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Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece won a crucial vote of confidence early Wednesday when 155 lawmakers of the Socialist Party (PA.SO.K) supported it. The parliament was beleaguered by thousands of protesters who were shouting insulting words against the 300 members of the Parliament///Protester holds a gallows (for the members of the Parliament who voted ‘‘yes‘‘ to the next loan that Greece will take from the IMF in order to pay the interests of the previous loans) © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_001		 Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece won a crucial vote of confidence early Wednesday when 155 lawmakers of the Socialist Party (PA.SO.K) supported it. The parliament was beleaguered by thousands of protesters who were shouting insulting words against the 300 members of the Parliament ///Old woman protests in front of Parliament holding a piece of paper that writes ‘‘I am afraid the starvation my God‘‘ © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_002		 48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum. Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens/// Woman from the music Group of the Indignant Citizens dances in order to calm the crowd © Maro Kouri
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48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum. Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens///Woman with flowers dances in front of the greek Riot Police © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_004		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum///Old man from dressed with traditional clothes fropm the island Crete plus mask and swimming glasses to protect himself from the tear gas © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_004		 Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece won a crucial vote of confidence early Wednesday when 155 lawmakers of the Socialist Party (PA.SO.K) supported it. The parliament was beleaguered by thousands of protesters who were shouting insulting words against the 300 members of the Parliament ///The Group of Calm (from the Parliament Square Camp), plays music with pots and tins in order to calm the protesters, in front of the riot police barricade outside the parliament. They hold a big bear doll that satirizes the - unwanted- government‘s represented Mr Pagkalos who had said the famous slogan ‘‘ All together we ate the money‘‘. © Maro Kouri
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Protesters from all over Greece came to join with the Indignant Citizens against the Memorandum stay all night in Parliament square (Sydagma), where famous musicians give concert. At the same time around the square some rioters provoke the riot policemen who shoot teargas///Artists give concert joinning the group of the indignant citizens that have came from all iver Greece staying all night in front of the Parliament © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_006		 The Indignant Citizens Movement is a peaceful sitting also called as Greek Revolution which started demonstrating in many cities across Greece on May 25, 2011. it is not organized by any political party. The spark was enlighted by the Arab Revolutions and 2011 Spanish and Portugal Protests. Those demonstrations were organized through facebook///Young citizen speaks to the popular assembly that takes place every evening in front of the parliament © Maro Kouri
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The Indignant Citizens Movement is a peaceful sit also called Greek Revolution that started demonstrating in many cities across Greece on May 25, 2011. It is not organized by any political party. The spark was enlightened by the Arab revolutions, which inspired the 2011 Spanish and Portugal Protests. All those demonstrations were organized through facebook///89years old Manolis Glezos speaks to the Greek Indignant Citizens who organize an assembly every evening in parliament square. Mr Glezos, on May 30, 1941, together with Apostolos Santas climbed on the Acropolis and tore down the swastika, which had been there since April 27, 1941, when the Nazi forces had entered Athens. That was the first resistance act that took place in Greece. © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_009		 Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece won a crucial vote of confidence early Wednesday when 155 lawmakers of the Socialist Party (PA.SO.K) supported it. The parliament was beleaguered by thousands of protesters who were shouting insulting words against the 300 members of the Parliament ///Protester with pigeon in front of Greek parliament © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_010		 The Indignant Citizens Movement is a peaceful sit also called as Greek Revolution which started in many cities across Greece on May 25, 2011. it is not organized by any political party. The spark was enlighted by the Arab Revolutions and 2011 Spanish, and Portugal Protests. Those demonstrations were organized through facebook///Face painting to the indignant citizens‘ children who demonstrate at parliament square © Maro Kouri
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The Indignant Citizens Movement is a peaceful sit also Greek Revolution that started demonstrating in many cities across Greece on May 25, 2011. It is not organized by any political party.The spark was enlightened by the Arab revolutions, which inspired first the 2011 Spanish and Portugal Protests. Those demonstrations were organized through facebook///A demonstrator plays flute and other paint on a banner the slogan: ‘‘Our lives in our hands‘‘ © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_012		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum/// © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_013		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum/// © Maro Kouri
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Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum///Riot policeman under a slogan that writes ‘‘Greek‘‘ © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_015		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum///Riot policeman in front of a graffity that writes ‘‘Worker fight. They drink yor blood‘‘ © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_016		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum/// © Maro Kouri
