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Patrick Strickland

SHOCKING: Greece at a stand still as thousands strike against austerity - You Need To See This

Demonstrators briefly clash with police in Athens as a nationwide strike brings Greece to a standstill [Nick Paleologos/SOOC/Al Jazeera]

Athens, Greece - Flags and banners fluttered above a steady stream of protesters, who chanted anti-austerity slogans as they marched through the streets of the Greek capital.

On Wednesday, thousands of Greek workers, union members, migrant labourers, students, pensioners and unemployed people flooded Athen's city centre to hold a general strike against the government's ongoing austerity regime.

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