factories closed amid fears that vast demonstrations are now it descending into clashes well arcee sara firth is keeping a close eye on the situation for us in and now is on it's us wife sara what is happening we're getting reports of clashes on the streets of the greek capital bring us up to date. let's leave it on to the thousands of people that say. hit states right as always staying at the front of the building is the clashes between the protests on the right they probably thing i hate and what's happening right now princess just throwing molotov cocktails anything they can get a hand somebody. fossils in see the front of the parliament building up the right way we see the rightness of the british take us a lot of flash bangs think that by the police as well is going to see how much of that we can say you because it's getting buried and there you go you can take out going up at the front desk and getting very very tense down there and be very concerning because of the large numbers of people that attend i was down there on the space just under an hour ago and there are a lot of young peop

that was r t correspondent sara firth reporting from athens greece and from coast to coast here in the u.s. protesters voicing their fury over the economic system occupy wall street protests have grown exponentially and have spread to cities around the globe they're protesting corporate greed and corruption which they say is line the pockets of a privileged few out the expense of the masses the movement once ignored and mocked by political leaders and the mainstream media is now being taken seriously by some or even seeing republican presidential candidates changing their tune when it comes to the growing movement and that romney for example first call the occupy wall street movement dangerous class warfare when asked about the protests there in last night's presidential debate here's what he had to say we've had a president responsible for this economy for the last three years and he's failed us he's failed us in part because he has no idea how the private sector works or how to create jobs on every single issue he's made it harder for our economy to reboot and as a result we have twe

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correspondent sara firth is in athens and she set the scene for us there. we saw the scenes on the streets. in fact a square outside the main parliament building really as. the tensions pool david with the angry protesters and the riot police clashing we saw a gas being fired we also saw some people needing medical attention rightly so moving on to syntagma square and trying to clear the protesters out of that area and really sent very aggressive scenes of the clashes between the two sides that we saw the police moving into the metro station chasing some of the protesters here. at the match a workers on strike and actually intervening to push back the riot police certainly a very very tense situation we see more of these asperity measures being passed not really raise the level of public anger head at the beginning of the day the main labor party is in the country had led thousands of workers public sector workers on to the streets to protest against these measures and again like we said we saw they scenes that escalating quite dramatically throughout the d

nationwide protest comes after eurozone finance chiefs postponed greece's next bailout our correspondent sara firth is in athens. just a couple of hours' time you're going to be seeing the country's main labor unions leading thousands of people this entire square behind me outside the main parliament building protesting of course against the new wave of the surge which is that they see that in place with new announcements here nothing's the job layoffs this entire site recently has a really deep discontent amongst the public here flights in and out of the country have been cancelled schools and hospitals are expected to operate on the agency staff the public charter schools going to the store and we seeing this happen before our flights this fall and many many times the people protesting against these measures there say a fish in the country into an even deeper crisis to this point the situation really is not just to school for greece to quit school for the rest of the year as a as well we're already seeing a lot of concern about exactly how far the contagion is going to spread and he's going to be

that's crippled the country began but more cuts could becoming live now to our field where our teams sara firth joins us from dentist to garbage collectors the anger stretches throughout society here doesn't it. you can probably see behind me the heat's number of people with it we just got this official police estimate of the moment is around seventy thousand people and on the streets the people from the unions and the touching out will say it's even larger than that and people are joining all the time i just tell you that these outside the call of the building here the amount of people and right now not me but it's day one of a lot of young people saying that might not just the country speech that they're going to this well that's a safe they absolutely must have been the largest we've seen so far since the financial crisis broke out the first day of the forty eight hour general strike the night comes ahead of the day to call them of the more star if the measure is the eve discussion of the weekend about the way the way it's being described as a make or break week as big decisions coming up as

to basics and return to the way things were before the money problems again are to correspondent sara firth is in athens and has this report they say that time is money the for a country where cash is now in short supply time has taken on a whole different value. change montreux services sometimes a given place in lessons for free but they take your gun for free also some of. the time banks just one of a growing number of service swapping alternatives that are providing people in greece another way to cope with the tough economic conditions services killing create anything from language classes to babysitting or home cooked meals it's huge everything we do without. looking after people are making things by ourselves for a country in crisis building social unity can freak extremely high prices a terrible thing it creates fear it bites. from public sector workers from private sector workers who provide richer workers to poor workers immigrant workers from home workers and that's a terrible thing. the party networks have a great way of bringing together large groups of people a popular slogan