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Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protester hunted by a riot policeman in front of a burning garbage bin © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_018		 Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protesters clash with riot police while they throw teargas © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_019		 48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum. Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens///Human ‘chain‘ created by the demonstrators in order to push the Riot Police to leave the Parliament Square where thousands of strikers join with the Indignant Citizens © Maro Kouri
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48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum. Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens///Human ‘chain‘ created by the demonstrators in order to push the Riot Police to leave the Parliament Square where thousands of strikers join with the Indignant Citizens © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_021		 48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum///Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_022		 48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum///Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens © Maro Kouri
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Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum/// © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_024		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum///Woman who wears surgery mask and swimming glass to protect herslef frpm the tear gas, tries to prevent the police motocyclists to attack. © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_025		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum/// © Maro Kouri
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48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum///Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_027		 Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration near the parliament in the center of Athens. © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_028		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum///The Indignant Citizens Camp inside the Parliament Square (named Sydagma that means in greek ‘‘constitution‘‘) © Maro Kouri
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Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum///Protester throws a heater on the road to prevent the riot police attack © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_030		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum/// © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_031		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum///Policemen arrest a man lying on the ground and put handcuffs on him © Maro Kouri
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Greek police fired tear gas at protesters who demonstrtae outside the parliament against the new austerituy measures///Riot policemen arrest and hit at the face a protester © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_033		 Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protestor arrested and taking off his clothes by riot police during a demonstration near the parliament in the center of Athens. © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_034		 Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protesters clash with riot police © Maro Kouri
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Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protester injured in his face by a riot policeman in Parliament square © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_037		 48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum. Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens///Arrestment of a man after some rioters provoke the police by throwing few molotov bombs, pieces of marble that have taken breaking the buildings around stones © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_038		 Greek police fired tear gas at protesters who demonstrtae outside the parliament against the new austerituy measures///A doctor from the ‘First Aid‘ tend of the Indignant Citizens‘ Camp shouts to the Riot Police to stop fire tear gas because many people have breath problems in the Constitution Square © Maro Kouri
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Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum. At the same time inside the Parliament, the members of the government part ‘‘PA.SO.K‘‘ vote ‘‘yes‘‘ to the second memorandum and to the austerity measures that this will bring to the Greek citizens. Even if around the Constitution Square ‘Sydagma‘, rioters fight with stones, tear gas and molotov bombs with the police, inside the square the peaceful demonstrators with “Maalox” on the face or with oxygen masks, play music///First Aid nurses carry an injured protester by metro to the hospital as it is impossible to come by ambulance due to the riots © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_040		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum. At the same time inside the Parliement, the members of the government part ‘‘PA.SO.K‘‘ vote ‘‘yes‘‘ to the second memorandum and to the austerity measures that this will bring to the Greek citizens. Even if around the Constitution Square ‘Sydagma‘, rioters fight with stones, tear gas and molotov bombs with the police, inside the square the peaceful demonstrators with maalox on the face or axygen masks play music///Doctors and nurses offer First Aid to the demonstrators that have many breathing problems as laso many injured from the throwing stones © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_041		 Protesters from all over Greece came to join with the Indignant Citizens against the Memorandum stay all night in Parliament square (Sydagma), where famous musicians give concert. At the same time around the square some rioters provoke the riot policemen who shoot teargas///Rioter throws molotov bomb to the policemen © Maro Kouri
