Today's travels brought me through the student protests that were supposed to have downtown Athens on "lockdown," which seems to mean a smattering of paddy wagons and some police in riot gear, but otherwise completely free movement. Contrast this to, for example, any antiwar demonstration in the U.S.
That being said, it looks pretty tame compared to previous efforts. It was before the actual march began (why on earth would I assume that a march of Greek students would start on time?) but crowds of bored-looking undergrads stood around smoking cigarettes while a few unhurredly painted signs (see above). Color me not particularly impressed.
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