Common Dreams Staff – Greeks Compare Austerity To “Dictatorship” As 48 Hour Strike Begins – 11 February 2012

In the second national strike this week, Greeks walked off the job today and violence erupted in the streets of Athens as they again express their outrage to state austerity measures demanded by the “troika” – the European Central Bank (ECB), the IMF, and the EU – in a pending bailout agreement.

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