Greeks resist austerity but see no way out of crisis

GREEKS keep taking to the streets of Athens to protest against austerity, but many say they feel their public outrage will do little to change their fate or slow their debt-choked country’s slide into bankruptcy.

Yesterday, thousands of state sector workers walked off the job and marched against wage cuts, tax hikes and layoffs the government says are needed to pull Greece out of a huge fiscal crisis that has rocked global markets and the eurozone.

Dozens of stone-throwing youths clashed with police, but most of the demonstrators marched peacefully, yet saying they expected it to have little effect on politicians who have stopped listening.