National strike in Greece

[Ed Jewett]

Just curious. What's this Ed?

It is an iconic graphic that is descriptive of the movie "Z" by Costas-Gavras.

See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065234/

Here's a video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NPJ9sPbH18

The author of the book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassilis_Vassilikos

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"In an unnamed Mediterranean country run by an ultra right-wing government, a liberal party leader is assassinated after giving a public speech. An investigation is launched to try to dispute claims of a police conspiracy, but the more the investigator looks into the case, the clearer it becomes that a cover-up is involved...

The film is based on the novel by Vassili Vassilikos and parallels the real life assassination in 1963 of Gregorios Lambrakis, a popular public figure known for his left-wing views. The significance of the letter Z is explained at the end of the film."

From a user comment: "... For hard-core political activists, these films are a must-see to make one fully aware to what extent those in questionable power will go, to manipulate the masses with covert deception, mass hysteria and mass hypnosis..."


http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Z_rev.html

See also

http://www.moviediva.com/MD_root/reviewpages/MDZ.htm

"The letter is shorthand for “He Lives” in ancient Greek, a graffito that was spray painted around Athens after Lambrakis’ murder."

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"With the tacit acceptance of the U.S. and Western Europe, the world's cradle of democracy was harboring a totalitarian regime that regularly tortured and murdered dissidents and had banned everything from the Beatles and long hair, to Mark Twain, Dostoyevsky, and a certain letter of the alphabet. With “Z,” Costa-Gavris made sure the world knew that."

http://www.bullz-eye.com/mguide/reviews_1969/z.htm

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See also
ZMAG
http://www.zmag.org
Z Magazine's web site: an independent political magazine of critical thinking on political, cultural, social, and economic life in the United States and around the globe.