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Summer Postcards 2011

Tear Gas and Koulouria

By Jessica C. Salley

- On Wednesday, June 15, Greek union leaders called for a 24-hour general strike, shuttering schools, government offices, and private businesses across the country. Protesters held signs reading "Strike Until Victory" as they paraded down blockaded streets. By Jessica C. Salley

- A Greek flag is raised in Athens, where more than 20,000 protesters flooded the streets to demonstrate against a new austerity package proposed by the government. Greek officials hope such a move will secure further funding from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and allow the country to avoid default. By Jessica C. Salley

- Demonstrators converge in Syntagma Square, the Athens’ central square located across from Parliament, to protest the passage of a new austerity bill. Greeks worry that the new bill, which includes heavy wage cuts and tax increases, will cause irreversible damage to the working class. By Jessica C. Salley

- A vendor makes his rounds, offering freshly baked koulouria, a popular street pastry, to demonstrators. By Jessica C. Salley

- The June 15 protests were largely peaceful, but small groups of black-clad anarchist youth clashed with authorities, hurling stones and bottles at the riot police stationed in front of Parliament. By Jessica C. Salley

- A couple embraces as a fresh round of tear gas is fired. By Jessica C. Salley

From pastry vendors to riot police, Greek citizens populated the streets of Athens during the June 15 protests against new austerity measures.

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