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A Day of Rage in Greece As Debt Worries Mount O C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek Americans c v A wEEkly GREEk AMERICAN PuBlICATION www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 14, ISSUE 698 February 26-March 4 , 2011 $1.50 A Day of Rage in Greece as Debt Worries Mount Back to the Drach? Some Analysts Say Restructuring Inevitable, Is Coming ATHENS – Pumped up by up - loans over three years to keep risings in other countries, more the country from going bank - than 30,000 protesters furious rupt. Prime Minister George Pa - over government-imposed pay pandreou has acknowledged cuts for public workers, tax that generations of profligate hikes and an international cadre overspending by different gov - of lenders who have nearly ernment administrations has taken control of the country’s fi - created the crisis he said left nances, clashed with riot police him no chance but to seek in - on Feb. 23 during a day-long ternational help, but at a price general strike that shut down many citizens said is too heavy businesses, services and trans - and has exempted the rich and portation. Graffiti calling for a politicians they blame for the “Day of Rage,” the calling cry of dilemma. Protesters chanting demonstrators who overthrew “Don’t obey the rich — Fight the Egyptian government and back!” marched to Parliament set off a spate of uprisings in as the city center was heavily Yemen and Libya and unease in policed. northern Africa and the ISLANDS NOT FOR SALE Mideast, was sprawled on walls The assault on Parliament, in the capital city and the anger which lasted only a few hours of a cauldron of protesters, in - and came in the midst of other - cluding workers, pensioners, im - wise peaceful protests by people migrants and a mix of anarchists who marched past the building, and Leftists, was palpable, many covering their faces and demonstrators throwing rocks and firebombs at police and Continued on page 9 swinging wooden staves at their shields, and police retaliating with scores of stun grenade tear - AP PHOTO/DIMITRI MESSINIS gas canisters exploding over the WITH THIS ISSUE A motorcycle policeman burns as his colleague tries to help after clashes broke out during a mass rally taking place as rioters heads and on the streets, him after protesters threw a petrol bomb in Athens, Feb. 23, part of a general strike against government austerity mea - the smoke choking them as they as scores of youths hurled rocks and petrol bombs at riot police sures. fled to side streets seeking cover. A police officer was at - tacked and his uniform caught fire in the city’s main Syntagma Square, and his motorcycle was Real Tragedies Taught Anthoula Katsimatides burned. One group of rioting youths smashed paving stones in front of the central Bank of By Constantine S. Sirigos tacks of Sept. 11, 2001 when “on” for her students: “When Astoria enjoying a performance, Greece, but there were no im - TNH Staff Writer she appears onstage, but says you are a high school teacher when she was saddened to hear mediate reports of any serious she was not the type of person you are definitely a performer the theater was going to be torn damage, and squads of heavily- NEW YORK – When we sit who grew up wanting to be an and of course in politics, that is down. She had a powerful feel - armored and armed riot police down in a theater, to see a actress. It was never her dream, the quintessential stage.” ing that, “I needed to perform stood guard outside, although movie or a play, we take it for but she was always involved in Chance and fate seem to play a in one of those plays before the protesters in other places granted the actors and actresses the arts and somehow was al - role in every actor’s career. After theater was gone. The woman smashed the signs of bank, fa - will bring to life something dis - ways given the longest poems earning a BA in Business Admin - seated next to her was Director vorite targets of anger, espe - turbing or interesting or funny, and the biggest parts in school istration and a Masters degree Joanna Xanthopoulou, who told cially in the wake of the gov - but how many of us think about plays. And she says she always in Secondary Education at her, “Oh my God I have a part ernment austerity measures how they do that? Anthoula Kat - felt that, no matter what she Queens College and serving as for you.” Katsimatides then ap - required by the Troika – the Eu - simatides draws upon a range was performing, whether “sell - former Governor George peared in the production of A ropean Union, European Central of personal and professional ex - ing the creative” in her adver - Pataki’s Community Affairs Spe - Doctor in Spite of Himself a Bank and International Mone - periences, including family tising days or teaching fidgety