Students in universities and high schools in Minsk went on a mass strike, with tens of thousands participating and effectively halting educational activities. Some workers also went on strike and protests took place in a few neighborhoods across Minsk.
Monthly Archives: October 2020
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Protesters in Kyiv, Ukraine took to the streets on the 30th to protest the Constitutional Court rulings that effectively destroyed post-Euromaidan anti-corruption infrastructure, the public officials’ asset declaration system. This system allowed for public access to officials’ finances and enterprises, and its destruction has caused massive outrage in Ukraine. Protesters gathered outside of the Constitutional Court, with police tear-gassing the […]
Protesters from Abolition Park took to the streets in New York to demand housing justice for the houseless. New York has 80,000 unhoused residents but 240,000 empty houses, and activists are demanding their filling. Abolition Park marched from a hotel to Times Square for housing justice in New York. Protesters from Abolition Park took to the streets in New York […]
Protesters in Portland gathered in front of the North Precinct to burn American and Thin Blue Line flags, demanding justice for Walter Wallace and Karon Hylton. Police did not come out to engage with demonstrators, who then went downtown to burn MAGA items that an MLK statue had been vandalized with.
Protests occurred all over Belarus as an anniversary of the killings of several poets by the Soviet Union in 1937, with demonstrations taking place in nearly a dozen cities, mostly family gatherings and small friend groups showing solidarity against the Lukashenko regime.
Small business owners and merchants clashed with police in Tel Aviv against the new lockdown that will not be coupled with a stimulus, which people say will be ruining both for employees and small employers. Several barricades were burned, although no protesters were arrested. Small business owners and merchants clashed with police in Tel Aviv against the new lockdown that […]
Protesters took to the streets in Paris against new quarantine measures, feared to cause the closure of many businesses. Insofar, the Macron administration has refused to provide a stimulus, leading to protests across France. Clashes occurred in other cities, but none had occurred in Paris. Protesters took to the streets in Paris against new quarantine measures, feared to cause the […]
Protesters in Washington D.C. set a fire and burned an American flag in honor of Karon Hylton before police reinforcements arrived to the precinct and began attacking demonstrators. Bike cops were seen used kettling methods, and were widely criticized for excessive force when arresting protesters. Protesters in Washington D.C. set a fire and burned an American flag in honor of […]
Protesters in Portland took to the streets demanding the reopening of the case of Patrick Kimmons, who was fatally shot by police in 2018. It also served as a Back the Black (reference to black bloc) counterprotest in response to the Back the Blue rally in downtown Portland. Clashes also occurred between the Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer, and protesters. The […]
4000 police officers arrived in Guérnica on the 29th to evict 1400 families living there that had not been able to pay their rent amid the pandemic, with protests going on nearby and the population resisting. At the end of the day, the Argentinian police killed 2 people and successfully carried out the operation. 4000 police officers arrived in Guérnica […]
On the 29th, members of OFAPP (Organization of Family and Friends of Political Prisoners) rallied outside of the (in)Justice Center in Santiago to pressure the government to release those detained during the anti-state uprising of October. About 100 people attended the event. On the 29th, members of OFAPP (Organization of Family and Friends of Political Prisoners) rallied outside of the […]
Union workers have been on strike in Antofagasta for better pay and improvement in working conditions in the SGS Minerals corporation for 16 days, with several labor leaders coming to assist them in receiving the support of local union coalitions. Union workers have been on strike in Antofagasta for better pay and improvement in working conditions in the SGS Minerals […]
Protesters demonstrated against the arrival of the Secretary of Homeland Security in the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas to celebrate 400 miles of built wall. Protesters had been working with the O’Odham Anti-Border Collective, and Hispanic and indigenous elders also took part in the protest. Protesters demonstrated against the arrival of the Secretary of Homeland Security in the Rio […]
Demonstrations occurred across Iraq against the administration of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (Al-Kazemi), against whom outrage has been widespread for opening fire and killing 7 civilians in Baghdad during a demonstration earlier in October. It is estimated that at least 10,000 people took part in these protests.
Protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets demanding the resignation of President Piñera and the government representation in the constitutional delegation not to have any party members. Hundreds took part in the protest as a part of the growing movement for the end of politicians and party politics in Chile.