The night has just fallen on the streets of central Athens. There’s not any national celebration or anything special to keep people outside their houses. It’s not even the weekend; it’s just an ordinary day of October 2010.

The exterior of the Kalimarmaro stadium begs to differ though. A person who would just happen to pass by would see a big semicircle of parents and children, teenagers, elderly couples, university students, police officers and pretty much all kinds of people while from the interior of the semicircle a cloud of smoke is making its way towards the sky.

This is neither a riot nor a demonstration. Getting closer to see the happening one would face a bunch of perfectly aligned… Continue reading →