Disaster

Riot Diary: The Greek Train Collision, Pt Two

fighting the riot cops hand-to-hand in front of parliament

(part one is here)

SECOND DAY AFTER THE DERAILMENT: FRIDAY 3 MARCH

Rather than just one funeral, Greeks hold multiple services for their dead: a week, forty days and then a year after the passing. This ancient tradition means that the 40-day remembrance ceremony for the victims of the train collision, effectively a second funeral, would have coincided with planned national elections.

As Greece Burns, the State Consolidates Power

from CrimethInc.

In Greece, while the worst wildfires in decades raged out of control this summer, COVID-19 cases have spiked, driven by an economy reliant on tourism and an anti-vaccine movement similar to the one in the United States. Meanwhile, in its position as one of Europe’s immigration gatekeepers, the Greek government continues to pursue an authoritarian response to a humanitarian crisis. Yet ecological catastrophes may soon put many Greeks in the same situation that refugees entering Greece face today.

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