On this day in 2012, 100k-200k protesters took to the streets in Athens, Greece, as workers carried out a 24-hour general strike to protest against the policy of austerity. At the time, unemployment was ~25% and minimum wage cut by 22%.

At the time, the conservative coalition in government was calling for a $15 billion cut to pensions and salaries. Official unemployment in the country was around 25% and the minimum wage had been cut by 22% that year. Those Greeks still working would labor six days a week under the new plan.

When some protesters hurled molotov cocktails at the finance ministry and parliament, police responded with tear gas. The strike was called by the country's two biggest unions, which together represented half of the workforce. The general strike was just one of several that had taken place in Greece since 2010.

General Strike in Greece Says 'We Won't Submit!' :hero-of-socialist-labor:

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Anti-austerity movement in Greece :meow-tankie:

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  • Dawn_Beveridge [she/her, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    "Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden"

    :yes-honey-left:

    I haven't even read comments about it yet. I just preemptively know how they're going to make me feel.

    Death to America.

      • Dawn_Beveridge [she/her, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        scratched liberals

        Added to my list of leftist dogwhistles, thanks! 😁

        But yeah, it's exactly that.

        Snowden is a traitor for going against the state...
        Snowden was a FSB spy all along trying to destroy our democracy...
        Russia is evil for acknowledging the evil the US has done...
        Russia is the real surveillance state (not whataboutism apparently)...
        Snowden chose to exile to Russia, it was his plan all along...
        And finally some seething about Assange.

        I cannot stress this enough again, Death to America.

    • BrezhnevsEyebrows [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Its funny how they always phrase it as if its Putin himself from on high doing this, as if all of Russia's government is just Putin

      I mean it very well could be but every headline is this way