Demonstration against the carrying out of the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens

[Rusty Wilson]

In <5uk6nl$kp0$1 at nefeli.forthnet.gr> "Yannis Grigoropoulos"
<yannisg at ath.forthnet.gr> writes: 
>
>Today, September 3rd 1997 in Athens, by the Acropolis, the Citizens'
>Initiative demonstrated against the carrying out of the Olympic Games
2004
>in Athens. The choice of the site for today's manifestation has a
symbolic
>nature. The Citizens' Initiative has come forward with valid arguments
>concerning the disastrous financial and environmental consequences
that the
>Olympic Games would have for Athens, as well as the trauma they will
cause
>on democracy and culture.
>
>In a leaflet the Citizens' Initiative writes: "We do not consider the
>subject as closed. On the contrary, as soon as the footlights in
Lausanne
>die out, and regardless of the outcome, we promise not to forget the
serious
>social and political matters that have come up throughout the bidding
>period. If the Olympic Games are to be undertaken by Athens, we will
do our
>best to prevent the carrying out of the financially and
envinonmentally
>nefarious projects. But even if our city is spared of this burden, the
>problems of Attica and the rest of the country that have come to
light,
>under the present circumstances, will still be for us a field for
democratic
>intervention and struggle".
>
>P.S. After the demonstration. 6 citizens were arrested by secret
policemen.
>It was a sample of how the democracy is applied in its birth-land...
>

The airport is almost finished, most of the facilities are done, the
subway is well on its way to completition, the circle road is already
begun - so the construction will be there no matter if they get the
Games or not.  Besides - the subway and circle road will take
transportation out of the center of Athens which will make the downtown
area less polluted - or at least not add to it.  Besides, you can't
make Athens much more polluted than it is.
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