by Anthee Carassava
Los Angeles Times
October 19, 2011
Furious protesters hurled homemade firebombs, rocks and garbage at police in Athens on Wednesday, as Greek lawmakers prepared to vote on a new batch of budget cuts necessary to stave off a government default.
The violence came on the first day of a two-day general strike across Greece. Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on Athens' main square to show their opposition to the austerity plan, chanting: "We can't bleed any longer!"
Police fired percussion grenades to quell the violence.
Across Greece, buses, trains and ferries came to a standstill, and scores of flights were disrupted. For the first time, small businesses such as bakeries and convenience stores joined the strike action, which was organized by the country's two biggest labor unions.
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