cial Assistant, she found herself tary Fund (IMF) - as a condition losses related to the terrorist at - adolescents. She was always at the Greek Cultural Center in Continued on page 6 to get $150 billion in rescue St. Nick’s Church Cause Bishop Elias Picked Up in Congress Met Alleged By Constantine S. Sirigos Nicholas, destroyed during the Sex Abuse TNH Staff Writer Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at what is now called Ground NEW YORK – Hope has been Zero. Nicole Malliotakis, elected Victim raised that New York’s Governor last November to the New York Andrew Cuomo may intervene State Assembly, told The Na - to help resolve the dispute be - tional Herald that earlier this By Theodore Kalmoukos tween the Port Authority of New month Cuomo said that the THN Staff Writer York and New Jersey over the question is on his agenda, and rebuilding of the Church of St. he acknowledged that he wants Bishop Elias of Philomelion, to play a greater role in resolv - Interim Abbot at the St. Irene ing the problem. So far, the Port Chrysovalantou Monastery in Authority has not responded to Astoria, N.Y., met on Feb. 18 Science Series the lawsuit filed in Federal with an alleged victim of sexual Court by the Greek Orthodox misconduct of the former Abbot, Archdiocese of American and Metropolitan Paisios. The man, Alivisatos: the parish of St. Nicholas that identified only by the initials charges violations of their prop - A.G., reportedly recalled, in de - erty rights and the free exercise tail, what he said was sexual Approaching of their religion. John abuse beginning when he was Couloucoundis, the President of 11 years old. The man brought the St. Nicholas Parish Council, his attorney, Irwin M. Zalkin, Democritus and Archdiocesan officials in - while the Monastery’s attorney formed The National Herald George Tsougarakis, was also By Mark N. Lardas that as of press time they had present. Bishop Elias, in an in - heard anything from the Port TNH/COSTAS BEJ terview with The National Her - Dr. Paul Alivisatos was not Authority since the suit was Archons Honor Ambassador Kaskarelis in New York ald, verified that he met with supposed to be a chemist. His filed. That there has been no di - the alleged victim, but declined parents expected him to become rect communication from the PA The Order of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, honored Greece’s Ambassador to comment on what was said. a doctor, like his father. Follow - in more than 18 months was a to the United States, Vassilis Kaskarelis at New York’s famed Carlyle Hotel on Thursday, February He said, “There are victims and ing his own path was not easy principal motivation for the 17 “for his extraordinary support of religious freedom for the Ecumenical Patriarchate and for when someone is a victim, he for Alivisatos. Like many other Church finally taking legal ac - his valuable contributions to Greece and the Diaspora”. From left to right: Alex Pritsos, John suffers, and on that pain we as Greeks in the years after World tion. In the meantime, the issue Halecky, Archbishop Demetrios, Ambassador Kaskarellis, Dr. Anthony Limberakis and Jim Foun - clergy and spiritual fathers War II, Alivisatos’ father had is commanding attention in the tas. Mr. Kaskarelis expressed his gratitude for the honor and said religious freedom is a funda - should show the necessary sen - come to the New World from nation’s capital as Congressman mental and universal human right. He referred to the Ecumenical Patriarchate as “the symbolic sitivity.” A letter written by Za - Thessalonica as a young man, Gus. M. Bilirakis, a Florida Re - custodian of our collective Orthodox conscience, which, continues to guide Orthodox Christians.” lkin charging that Paisios had with little money, and even publican, has circulated a letter sexually abused their client was fewer connections. Yet informing members of the sent to Ecumenical Patriarch Alivisatos’ father became a doc - House of Representatives of Bartholomew and to the mem - tor and a professor of physiol - what he said is a violation of bers of the Holy Synod by The ogy at a medical school in the Church’s constitutional An AHEPA Coming to Constantinople Zalkin Law Firm New York on Chicago. Alivisatos ended up, in rights and what was called the Jan. 10, which also claimed that his words, as a medical refugee. disrespectful behavior of the Church officials did nothing to “I did not want to be a doctor,” Port Authority and its Chairman, WASHINGTON – In a tribute to abroad, and we are proud our costas. “However, chartering a prevent alleged sexual miscon - he explained, “so when I went Chris Ward, toward the human the importance of leadership mission, which is rooted in com - chapter requires person-to-per - duct or help the victims.
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