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good shite man

Legend actually put a bike over the railing

by comments made from my grandparent, his friends and other people around his age (that are all now dead) the conclusion i came to, is that greek dictatorship wasnt all that bad. some people did ofcourse have problems and were arrested and sent to an island. but economy was rising and it was a time you could sleep on your balcony with doors open and worry about nothing. from what these older people have told me (an contrary to school), papadopoulos was a patriot. i do not want this to escalate, just to provide a different view, because history is written by the winners and he lost. also i do not wish to have dictatorship but what the whole world currently lives in, is also a dictatorship of a different kind. we vote and we feel something will change when 99% of the politicians worldwide are corrupted and those who seem that are not are getting procecuted.

That rap @2:03 made me press like and subscribe as fast as my shaky 56 year old hands would allow

How have I just found your channel? Are these tracks throughout available to listen to btw? That Gerry one is a belter

You forgot to mention that most anarchists are also drug dealers and rapists.

I don't like bosts. I like cannabis though. 😊

14:05 HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHH how stupid are you that you dotn even google what you are saying before you say it just to be sure. This nonsense that you call uprising was organized by the USA happened in 1973 and the 1 more year of another coup happened RIGHT AFTER THAT so your little rEvOlUtION gave Greece the actual USA dictatorship for 1 more year, parliment was formed in 1975 hahahaha YOU DONKEY

Brilliant stuff man. Exachria is some place and the are Greeks some crowd. I had the pleasure of living and working there and speaking their language. They call the Irish 'The Mediterraneans of the North', and we are very alike in temperament.

So the CIA made the coup huh? So then who had organized the coup that was going to happen with the king if the colonels didnt do theirs? and why did Papadopoylos (which's surrname is older than your whole existance as a country or people) deny the US access to the airports to help isreal in the 6 day war? and who organized the "revolution" in 1973 that led to 1 more year of an ACTUAL dictatorship Ioannidis's government , because thats what the "rEvOlUtIoN" did , it brought an actual dictatorship from the USA , bravo to the revolutioners hahahaha . And for the cherry on the pie, read what the communist news papers said about the 1973 "rEvOlUtIoN" and how they even told their comrades to stop this nonsense because its provocations from the USA and then they switched their opinion so they can capitalize on this and got in the building and kicked everyone outside even the old anarchists and true socialists talk about it and how much of a BS this "rEvOlUtIoN" was . See if you have no clue of anything just dont talk about the history do your little tour and like the graffitis very well say, F off

"Well I wish I was in the N17! Stone walls and the grass is green!"

You got everything wrong about the "Junta" as you say it, maybe tell the people the historical truth and not the propaganda of the anarcho communists

I dont wanna be that ''Actually'' guy but I guess I have to be cause fables are good but real history is better and more nuanced. The Greek Junta's regime did not fall by the students uprising. I dont blame you for thinking so, because that misconception is quite popular in Greece and the ones responsible for it, are some of the students that may or may not took part in the uprising, and later became our teachers, professors and part of the political establishment, wanting to gain resistance/political points. The very same establishment that today will unleash riot police against pensioners, students and workers who demand their rights. The student uprising was indeed a pivotal moment but the regime collapsed one year later and that was mainly due to the tragic debacle at Cyprus leading to the Turkish invasion of the island. Also the dictator Papadopoulos got usurped by one of his henchmen, Ioannides who at the time had better relations with the CIA. In fact for that year the Junta became even more oppressive. The uprising of the students came at a point when Papadopoulos wanted to re-invent himself as the ''permanent president of the Greek Democracy'', conducting ''elections'' and getting to be something like Franco in Spain. While the Greek Junta was oppressive and many people were its victims, it wasn't an outright murderous regime like the one in Chile. That doesn't make them less criminal, but they had a different style based more on psychological violence than outright mass murders as far as it concerned the official policy of the regime, cause there were factions of different shades of criminals in there. And that played an important role in the events at the Polytechnic school. Because the official government wished for a de-escalation, by ignoring the uprising at first and then trying to get the students via threats to go home. Greece's army was and is based on conscription. Despite the deployment of ''loyal'' units to the regime, the soldiers in some cases protected the students, some of them had friends and relatives in the school, from the menace of the police who acted like rabid dogs and were the main instigators of violence. There is a case mentioned where the soldiers actually threatened the police with opening fire against them unless they backed off, and formed a corridor to allow the students to leave unharmed. The tank killing students while breaking in, is a myth. One girl was injured by an iron that was hurled, other that that the ''crushed students who denied to leave the gate is a fable. In fact the leadership of the students came out to talk with the army officers and together they agreed to allow the tank to get in and open the gates. The reason was that they had gathered so many materials and the Mercedes of the Director of the School behind the gate that it was impossible to open. The army officers made an offer to the students to come out and disperse (which was what the government wanted basically) or else the things might turn really ugly mainly than the ultra nationalistic elements in the police and the State Security who actually had snipers in the balconies and roofs around. They were the main responsible for the bulk of the dead. The students realized that they came to a dead end, they could either take the deal, hoping for the best or get ready for a bloodbath. They agreed to clear the area and allow the tank to open the gate and then disperse under the protection of the army. Off course that ''protection'' promise was expiring once they would be out in the streets around where they would be fair game for the police and the trigger happy State Security Service. There is where the ruthless beatings, shootings and arrests took place. The Polytechnic School Uprising was very important but alas many of its protagonists tried to transform it to something more ''heroic'' and influential for their own gain or ego. There is a very interesting 2002 documentary hosting many key figures, explaining the whole deal. That was the first time in my life (I was 24) when i heard what actually happened. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8mdpJOhttGpaZs.html BTW the footage of the tank going in, was smuggled abroad by the Dutch mother of a schoolmate of mine.

