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Why didn’t we riot?

This is the text of an article published in the Sunday Business Post 22nd December 2013 On the night of 6th December 2008 there were widespread protests against the government in Athens. In one middle class district in the centre of Athens, Exarcheia, there were confrontations with the police. Police were ordered to leave the…

January 3, 2014 in Government reform, New Republic, policy making, Political culture, Politics.

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