Greeks use social media to organise protest

Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 13:02 | Category : News
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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 and the [...]

Exarcheia: Lament for a city

Monday, 8 December 2008, 10:51 | Category : News
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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 area of extremes, [...]