{"id":5199,"date":"2015-07-01T09:41:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T09:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/word.christopherwagner.org\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2015-07-01T09:41:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T09:41:21","slug":"athens-greece-yes-protest-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/word.christopherwagner.org\/?p=5199","title":{"rendered":"Athens, Greece – “Yes” Protest 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the “yes” (people who want to accept austerity and stay in the EU) protest so we went to check it out. The protest was totally different than the “no” (stop austerity and see what happens) protest – the “yes” protest was massive, there were so many people in the square it was nearly impossible to move. It took us a good 20min to walk a quarter of a block. It was incredibly hot in the crowd even though the temperature was in the low 60s (15.5C). Police shut down the arterial streets because so many people were flooding in they spilled over the sidewalks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just like yesterday, the crowd was very chipper considering the severity and seriousness of their situation.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the bailout ended and Greece did not pay its creditors. The politicians are trying to wrangle a deal before the July 5 referendum on whether the citizens want more austerity or not.
\nThere is word the government and the banking system only has enough cash on hand for a handful of days of operation.<\/p>\n

I think we are in for an interesting week. The supermarkets and ATMs around us have plenty of supply so we’ll see what happens.<\/p>\n

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