Protests continue to grow in Nigeria, whose SARS police force has yet to be disbanded and is being replaced with SWAT, and recent leaks by Anonymous are only serving to aggravate the situation in the country. The hacktivist group had previously not been present, but it is likely that its new releases will bring forth a new wave of protests.
Daily Archives: October 15, 2020
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About 50 protesters in Portland turned out against the police state in the city, calling for the abolition of police. Protesters set bonfires and clashed with police, with several demonstrators injured and arrested.
Protesters in North Brooklyn took to the streets to halt construction of a fracked gas pipeline that would run through the neighborhoods of Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Brownsville and Bed-Stuy. Many suspect that the National Grid chose to run the pipeline through black-majority neighborhoods instead of mostly white ones. Protesters in North Brooklyn took to the streets to halt construction of […]
Student protesters in Athens took to the streets demanding better pay for their teachers, and more funding for their schools. After the 2009 crisis, Greece cut the budget of almost every single program except for that of the police, which caused outrage among the people of the country. Student protesters in Athens took to the streets demanding better pay for […]
Protesters representing the Kansas City Tenants’ Union shut down the city’s eviction court for the day, chaining its doors together and blockading it from the outside. The city has continued evictions through the pandemic, to the complaints of many, and KC appears to be following the lead of other tenant unions. Anti-Eviction Protests in the United States Protesters representing the […]
On the 14th, Thailand banned protests from going on under the pretext of coronavirus restrictions. In response, thousands of protesters crowded 3 central areas of Bangkok, with most being unarmed and not ready to fight off a police response. Protesters were soon met by hundreds of police, who promptly began to march forward and aim water cannons at the protesters.
Armenian-Greeks demonstrated against Turkish & Azeri aggression in front of the Turkish embassy in Athens. About 600 people took part in the protest, which called for the end of war sparked by Azerbaijan in early October. When a ceasefire was reached, it collapsed within 24 hours with Azeri shelling and bombing. Armenian-Greeks demonstrated against Turkish & Azeri aggression in front […]