1911 (Xinhai)) Revolution: Crumbling government falls quickly, mad scramble for power leads to several decades of ineffective...
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1911 (Xinhai)) Revolution: Crumbling government falls quickly, mad scramble for power leads to several decades of ineffective military despotism and subversion by "sympathetic" foreign powers, 20+ years of constant warfare, invasion by a nearby state while internal strife leaves the nation unable to defend itself, Communist dictatorship.
1973 Athens Polytechnic - suppressed by military force. As the regime moves to reorient itself in response, coup ultimately leads to war with Turkey and the fall of the junta. The successor regime recognizes universities as autonomous of state power. In the form of “Exarcheia”, Athens Polytechnic shelters much of Greece’s anarchist capacity.