Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Uprising

On November 17, 1973 Students from the Polytechnic School in Athens rose up and overthrew the military junta that had been ruling since 1967.  This day is celebrated every year with a march from the school up to the US Embassy.  The US supported the military dictatorship, which is why Americans need to b weary on this day.  The march itself is peaceful, but the anarchists at the end of the line are the ones who stir up trouble and start the riot that happens.  My ethnography professor says as long as we stay away from the end of the line and the people who keep their faces covered (as well as the police) then we would be golden.

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