October 5, 2011
In the first general strike since June, thousands of Greeks walked off the job on Wednesday to protest a relentless austerity drive by the government, which is struggling to avert a default that could shake the euro zone and global markets.
Two separate rallies — one organized by the country’s two main labor unions and the other by the Communist Party — drew roughly 13,000 protesters, police officials estimated. The organizers said at least twice as many people gathered for the two demonstrations.
Men and women shouted “traitors” and “employees of Merkel,” a reference to Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, at riot police in central Athens, while a crowd of younger protesters chanted “cops, pigs, murderers” — the Greek anarchists’ slogan.
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