sara firth witnessed the greek capital as it boiled over. in syntagma square once again bearing witness to ugly clashes between riot police here as protest is very growing. i think that the background here is. the right. and the pensions really been my thing as a police moved in to clear the crowds some shocking things one point the police chasing protesters into the metro station many others hit and kicked by they supposed to be keeping control. but the message being sent by the government is one of repression and fear. scenes like this are very serious questions about the level of force being used. to prior's is a forty three year old journalist who's reported from many conflicts. but it was in his own country where he sustained his worst injury. i just remember thinking is this really happening please i took shelter in an enclosure just awesome target and one policeman who i think was a commander asked in a very rude taking pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order and i had one of the flash bangs thrown at me these are

deficit to be agreed level despite the relentless austerity drive now in the week correspondent sara firth reported on the needs of the people that are taking second place to big. anger in athens syntagma square once again bearing witness ok clashes between right place here is protest is ok. you know that for. the french it's really been my thing as the police moved in to clear the crowds some shocking scenes one point the police chasing protesters into the net or a station many others hit and kicks by they supposed to be keeping control of the message being sent by the government is one of repression and fear. seems like there's a very serious questions about the level of force being used. prior is a forty three year old journalist he's reported from many conflicts but it was in his own country where he sustained his worst injury. i just remember thinking is this really hard to increase or to shelter in an enclosure interest. and one policeman who i think was a commander in a very rude of me taking pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order and i had one of the flash bang

sara firth is reporting for us will be joining her throughout the day. well get up to the minute developments from greece on sarah's twitter page as she follows the protests sweeping athens someday will see a key e.u. crisis summit which will discuss the final details on greece's second bailout however disagree with between france and germany over financial support for the state may endanger the tarp berlin is pushing for banks to accept concert fifty to sixty percent on their greek bond holdings or paris says twenty one percent is enough financial analyst patrick young says president sarkozy is acting in his own interest. some governments particularly the french are trying to effectively just solid financial gravity and say oh no hold your nose for a moment this is our cheat not such a huge crisis we can get away with about twenty percent why do they say that because the problem is that ultimately these buying. could themselves end up being in need of government bailout and the french government don't want to do that because the french government are de

sara firth has been following the story. greece might of being smug bang at the center of attention recently because the euro is in crisis rumbles on and other member states are being asked to vote on the european stability fund we take a look at how these other countries ok playing with the pressure all eyes are on slovak here today to see if politicians will vote positively on the european stability fund to aid ailing countries like greece as the last member state viki's decision is crucial to take a look at this t.v. ad for a popular slave beer it announces to want to borrow from everyone that is greek not wanting to lend to grace that is slovak a tongue in cheek has captured the mood of the people here perfectly. here is not a rich country we need money for our healthcare system harmless for our elderly. as the second poorest country in the year is a new reason why they should help the richer nations who they view as having spent more than they could afford and political dissent is met there is uncertainty about whether

measures for weeks the country has been hit by angry public protests and strikes our correspondent sara firth has more details from athens. here. excited that the economic quite distinctly played out it's time and again we've seen people turning out. of the building the place to get their stacks of basics they say. just to be untenable we find ourselves back in a position where people now really are just old has been achieved by implementing these astaire's the measures the police government has just admitted that it wants to be able to tell me it's tough deficit reduction target. the whole usa really about what the implications of that will be the greek government have also brings in measures but thirty thousand civil servants armed with a little need of a dungeon in the salary for a year. at the end of the year the possibility of dismissal there are great the boys won't even get back next. year i'm needed if the country were to stay up late to treat quoted to care in the cockpit that may be trying to hammer out the details of that now it has to be such that this stage it will be only should

sara firth witness the greek capital as it boiled over. syntagma square once again very clashes between riot police here is a pretext is. that the background here again. for larry. and the tensions really been writing as the police moved in to clear the crowds some shocking scenes one point the police in chasing protests as into the metro station many others hit and kicked by they supposed to be keeping control of the block but the message being sent by the government is one is repression and fear. scenes like this is raise serious questions about the level of fools being used. prior's is a forty three year old journalist he's reported from many conflicts. but it was in his country where he sustained his worst injury. i just remember thinking is this really happening you could use to shelter in an enclosure just arsenal and one policeman was a commander in a very rude i mean taking pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order and i had one of the flash bangs thrown at me these are some pictures i took. the place he'd taken s

