Greek General Strike Against Austerity's Path of 'Poverty and Wretchedness'

On Monday night, teachers and education workers protested against layoffs and school closures, ahead of Tuesday’s general strike. (Photo: Nikolas Georgiou/Demotix/Corbis)Tens of thousands of Greek workers walked out on the job Tuesday in a nation-wide general strike against another wave of sweeping austerity measures that is sending tremors across a country already in the grips of an unemployment and poverty crisis.