Pictured: A rally consisting mostly of young students holding the Greek flag of the Polytechnic, parades through the city on its way to the US Embassy to mark the 43rd anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising in Athens Greece. Thursday 17 November 2016<br /> Re: 43rd anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising of 1973 which was a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The uprising began on November 14, 1973, escalated to an open anti-junta revolt and ended in bloodshed in the early morning of November 17 after a series of events starting with a tank crashing through the gates of the Polytechnic.
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