Six days after the police shooting of a teenager, the anti-government protests widespread in ten Greek cities. In the last days, Greeks also protested in Paris, Berlin, New York, the Hague, Moscow and the opposition socialist party is calling for elections. Also under the influence of the global economic crisis, the Greek economy is likely to continue its decline. On Wednesday, the trade unions were on a 24-hours general strike opposing pensions reform and privatizations. As a movement of solidarity with the Greek youth, Spanish youngsters from Barcelona and Madrid attacked on Wednesday a police station and a bank. The current economic crisis haven't arose just out of the blue; it is the consequence of a long time mix between uncoordinated policies - social, political and economic levels. Bad handled and not explained, these policies lead to protests, by people with an unsecure future. It is too early to consider that we experience now the death of liberal or socialist policies, as long as the crisis is producing effects at the global level, whatever the political orientations of the central governments. Was Argentina's crisis from the beginning of 2000 a warning?
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