Protests continued in Noumea and other parts of New Caledonia against the sale of nickel mines to a Brazilian megacorporation, with French loyalists breaking the headlines. A blockade was set up of the Païta road in a suburb of Noumea, with vigilantes guarding it with hunting rifles and waving the French flag, raising many concerns about civil war.
Daily Archives: December 8, 2020
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Hundreds of protesters in Portland gathered at the Red House, owned by an Afro-indigenous family, who were being evicted by the PPB. Demonstrators attacked the police and sent them down Mississippi Avenue, deflating many police vehicles and smashing in their windows. Despite 7 arrests occurring, the Red House Autonomous Zone was formed by 3:00 P.M.
Hundreds gathered in front of the house of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, in a steadily growing crowd demanding that he not be placed as Secretary of Transportation. Demonstrators made noise the entire day, then listening to organizers' speeches and dispersing.
Protesters gathered across Kurdistan in response to the cutting of paychecks by a government coalition in Iraq, with the death toll rising to 8 people killed by police or peshmerga, including 3 children, who were 11, 13, and 15. The roads of Kalar, Slemani, and other cities were blockaded by angry demonstrators prepared to fight back against the Iraqi Kurdistan […]
Protesters returned to protest against the North Brooklyn Fracked Gas Pipeline, which Mayor Bill DeBlasio stated that he was now in opposition to in early December but has insofar not revoked the construction license. Demonstrators gave their intent to continue ramping up protests, and return to campaigning heavily against the NBK Pipeline at the construction site. Protesters returned to protest […]
Protesters in Jersey City confronted the pro-ICE lawmaker Charles DeGise, who had appeared to have gotten a restraining order against demonstrators, who faced off with police and ended up receiving 2 arrests.