Koskinas: Athens protests in 2010 and 2011 were brief and geographically confined
Aristotle Koskinas · Aristotle Koskinas on Greek History · Jan 5, 2017 · at 53:48
Aristotle Koskinas, an Athenian archaeologist and tour guide, discusses how international media exaggerated the scale and destruction of Greek anti-austerity protests.
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“Yeah, we had situations like this, but they were just for a couple of days, confined in a very small area of the city.”
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