This is the second interview of back-to-back interviews that I did with RT tonight. Both were charged with the energy of the crowd, and with the excitment of my camera crew, which was full of Greeks who were more excited than I was to be on the air and speaking the truth. It was empowering to have this opportunity, and I really thank RT for making it possible.

I will post the other interview when it becomes available.

Like many Greeks, I was saddened immensely by the way that Syntagma was torn appart by the violence yesterday. Likewise, I was supercharged by the optimism and positive energy shown by the crowd tonight in returning and showing that they would not be defeated, and that they were going to continue to offer a platform for effective change in the middle of the square.

Still, I need to post this video, because it is a testament to what happens often as people in these protests grow more and more frustrated with the pace of change in Greece. It is a miracle that no one has died thus far.

I am not one of those people that tries to blame police for all the violence here. In some cases they are acting in self defense. However, as we have seen many times before, in countries all over the world, violence has a sort of “intoxicating” quality that turns its perpetrators into lustful goons.

This footage clearly shows that some units of the MAT and the police force have been left completely off of their leash. They must think that their fellow Greeks are piñata to be pummeled for their own enjoyment.

This video is being passed around all over the net here in Greece. The people are outraged at the footage. It shows police agents dressed up as protestors being escorted by the MAT into safe cover and giving them intelligence.

This was the last of 4 interviews that I did today. It was an interview with an anchor on RT America, who asked me, among other things, what the effect of a Greek default would be.

For those wondering why I seem a bit calmer and more sedated, it is probably because all the tear gas used at and around the square that we were inhaling all day long is laced with calming chemical agents. As the day turns into night, most of us can feel the relaxation kicking in.

I promised myself that I would go to bed and get some rest for tomorrow. Well, there is just so much to catch up on that I can’t find the time.

A friend just sent me this video. This is exactly what I was talking about today on RT, when I said that this level of violence could result in fatalities, and that these fatalities would serve as a catalyst for the collapse of this government.

I’m sick to my stomach seeing this footage. The MAT are not justified in their approach. They seem to have lost a sense of control in a climate that now resembles a miniature theater of war and not a political rally. These special police forces were stationed all around the side streets of the square and the main roads leading to parliament with orders to spray so much tear gas into the air that it made your eyes tear almost 1 KILOMETER from Constitution Square.

Clearly, they don’t want people coming to express themselves and to fight against debt peonage and TROIKA slavery.

After my interview with Russia Today, I headed back to Syntagma Square to see if people had returned after things had become violent earlier in the afternoon. I was shocked to find that not only had many people returned, but the square was actually jam packed.

The atmosphere was electric and the mood was one of anger mixed with excitement – anger at the government and excitement at the turnout. In fact, the air of depression and hopelessness that pervades the capital these days is always washed away at Constitution Square, where people cannot help but ride a wave of action that is emotionally overwhelming.

Lastly, I want to note that the crowd was completely mixed. You really don’t have any one group dominating these protests. Everyone in the society is represented here. In fact, I will have to correct myself from now on when I refer to the violent protestors as only coming from the ranks of the anarchists or undercover police and make clear that the violence is now coming from the average citizen as well. There are people who are clearly not anarchists or provocateurs, who willingly engage police, and those who do not cheer on those who do. It is really quite a sight to behold.

I took the following videos from 9pm to roughly 12:30am Greek time. The last video in particular is great because it shows you just how a police action really gets started. For more context please watch the clip on YouTube so that you can read the description. I explain where each video was taken and what was going on at the time: