It should be noted that corporatism – the kind that allows a 1000% return rate on corporate lobbying – is the essence of fascism. Neo-nazi thugs give it it’s social face and social agenda (racism, sexism, violence, inbreeding) but the political economic fundamentals spring entirely from institutional corruption in government, finance, etc. Like the UK or the US, Greece is not run for the benefit of the people but for the benefit of finance.

Whatever moral judgement we heap upon the Greeks for getting in this mess, however ill managed their government, we have to remember all of us got here by bailing out the banks, and every one is going down from the massive fraud in the US/UK financial sector leading to global finance going bankrupt in 2008. 

Pardon the length – one angle being missed – Greece has an immigration problem: they have to deal with the majority of the EU’s immigration, due to geography and rules that say an illegal immigrant in Scotland, for example, must be returned to the point of entry: usually Greece. This means huge numbers of EU’s refugees are stuck in Greece. EU needs to create fairer, realistic rules.

While we’re on the subject, heard about any black blockers getting tortured by the greek pigs?

Wait, the fascist wanna-bes are supposed to protect us from the fascists proper?  I’m not sure you’ve really thought this out.

I’ve heard reports of these self-labelled B-Blockers having the shit kicked out of them in Seattle — with whiny, lawyery, well-healed-parentsy results. 

Really, they were causing riots by acting violently – destroying property, attacking police, then leaving, quickly using predetermined escape routes – independent of the alleged agent-provocateurs. 

And I’ve seen them (some were so-called friends) First-Hand in Eugene Oregon with the same results. Amusing way to spend time-off from a first-tier university and lots of stories to impress their fellows once established.

The trustafarian (and their hanger-ons) so-called ‘Black-Block’ mostly seem to be idlers and their play-acting is extremely damaging.  They’ve kinda wrecked the Peace-Core and…ok I stop.

While we’re on the subject, heard about any black blockers getting tortured by the greek pigs? Ever wonder why not?

On an unrelated note, this type of behaviour legally counts as systematic torture, which is a felony that is punishable with up to 20 years in prison (courtesy of our historical context), and immediate dismissal of the accused from the corps with the beginning of the prosecution (the accused is automatically reinstated if he is acquited of the charges).
Unfortunately I sincerely doubt the case will even reach a prosecutor in the first place. They will just dismiss it. I know that the Greek media only published part of the story after guardian did its article, and even now they are deleting all comments that are not favorable to the unit and its practices.

And this kind of practice is quite novel itself. They always assaulted people to arrest them (hence why the leftist parties call for the disbandment of the unit) coming as far as to deafen a reporter for life with a flashbang only a year or so ago. But they never dared actually torture them when in custody. Glad to see we finally passed that barrier. Greece as a modern, civilised, free and democratic country was rather overrated anyway.
And if we are to fall apart to barbarism we may as well do it right.