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mk  ·  4674 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Greece Is Burning
The measures passed:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/us-greece-idUSTRE8...

"Enough is enough!" said 89-year-old Manolis Glezos, one of Greece's most famous leftists and a national hero. "They have no idea what an uprising by the Greek people means. And the Greek people, regardless of ideology, have risen."

Glezos is a national hero for sneaking up the Acropolis at night in 1941 and tearing down a Nazi flag from under the noses of the German occupiers, raising the morale of Athens residents.