Protesters threw stones at riot police during clashes in front of the Greek parliamentbuilding in Athens on Wednesday. Oleg Popov/Reuters
From Christian Science Monitor:
Five days of protests, and a nationwide strike Wednesday, have shaken the conservative ruling party.
Athens - On an Athens street lined with luxury stores, a small pile of flowers has been laid outside a store owned by the mother of the 15-year-old boy killed by a policeman's bullet Dec. 6. Elsewhere on the street, shops are shut and boarded, victims of five days of rioting.
The violent unrest in Greece – the worst since World War II – may have begun with Alexandros Grigoropoulos' death, but it has now widened into tide of anger over government corruption and perceived economic failure. Greece's ruling center-right New Democracy Party is now fighting to bring order to the streets – and for its own political survival. Calls for the government to step down are mounting.
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My Comment: I would send the police onto the streets with rubber bullets .... and I would show a strong hand. You do not overthrow a democratically elected government .... ever. That is what elections are for. The gangs and unions are clearly using this crisis for their own political benefit and to support the Socialists .... and I would call them out on that.