Greece weighs the future of “university asylum”
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 4, 2022
Greece is the ancient birthplace of the academy, but it is a turbulent 20th century that explains the contemporary street battles over campus policing. And while many are tired of anarchic posturing and criminality, the inseparability of national and campus politics makes normality an elusive prospect.
The current state of affairs can be traced back to the early hours of Nov. 17, 1973, when a tank smashed through the gates of the Athens Polytechnic, now the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA . . .
