firedoglake.com - 12/12/2008
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by Oneiros
Looks like the Greek riots have been contagious:
Protesters in Spain, Denmark and Italy smashed shop windows, pelted police with bottles and attacked banks this week, while in France, cars were set ablaze Thursday outside the Greek consulate in Bordeaux, where protesters ...
telegraph.co.uk - 12/11/2008
analyst-network.com - 12/17/2008
csmonitor.com - 12/7/2008
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csmonitor.com —
An uneasy truce between anarchists and police was
shattered following a weekend shooting of a teen. A...
similar event in 1985 sparked months of daily clashes. By Nicole Itano | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the December 8, 2008 ...
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Anarchists' fury fuels Greek riots
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Ian Welsh at Firedoglake:
Looks like the Greek riots have been contagious:
Protesters in Spain, Denmark and Italy smashed shop windows, pelted police with bottles and attacked banks this week, while in France, cars were set ablaze Thursday outside the Greek consulate in Bordeaux, where protesters scrawled graffiti warning about a looming “insurrection.”…
…More demonstrations were set for Friday in Italy, France and Germany.
Still, the clashes have been isolated so far, and nothing like the scope of the ...
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