Revolt: It's Greek to Me

Making Sense of the Greek Uprising

"The events of the last two weeks represent the most major social explosion in Greece since the 1973 student revolt that was brutally repressed by the US-backed military regime ruling Greece at that time. Conservative politicians and Greek pundits have tried to delegitimize the adoption of forms of direct action, such as occupations, by arguing that, unlike the student revolt in 1973, today’s government is a democratically elected one. This fails to convince many of the protesters who feel that, rather than a genuine democracy, Greece’s political system may best be described as a two-party rule by corrupt political elites [ed. note: sound familiar, Americans?] that have consistently over the years failed to address the problems affecting Greek people in general, and young people in particular."

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