measures for weeks the country has been hit by angry public protests and strikes our correspondent sara firth has more details from athens. here on syntagma square that the more dramatic side of this economic crisis in greece has been played out as time and again we've seen people tugging on the part of the building to the place that gets to the exhibition they say that the untouchable we find ourselves back in a position with people no really good to see both has been achieved by implementing these are the measures that the government has just admitted that it was able to me it's tough deficit reduction targets. throughout the whole year it's a really about what the implications of that will be the greek government have also brings in measures to put thirty thousand civil servants. in the salary for a year. at the end of the year the possibility of dismissal there are great. do you think the. billion year needed is the country to stay late actually quote it to get in the cockpit that maybe china. to hammer out the details of that now it has to be said that at this stage it will be only shoul

measures for weeks the country has been hit by angry public protests and strikes our correspondent sara firth has more details from athens. listening to him on syntagma square the most dramatic side of this economic crisis in greece has been played out as time and again we've seen people running out of the parliament building the place just to get the still statesmanship they say to be unsettled we find ourselves back in a position where people now really are this old has been achieved by implementing these assassinations the government has just admitted the one's been able to me it's tough to get. the whole you is a million about what the implications of that will be because the government also brings a measure to thirty thousand of those. little made of the budget in the salary for a year. at the end of the year the possibility of dismissal rather of breaking the police would even get back next. year. if the country to stay late in the troika would it take care in the culture that maybe trying to hammer out the details of that now has to be such that. the only should get about money because

austerity measures so calling for revolution just how serious are these protestors are he sara sara firth is on the ground and in the thick of things including tear gas ourselves. people like get me back very quickly all syntagma square as we call it take gas being used in the crowds we're not sure exactly who was setting off that everyone's just trying. to get this back by the riot police now there. are already troops. oh it's all the director of the of the muscle to. come order for. a lot of people that they wanted today to be peaceful once again. in the crowd this these here really very shocking we seem to visions of months of protests and styles today everyone united completely in their opposition to the government have tried to forget all the political system of groups and. people here do you feel it's truly angry seeing that anger reaching boiling point finally and here on the streets of athens. it's an extremely volatile situation that the rest of europe and the usa needs to be watching this very closely because this isn't just a problem that affects greece it is a situation the th

sara firth as the latest for you from athens. well we sold the visions amongst the protesters themselves on the streets of athens today but still united in their opposition to the government's austerity measures there in the parliament building at the moment that we saw about an hour ago fights breaking out amongst two groups of the protesters themselves one side using militant cocktails and throwing one thing like fireworks there's still a lot of tension the riot police didn't even and try to separate the two graves that the large gathering you can see at the moment outside the parliament building those are the people who have been trying from the very beginning to keep this protest peaceful and after the violent clashes we saw yesterday this morning when i was speaking to than they were saying you know they were really wanting to remain on the streets and to make their point of the do it in a peaceful way so they were very very much against any violence being used at that point to the riot police at the moment have managed to s

to plug that massive three hundred fifty billion euro debt that they have argued correspondent sara firth is in athens and shows us how the people of greece are now reacting to the latest round of austerity measures there. anger in athens syntagma square once again bearing witness to the clashes between rightly curious protesting thank god. and the conscience really biting as the police meet in to clear the crowds some shocking things one point the police chasing protesters into the metro station many others hit by they supposed to be keeping control the message being sent by the government is one of repression and fear. scenes like this raise serious questions about the level of force being used. in prior is a forty three year old journalists he's reported from many conflicts and it was in his country where he sustained his worst. i just remember thinking is this really happening close to shelter in an enclosure just. one policeman who i think was the commander asked in a very rude i mean. pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order and i. mean these are some pictures i t

airports are grounded while hospitals are relying on emergency staff well artists are firth is alive in athens for us sara you've been monitoring developments there we've seen another day of violent clashes between protesters and riot police what exactly have you been seeing. but we saw the scenes on the streets at this day square outside the main parliament building really escalating again as the tensions boiled dave with the angry protesters and the riot police clashing we saw a gas being fired we also saw some people needing medical attention the riot police moving on to syntagma square and trying to clear the protesters out of that area really so very aggressive scenes of the clashes between the two sides that we saw the police moving into the metro station chasing some of the protesters here on syntagma the metro workers on strike and actually intervening to push back the riot police but certainly a very very tense situation and as we said in the weeks leading up to this nationwide strike we've seen more and more of these a sturdy measures being passed and that's really raised the level of public ang