Photos of the “Griekenland Is Overal!” demonstration

The demonstration started on the ‘Spui’, quite quietly with about 200~300 people and no cops.

Banner

After the Spui, people went onto the Leidsestraat, one of the main shopping-streets leading to the leidseplein.

On the Leidsestraat

The demonstration then went left into the Kerkstraat, where  greek bureau of tourism is located, by lack of a consulate. Here the demonstration stopped for a bit. Afterwrds they turned onto the Vijzelgracht.

Turning on the vijzelgracht

The police arrived somewhere arround the leidseplein and the kerkstraat, and from that point on guided the demonstration to the dutch bank (as planned).

At the end of the vijzelgracht

From the vijzelgracht up on to the weteringschans. The last street before the dutch bank. During the demonstration the usual slogans where shouted and some fireworks went off.

Weteringschans

At the dutch bank some people held some good speeches, with stuff how this was not just a greek struggle, but an international struggle, and with that everyones struggle.

The crowd agreed, shouted a lot, but there was no violence what so ever.

Dutch bank

After the demonstration most people went to the open assembly/meeting in Amsterdam west-centrum for discussion and socialising.

Indymedia article: http://indymedia.nl/nl/2010/06/68543.shtml

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