the weblog of james croft, the one from Brisbane, Australia.
"Alexi, these nights are yours,” says the graffiti on the subway wall, addressed to the Athens schoolboy killed last Saturday, allegedly by a police bullet. The week of rioting and protest that has left the city in shards belongs, above all, to the young. It is a revolt of schoolchildren and students, most on the streets for the first time. There are reports of children as young as 12 battling riot police, shouting “Cops! Pigs! Murderers!"