Throwing crap nto the canal,then will cost thousands to clean up😂.Idiots and a waste of tax payers money.So idiotic

good shit homie

This neighborhood was cop free several years ago, but now it is poised to become some bourgeois Airbnb kind of complex. There are police literally on every corner co-existing with some of the natives who will only survive there if they adapt to the gentrification that is in progress. Nice clickbait title though.

2024. Respec grows. Switch 1st n last it works 2.

Hitler was nothing compared to you Limey boy 😂

Reminds me of Champloo

dutch police are COWARDS.. ze zijn zwaar debiel..stelletje zionist parasieten. fuck israel fuck usa fuck the dutch police. FREE PALESTINE !!!!

You want a history lesson, eh? I got one for you. You should have asked for a mythology lesson, this comment would have been shorter lol. Regarding the strange looking “undressed people” on the stone by the lock, the “undressed man” is Poseidon - a god from Greek mythology who ruled bodies of water (oceans, seas, rivers, etc - hence why he is probably carved in stone by a lock!). He always carries a trident (that three-pronged pole that you see in his hand). This is what he uses to do magic. The Ancient Greeks believed that he could cause shipwrecks, or good sailing journeys, bad or good weather at sea, help fisherman out, or cause the fish to disappear - anything that happens near water they believed was caused by Poseidon, with the use of his magical trident. So they would pray and make offerings to this sea god before going on any sort of journey. The little “undressed boys” next to him are cherubs - also figures from Greek mythology. Anyway, this piece of metalwork obviously wouldn’t have been made by the Greeks, and the Dutch people who made it wouldn’t have believed in Poseidon. Here’s the history part (you can skip this if you want, I explained who they are already, so you know that already if this is too long for you, haha! I’m just a nerd and enjoy this stuff!). So, basically, the Romans also believed in the same myths as the Greeks, they just used different names for the same gods because they spoke a different language, but the mythology originated in Ancient Greece long before Rome even existed . After the final sack of Rome by Germanic tribes, which led to Rome’s ultimate fall, its entire cornucopia of information was lost too, and all of it lost to Europe as the Dark Ages descended. It was really bad - all of their progress, their achievements in technology, mathematics, history, philosophy, literature, warfare, engineering, metallurgy…all their amazing feats they used to have like running hot and cold water, proto-automata, proto-computers, and more…everything was lost. It was as devastating as us losing the internet, and every library we have, now. Anyway, despite most of their information being destroyed, some remnants of it made their way to the Middle East, where the Muslim world was experiencing a Golden Age just as the Christian world fell into darkness. And the Muslims were fascinated by all of this amazing information coming in from Rome. It helped fuel their own Golden Age, and they preserved it pretty well. Even though Rome had already converted to Christianity by the time of its fall, books on its Old Mythology made their way to the Middle East. Then, during the beginning of the European Renaissance, Venetian Traders (as in, traders from Venice, Italy - which was the main port of call for trade between Europe and the Ottoman Empire - who themselves brought goods carried among the Silk Road) started hearing about these old Roman books. Books were hugely in vogue in Renaissance Europe at the time. Europe was coming out of the Dark Ages, experiencing an artistic and societal revolution, and becoming more interested in the ancient Roman people who left masterworks all over their continent - especially all over Italy, but even as far up as Bath, England. People back then even presumed that Stonehenge was built by the Romans. So anyway, these Ottoman and Venetian traders saw a great opportunity. The Venetian traders traded European goods to the Ottomans, and the Ottomans would trade goods from the Silk Road in return…as well as ancient books from Rome, some nearly one half to a thousand years old. So it was through this exchange that Europeans learned of Ancient Greek mythology…and ever since then, the Western world has been obsessed with it. We still have popular movies that come out about it, comics that are drawn based on its characters, and books that are written which use it as inspiration - to this day. Anyway, this piece of metalwork is obviously meant to be symbolic, it’s not like the artists or society that made it actually believed that Poseidon helps rule the waters…although I guess you never know…Rome did fall after they stopped believing in him…spooky…lol But I would hazard a very uneducated guess that this piece of metalwork with Poseidon and the cherubs was probably created in the 19th century at some point. However, to be honest, I really don’t have a clue - it could have been created last year for all I know! Are there any art history nerds willing to help me out with this one, and write a nice long comment about the subject to compliment my own? 😀 Also, I just want to say to the very relatable guy who made this video that I am super glad I came across this channel (while specifically looking for more info on this little Lego town, after seeing it in a short!). It’s my first video of yours, and I always know a good channel when I see one, so I’ve subscribed!

