Photos showing the protest in commemoration
of the 1973 student revolt against the Junta in Greece
of the 1973 student revolt against the Junta in Greece
Last November 17, 2010, thousands of people marched in Thessaloniki on Wednesday to commemorate a 17th November 1973 student revolt that was crushed by the military junta then ruling Greece. Thessaloniki, Greece.
Thousands of people marched in Thessaloniki on Wednesday to commemorate a 1973 student revolt against a US-backed junta, but brandishing banners protesting the financial crisis gripping Greece.Around 10,000 demonstrators took part in the annual march, with a large turnout from student groups, workers and leftist party supporters. After at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, riot police fired teargas at groups of stone-throwing protesters.
