٠٠:٠٢:٠٧Protesters gathered in front of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps headquarters for a rally called by the local Communist Party to demonstrate against the Alliance on Sunday.
According to the organisers of the protest, the rally members also commemorated the victims of NATO-led bombing campaign of former Yugoslavia.
Footage shows protesters marching, chanting, holding flags of the party as well as banners and placards reading 'Hope is based on the struggle of the people. 'No!' to the wars of the imperialists.' Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoubas attended the rally to deliver a speech.
"From the city of Thessaloniki, which 25 years ago was turned into a base of resistance and struggle against the war of NATO and the EU against the people of Yugoslavia. We send our message from here today that our country will not become a base of war for their war plans," he said.
According to a local media reports, the rally marks the 33rd Anti-Imperialist Camp event of the 'Communist Youth of Greece' (KNE) movement which includes the exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the war in Yugoslavia and a series of discussions.
The NATO-led bombing campaign of Yugoslavia started on March 24, 1999, until June 10, without UN approval. The alliance maintains it intervened to 'stop bloodshed and save lives', as well as prevent 'ethnic cleansing' in Kosovo.
The Yugoslav army withdrew from Kosovo and Metohija, and shortly after, over 160,000 Serbs from Kosovo left the region. Kosovo unilaterally declaring independence in 2008.
NATO has admitted that depleted uranium weapons were used in the 1999 conflict. The US-led military alliance has denied any link between the munitions and health issues, although some subsequent studies have linked it to birth defects and increased risks of certain cancers.
'Our country will not become a base of war' - Anti-NATO protesters rally in Thessaloniki
Protesters gathered in front of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps headquarters for a rally called by the local Communist Party to demonstrate against the Alliance on Sunday.
According to the organisers of the protest, the rally members also commemorated the victims of NATO-led bombing campaign of former Yugoslavia.
Footage shows protesters marching, chanting, holding flags of the party as well as banners and placards reading 'Hope is based on the struggle of the people. 'No!' to the wars of the imperialists.' Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoubas attended the rally to deliver a speech.
"From the city of Thessaloniki, which 25 years ago was turned into a base of resistance and struggle against the war of NATO and the EU against the people of Yugoslavia. We send our message from here today that our country will not become a base of war for their war plans," he said.
According to a local media reports, the rally marks the 33rd Anti-Imperialist Camp event of the 'Communist Youth of Greece' (KNE) movement which includes the exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the war in Yugoslavia and a series of discussions.
The NATO-led bombing campaign of Yugoslavia started on March 24, 1999, until June 10, without UN approval. The alliance maintains it intervened to 'stop bloodshed and save lives', as well as prevent 'ethnic cleansing' in Kosovo.
The Yugoslav army withdrew from Kosovo and Metohija, and shortly after, over 160,000 Serbs from Kosovo left the region. Kosovo unilaterally declaring independence in 2008.
NATO has admitted that depleted uranium weapons were used in the 1999 conflict. The US-led military alliance has denied any link between the munitions and health issues, although some subsequent studies have linked it to birth defects and increased risks of certain cancers.
Protesters gathered in front of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps headquarters for a rally called by the local Communist Party to demonstrate against the Alliance on Sunday.
According to the organisers of the protest, the rally members also commemorated the victims of NATO-led bombing campaign of former Yugoslavia.
Footage shows protesters marching, chanting, holding flags of the party as well as banners and placards reading 'Hope is based on the struggle of the people. 'No!' to the wars of the imperialists.' Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoubas attended the rally to deliver a speech.
"From the city of Thessaloniki, which 25 years ago was turned into a base of resistance and struggle against the war of NATO and the EU against the people of Yugoslavia. We send our message from here today that our country will not become a base of war for their war plans," he said.
According to a local media reports, the rally marks the 33rd Anti-Imperialist Camp event of the 'Communist Youth of Greece' (KNE) movement which includes the exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the war in Yugoslavia and a series of discussions.
The NATO-led bombing campaign of Yugoslavia started on March 24, 1999, until June 10, without UN approval. The alliance maintains it intervened to 'stop bloodshed and save lives', as well as prevent 'ethnic cleansing' in Kosovo.
The Yugoslav army withdrew from Kosovo and Metohija, and shortly after, over 160,000 Serbs from Kosovo left the region. Kosovo unilaterally declaring independence in 2008.
NATO has admitted that depleted uranium weapons were used in the 1999 conflict. The US-led military alliance has denied any link between the munitions and health issues, although some subsequent studies have linked it to birth defects and increased risks of certain cancers.