September 22, 2011
Thousands of Greeks have poured on to the streets of Athens, furious at the prospect of further austerity in a country already reeling from previous bouts of belt-tightening.
As bus, tram, train and taxi drivers walked off the job, joining subway employees and state school teachers in a 24-hour work stoppage, unions vowed to step up their struggle against the cuts with a series of general strikes.
"We will wage war against the government and the troika for as long as it takes," said Yiannis Panagopoulos, who heads the confederation of Greek workers, the nation's congress of trades unions.
"These are policies that are literally bringing down whatever was left standing. They are unacceptable and totally catastrophic."
To make the point protesters spray-painted "they won't pass" across the entrance to the economy ministry.
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