Greeks pledge to continue protests despite bailout money pouring in

ATHENS, Greece — In a nation that has long prided itself on public protest, the convulsions of outrage have quieted for the moment. But anger still is swelling in the seething streets. Despite massive injections of bailout cash pouring in, Greeks are pledging to keep up strikes and street demonstrations against the government and its austerity measures. Their indignation is rooted not so much in the pain of slashed pensions and salary cuts, which opinion polls indicate will be grudgingly accepted, as in a general sense of betrayal by politicians they regard as having glided through the crisis with impunity.


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