May 5th, Athens

I’ve started writing something and deleted it numerous times.

It is a horrible, horrible day.

Athens Uploaded by Verani Federico on 2 May 10, 11.15PM BST

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Greeks use social media to organise protest

The Greeks have been using social media like blogs, twitter, friendfeed and facebook as well as e-mails and SMS messages to organise a peaceful sitting protest in front of the Greek House of Parliament today.

The Greek social media scene has been boiling for days now. The blogs started by discussing alleged police brutality . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Exarcheia: Lament for a city

I lived the first years of my adult new found independence in the Athens area of Exarcheia and I have some of my best memories from that time and that area.

Contrary to some reports, Exarcheia is not “a district of central Athens long associated with lawlessness and drug abuse” (via). It is an . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

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