks can’t take it anymore,” said Nikos Kioutsoukis, General Secretary of the private sector union GSEE. “People will take to the streets again when they dip into their pockets and feel that they are empty.” His counterpart at the public sector union ADEDY Ilias Iliopoulos said the march “will be a warning” to the government on a day when it would be compelled to listen. “If they continue with austerity, we’ll step up protests.”
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Greece braces for large protest rally
Greece is bracing for a large rally to mark the anniversary of the student uprising in 1973 that helped bring down the country's military dictatorship.
The march is expected to be joined by protesters against planned austerity measures, which Greece must implement to tackle its growing debt crisis.
Some 7,000 policemen are being deployed in Athens amid fears that the rally may turn violent.
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