Large school and university student rallies held across Greece

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The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that thousands of school and university students flooded the center of Athens and demonstrated in more than 40 cities across the country on November 6, escalating the struggle against policies that underfund education in order to pour billions of euros into military equipment and NATO. They demanded an end to the country's participation in wars and its shameful support for the murderous state of Israel, which continues to occupy and massacre the Palestinian people.

They were joined by parents' associations, teachers' and professors' unions, and hospital doctors who are also on strike these days.

In a symbolic gesture, school and university students laid flowers in memory of the victims of Tembi* in front of the parliament building, where the names of the dead are written, emphasizing that the new generation does not forget and does not forgive those guilty of the crime, and continues the struggle against the profit-driven system that does not value human life.

*On the night of February 28, 2023, a head-on collision occurred between the InterCity 62 passenger train and a freight train near Tempi in central Greece. The collision resulted from a combination of human error, outdated infrastructure, and systemic failures, including manual mismanagement of track switches and neglected railway maintenance. Many of the dead were young university students, marking the deadliest train accident in the country in recent decades.

The victims’ families have been actively pursuing justice, criticizing the government’s handling of the investigation and demanding accountability for both operational mistakes and systemic negligence due to government actions and austerity.

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