170 Students Protest Greek Military Coup To Boston Consulate

Carrying signs reading "U.S. Withdraw Support from Greek Junta," and "U.S. Don't Arm Dictators." 170 students protested the military coup in Greece in front of the Greek Consulate in Boston Saturday.

The protesting group, which included students and professors from Harvard, M.I.T., B.U., and Northeastern as well as members of Boston's Greek-American community, also sang a four minute chorus from the Greek national anthem in the street below the consulate.

The protest march began at the Public Garden at the corner of Arlington and Boylston Streets. The demonstrators marched up Arlington St., and made a left on Commonwealth Ave. to St. James Ave., where they congregated in front of the Park Square Building, which houses the Greek consulate.

Leaders of the protest then pushed a petition under the consulate door. The petition called on the military regime to safeguard the lives of all political prisoners, and to call an immediate election to return constitutional government to the country.

The protest leaders said they had no immediate plans for further demonstrations. They did, however, say that their organization "The ad hoc committee in Boston for Democracy in Greece" would be tied in with similar committees in New York, Chicago, and Berkeley. In the future, these groups may unite into a national committee, leaders said.