November 17 commemoration up in air amid anarchist occupation

Just two days before the annual protest march marking the anniversary of the November 17, 1973 student uprising that precipitated the fall of the Greek junta, some 70 self-styled anarchists, including several from Albania and Central European countries, occupied the building housing the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), which used to be the Athens Polytechnic, in the city center on Wednesday. 

Despite the efforts of Education Minister Costas Gavroglou and Civil Protection Minister Nikos Toskas, anarchists continued their occupation on Wednesday night, prompting concerns that commemorative events at the NTUA could be up in the air for the first time in 44 years. 

In a statement posted on an anti-establishment website, the occupiers called for an "uprising here and now" and for the state to meet the demands of jailed members of the Revolutionary Struggle...