Now I know what foreigners watch before they come with excitement to gentrify our neighborhoods. So so so many inaccuracies and unnecessary dramatization. Tourists go home, you are a great part of the problem.

I spent my 20s almost every day around exarchia square. It always used to be the defacto meeting place for many different groups and counter-cultures, artists, creative people and other self-organizing communities. It felt like home more so than any other neighborhood of Athens, even though I didn't actually live in it. Back then pigs really never approached the square with impunity. That started changing from the olympic games of 2004 when the government wanting to show off to their imperialist buddies made strong pushes to anarchist spaces, at the same time as they made a circus show trial of the captured 17N members. Their increased presence in the area was what culminated with the killing of Grigoropoulos in 2008 and all that followed. Unfortunately I've been away from exarchia for quite a while now, and I don't know frist hand how the recent attempts at gentrification are affecting the mood there, but thanks for taking me back to a place that will always feel like home to me.

Nahhh it is full of cops now

Its definately not a cop free zone i auggest you go to a wonderful place call zephiri

Thanks for putting Exarchia on your map an documenting the travails of just resistance here in Greece! -Dimitri Yin

Cop free area - Riot cops everywhere...

You know the road you passed from at the back of the Polytechnic? It was this road or the next one where the junta would bring people for torture. They would do it at the rooftop so that the whole neighbourhood would hear it. Even these days, there is like an indent there where people can't see from up or down the road. Riot cops take their prisoners there for beating.

As someone who grew up in the madness of 'The Troubles' , I can thankfully now say Belfast has shifted from a dark, grey, underdeveloped and sombre paranoid city to a buzzing, lively, modern and diverse city with a great music, art and sporting scene.

Nice Video,I enjoyed It !!! Thank You !!! Well,at Plateia Exarcheion,now the fence "protecting IT" has doubled in height,since your Video and the Area with the seatings and tables,sourrounding the Plateia has shrinked,no more chairs or tables for the People !!! About six meter of fierce fence and a narrow space left,to pass by,this horrible building shite !!!

Sadly the neighbourhood is highly gentrified and the cops and municipality are taking more and more public spaces. Police presence is sky high.

Cap free? Every block has police nowadays....

TOURISTS GO HOME

first of all you look like a total idiot white digital nomad, half the shit you say isnt true and how you talk bout getrification while supporting exactly that. 2024 exarchia is not police free i could say its one of the most policed parts of the city. Start being a bit less of an idiot and go work for some white people ngo in Africa wannabe idiot.

goated video , thanks algorithm. You should try omonoia next

I live in Exarcheia, it sucks my friend, but that's why i love it

Banner Translation @ 26:59 Our Dear friend and comrade you where lost in the battle for the daily pay. Exarchia Square will never forget you..

Classic tourist that comes to Athens and knows everything about the city Just don't visit you make it worst by making these "educational videos"

You clearly don't know what you are talking about

cop free where?

Re malaka ex roommate you came to my area and you didnt let me know... Thats a sin in they eyes of god 😁

Definitely a shite guide! Exarchia was an anarchist neigbourhood int the 80s 90s 00s... IT IS NOT cop free the past few years.Actually is the most cop infested area of downtown Athens and its not the hotbed of anarchy in Athens anymore... Despite the strong reaction of most of the residents it is the hotbed of gentrification in Atherns especially with the new metro station thats being built on the historic Exarchia square. This video is sooo full of shit!! How do i know??? I fucking live there!!

UUU

Proudly occupier and gentrifier of Exarchia since 5 years😂 in short all he said is bullshit. Plenty of coppers, actually way too much in Exarchia, it's a soulless and cultural dead place with lots of graffiti, many junkie dieing, some absolutely decent clubs and bars, lot of decay an urban dirt and about 5 feminist students who think that they are important, I don't count the 20 rioters, because they don't live here, they are rich kids. And of course some German tourists who make anarchism tourism. It's not the place to save you. Edit after seeing it all he can easily film the cops in the "cop free zone" they don't care, they make pictures in the summer with tourists as well...

Awesome, mate. Thanks for the info. I never knew I didn't know. Stay informed!!

Us prods and Catholics love each other get the Welsh out

Looks like a communist shit hole.

I got "oranged" in the Shankill in 2004, this place has a slightly different shite feel to it from your tour though. Great video man, i look forward to your content, hoping to see your content on Palestine soon.

Always looking forward to a new Shite Guides video. Im curious if you notice an over abundance of crime in that neighborhood, because here in the states anytime we have neighborhoods in our cities that do this, the media comes out saying that they're just havens for violent criminals that hold the neighborhood hostage. I feel like thats mostly propaganda, but it is the states after all so it might not be far off, do you think places like this can function without some kind of governmental authority? and does that lack of authority negatively impact the quality of life for the people living there? Asking for my A political friends 😆