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The Greek government narrowly managed to pass its latest austerity measures on Wednesday in the face of a 48-hour general strike. Only 153 out of 300 MPs voted in favour of the measures.

Less than five months into its term Greece’s coalition government is on the brink of collapse. It faces the biggest strike wave since the troika of the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European Union first came to the country in 2010.

Greece was gripped by a 48-hour general strike as Socialist Worker went to press, in an escalation of the growing strike movement.

The rise of Golden Dawn in Greece has caused shivers across Europe. It is an openly Nazi organisation that hails Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust.

Millions of workers in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece are set to walk out together in less than two weeks time, in an unprecedented general strike across southern Europe.

Workers in Greece held a general strike on Thursday of last week, in protest at government plans to push through even harsher austerity measures. It was the second general strike in the space of two weeks.

Workers in Greece took part in a general strike today, Thursday, in protest at the Greek government’s plans to push through even harsher austerity measures on the country’s population.

Hundreds of people turned out at St Paul’s Cathedral last Saturday to celebrate the first anniversary of Occupy London. They heard speakers from Greece, Spain and the student movement in Quebec before marching to City Hall.

The second general strike this autumn in Greece was set to take place on Thursday of this week. Several sections of workers are already striking.

Athens went into lockdown on Tuesday of this week as Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel turned up to discuss austerity with the Greek government.

France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and—last but not least—Spain. A storm of anti-austerity protest has been sweeping through Europe.

The general strike in Greece on Wednesday was a fantastic success.