I hope you're right. Or is it just a lot of media hype? Time will tell.
BlondebutBright | Homepage | 03.29.06 - 2:52 am | #

Hi BbB
i think it's genuine, students and workers in France especially - but also in Germany, Britain, Greece, and less so in Italy - are livid.
Roman | Homepage | 03.29.06 - 10:45 am | #

Let's not forget what's happening in the US as well. The demonstration of the hispanics in L.A. for visas/ better working conditions must have been massive (estimated half million people?!)
vasvoe | Homepage | 03.29.06 - 10:59 am | #

To be quite honest, I can't see in what way are this year's protests in greece any different than last year's and the year's before that and the one's before that one's and.... It's always been like that, to an extend that this kind of voicing concerns has lost it's power ("oh well, same protests different year, who cares?"). We need something different (I'm a rebel, aren't I? ;P)
Anthony | Homepage | 03.29.06 - 5:00 pm | #

I can only agree with anthony.

even living abroad, greece's demonstrations are never news to me. same old story every year. obviously, this kind of protest aren't working in our country.

I think people should finally realise their power as consumers.
vasvoe | Homepage | 03.30.06 - 3:26 am | #

@vasvoe: Couldn't agree more. We'd see what "consumer power" means if *everybody* turned their mobiles *off* for a whole one day (and not for 15 minutes) or would not connect to the internet via any means (it would hurt OTE and their stakeholders as nothing else).
Shouting around the streets for the fun of it (and the day off work) and then going to the "imperialistic" Starbucks for a "cafe latte" (sic), right after demonstrating, is just so typical of the greeks...
Anthony | Homepage | 03.30.06 - 8:23 am | #