[discussions] Fwd: Mass anti-war demonstrations in Greece

Another message about yesterday's demonstration in Greece.

George

>From: "Communist Youth of Greece" 
>To: "KNE-int" 
>Subject: Mass anti-war demonstrations in Greece
>Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 15:19:11 +0300
>
>No to the imperialist war!
>Dynamic protests and demonstrations on 9/10
>
>With massive, millitant protests and rallies all throught the country,
>workers and youth of Greece demonstrated their decisive opposition to the
>unjust imperialist war, demanding at the same time the immediate
>disengagement of Greece. Demistrations took place yesterday
>in variouscities and towns: Athens, Pireus, Heraklion,
>Rethymno, Amfissa, Lamia, Preveza, Tripolis, Korinthos, Agrinio, Zakynthos,
>Kefalonia, Kalamata, Nafplio.
>
>Anti-war demonstration in Pireus
>
>Thousands of people demonstrated yesterday 09/10 in Athens responding to 
>the
>invitation of tens of syndical and massive organizations. Workers, 
>students,
>elderly, young children united their voices and gave a dynamic answer to 
>all
>those who believe that their war plans will continue without reaction.
>The second message of yesterday's demonstration was that we are not
>going to be an accessory with the warplans of the plutocrats. We will not
>allow our country to be turned into a foothold of the americans
>and their allies.
>And the third message was that we are obliged to become even more.
>We are obliged, the thousands of people that took part in the demonstration
>yesterday, to becometens of thousands.
>
>The demonstrators marched through the streets of Athens shouting: 
>«Murderers
>of the people, Americans». A slogan which became even louder when the
>demonstration was reaching its .... target, the Embassy of the US, which,
>once again, was surrounded by heavy police power. «NATO, CIA, terrorists»,
>«No submission to imperialism, the only super power are the people», «No to
>the war of the imperialists, international, antiimperialist struggle», are
>only some of the slogans the demonstrators shouted.
>
>  In front of the US Embassy
>
>Meanwhile, the organization of other antiwar demonstrations and meetings
>from peace councils and other massive organzations continues. For today
>(10/10) rallies and meetings have been arranged in: Patra, Naousa, Limno.
>Tomorrow (11/10): Serres, Veroia, Kozani, Aigio, Arta, Kilkis, Lefkada,
>Chios. And the upcomming days in: Ptolemaida, Grevena, Corfu, Patra, Samos
>etc.
>
>At the same time PKS, the syndical fraction supported by KNE in the 
>Universities and Technological Institutions, organizes multi-faceted 
>anti-war manifestations in all
>universities. Some students' associations have already endorsed, upon 
>proposal
>of PKS, resolutions against the war and the greek engagement in it.
>
>The first, after the US strike, opinion poll by "ALCO" that was published 
>by the
>conservative newspaper "Eleftheros Typos", undelines that 61,2% of the 
>citizens disagree with the attack of the USA while 57,3% consider unjust 
>(only 26,4% appear to consider it just) the attack to Afganistan. Comments 
>on the poll had been made by the spokesman
>of the government, and a high-rank cadre of the "New Democracy" party. The 
>first tried
>to justify the imperialist war, while the second called for "the need to 
>inform better the pulbic", both obviously discontented by the results of 
>the opinion poll.
>..................
>International Department of KNE
>Communist Youth of Greece
>11, Kotopouli str - Athens 10432
>tel: +3-010-5282523 / fax: +3-010-5241526
>http://www.kne.gr
>


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