Friday, 19 October 2012

No news from Greece as journalists rally prior to general strike



A news blackout was experienced on Wednesday as journalists walked off the job for 24 hours, just one day before the general strike in Greece.
There were no newspapers, the TV and radio stations halted news broadcasts, as hundreds of journalists, technicians and staff from television and radio stations and daily newspapers rallied with other professionals in the center of Athens on Wednesday.
The journalists carried anti-austerity banners and slogans saying, for example, “We want jobs, no more unemployment. We can’t live on starvation wages in the 21st century.”
At the same time, lawyers, pharmacists and doctors staged a similar peaceful protest in front of the Finance Ministry in Athens.... read more and watch video.

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