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Protesters from all over Greece came to join with the Indignant Citizens against the Memorandum stay all night in Parliament square (Sydagma), where famous musicians give concert. At the same time around the square some rioters provoke the riot policemen who shoot teargas//Tiger Lillies give a concert to the group of the indignant citizens that have came from all iver Greece staying all night in front of the Parliament © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_043		 Protesters from all over Greece came to join with the Indignant Citizens against the Memorandum stay all night in Parliament square (Sydagma), where famous musicians give concert. At the same time around the square some rioters provoke the riot policemen who shoot teargas///Artists give concert joinning the group of the indignant citizens that have came from all iver Greece staying all night in front of the Parliament © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_044		 Protesters from all over Greece came to join with the Indignant Citizens against the Memorandum stay all night in Parliament square (Sydagma), where famous musicians give concert. At the same time around the square some rioters provoke the riot policemen who shoot teargas///Artists give concert joinning the group of the indignant citizens that have came from all iver Greece staying all night in front of the Parliament © Maro Kouri
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Protesters from all over Greece came to join with the Indignant Citizens against the Memorandum stay all night in Parliament square (Sydagma), where famous musicians give concert. At the same time around the square some rioters provoke the riot policemen who shoot teargas///Artists give concert joinning the group of the indignant citizens that have came from all iver Greece staying all night in front of the Parliament © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_047		 Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece won a crucial vote of confidence early Wednesday when 155 lawmakers of the Socialist Party (PA.SO.K) supported it. The parliament was beleaguered by thousands of protesters who were shouting insulting words against the 300 members of the Parliament ///The Group of Calm (from the Parliament Square Camp), dance and plays music with pots and tins in order to calm the protesters, in front of the riot police barricade outside the parliament. © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_048		 Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece won a crucial vote of confidence early Wednesday when 155 lawmakers of the Socialist Party (PA.SO.K) supported it. The parliament was beleaguered by thousands of protesters who were shouting insulting words against the 300 members of the Parliament ///A member of the Group of Calm (from the Parliament Square Camp), dances and plays music with pots and tins in order to calm the protesters, in front of the riot police barricade outside the parliament. © Maro Kouri
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48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum. Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens///Drummer from the Indignant Citizens tries to push away all the rioters that provoke the Riot Police who shoots tear gas to the demonstrators and and brake off their demonstration © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_050		 Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Musicians at the demonstration © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_051		 Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protesters clash with riot police in front of the Greek parliament © Maro Kouri
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Protesters clashed with riot police over the Greek government‘s austerity measures///Riot policemen arrest a protester in the parliament sq © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_053		 Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protesters with wooden sticks run against the riot police in order to save a protester who is arrested in parliament square © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_054		 Protesters from all over Greece came to join with the Indignant Citizens against the Memorandum stay all night in Parliament square (Sydagma), where famous musicians give concert. At the same time around the square some rioters provoke the riot policemen who shoot teargas///Woman with mask sits in front of a banner that writes ‘‘We want ideals and not loans‘‘ © Maro Kouri
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48 hours general strike and demonstations against the Memorandum///Thousands of demonstrators join the Indignant Citizens © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_056		 Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protestor with stones and fire against the riot police who trought tear gas at Parliament square © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_057		 Riots during a rally against plans for new austerity measures///Protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration near the parliament in the center of Athens. © Maro Kouri
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Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum. At the same time inside the Parliament, the members of the government part ‘‘PA.SO.K‘‘ vote ‘‘yes‘‘ to the second memorandum and to the austerity measures that this will bring to the Greek citizens. Even if around the Constitution Square ‘Sydagma‘, rioters fight with stones, tear gas and molotov bombs with the police, inside the square the peaceful demonstrators with “Maalox” on the face or with oxygen masks, play music///Woman sits on the floor of metro station Sydagma and a protester writes on the wall the slogan ‘‘Chaos today, freedom tomorrow‘‘ © Maro Kouri
MK_ATH_INDIGNANT_059		 Demonstrations and riots during the second day of the general strike against the second Memorandum. At the same time inside the Parliament, the members of the government part ‘‘PA.SO.K‘‘ vote ‘‘yes‘‘ to the second memorandum and to the austerity measures that this will bring to the Greek citizens. Even if around the Constitution Square ‘Sydagma‘, rioters fight with stones, tear gas and molotov bombs with the police, inside the square the peaceful demonstrators with “Maalox” on the face or with oxygen masks, play music///Woman have rest sitting on the floor of Sydagma metro station under a graffity tha says ‘‘Chaos today. Freedom tomorrow‘‘ © Maro Kouri
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