Yannis Stavrou, Diagonios, Thessaloniki, oil on canvas
Thessaloniki of the previous century - images from 1956...
Let's say goodbye to the poet's Alexandria we are losing...
Events during mass democracy...
Massive actions of contemporary people during a music festival...
The event was cultural...
Just imagine the brutal actions in case of a physical catastrophe or lack of basic goods...
The most tragic of all: we live the worst decline of the human civilization...
"Nobody knows which concrete events may introduce the great tendencies of the 21st century, the most shocking and tragic - in my judgement - age in the History of mankind" (Panajotis Kondylis)
According to recent news:
Post-Gazette.com, 25-7-2010
18 killed in mass panic at Germany's Love Parade
DUISBURG, Germany -- Crowds of people streaming into a techno music festival surged through an already jammed entry tunnel on Saturday, setting off a panic that killed 18 people and injured 80 at an event meant to celebrate love and peace.
The circumstances of the stampede at the famed Love Parade festival in Duisburg in western Germany were still not clear even hours after the chaos, but it appeared that some or most of the 18 had been crushed to death.
Authorities also suggested that some of the people killed or injured might have attempted to flee the crowd by jumping over a barrier and falling several yards. Witnesses described a desperate scene, as people piled up on each other or scrambled over others who had fallen in the crush.
"The young people came to celebrate and instead there are dead and injured," said Chancellor Angela Merkel. "I am horrified by the suffering and the pain."
Criticism quickly fell on city officials for allowing only one entrance to the grounds of a hugely popular event that drew hundreds of thousands of people to dance, watch floats and listen to DJs spin. German media said 1.4 million people attended but that figure could not be immediately confirmed.
The founder of the Love Parade, Matthias Roeingh, known by the name Dr. Motte, blasted the planning for the event, saying "one single entrance through a tunnel lends itself to disaster. I am very sad."
City officials chose not to evacuate the site, fearing it might spark more panic, and many people continued partying, unaware of the deaths.
Emergency workers had trouble getting to the victims, hampered by the huge crowds. The area was a hectic scene, with bodies lying on the ground and people milling around or attending to them. Rescue workers carried away the injured as techno music thundered in the background.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10206/1075217-82.stm?cmpid=nationworld.xml#ixzz0ugBt8Zbl
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