Happens In Greece The economic crisis from another point of view

The Ottawa Citizen – “Greeks have good reasons to protest”

The Canadian journalist Declan Hill visited Greece and experienced the demonstrations and the reality in Greece of the economic crisis. The reported then returned at his country and wanted to write about his experiences in Greece. Read below some of the most interesting parts of his article:

"Almost everything you thought you knew about the current situation in Greece is wrong"

Concerning the large demonstrations that occurred in Greece during last summer from the Greek Indignants,  he stated:

"There was a festive air: food sellers amid grandmothers, students singing and lots of street theatre performances. It was unlike any of the images that I had seen; there was no stone throwing, no tear-gas or water cannon attacks. I may have been lucky but there was a wide spectrum of ordinary people marching in the demonstration. The usual suspects were there, of course: the anarchists, the Communists and the general drop-a-hat-see-me-protest lot. But there was also a broad range of others: nurses, farmers, doctors, actors and teachers"