Thousands of protesters gathered in Nantes against the Global Security Law's rewriting by the National Assembly, demanding that the law banning the filming of police be thrown out altogether. Police tear-gassed the demonstration and deployed water cannons, leading to widespread clashes and several injuries.
Daily Archives: December 15, 2020
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Teachers' and doctors' unions held a protest in Korai Square, Athens, and were surrounded by police forces seemingly fearing a riot breaking out by the hands of educators and medical workers. Demonstrators were then harassed while leaving, but no actual confrontations nor arrests occurred.
Anarchists in Patras hung 2 banners in a southern park and the pedestrian street of Gerokostopoulo in solidarity with inmates stuck in prisons experiencing the brutality of being in the captivity of the state in the midst of a pandemic. Demonstrators also expressed solidarity with 2 anarchists arrested in Athens during a protest outside the office of the general secretary.
Angolan emigrants in London held a protest in Trafalgar Square in solidarity with activists in their home country fighting for employment opportunities and the right to local elections in 2021. Protesters chanted “Black Power!” and issued a condemnation to the MPLA government for persecuting demonstrators in Luanda and other cities. Angolan emigrants in London held a protest in Trafalgar Square […]
Dozens of members of PAME, the Workers' Militant Front, protested outside of the Parliament in Athens while socially distanced and with masks, demanding a more people-oriented budget instead of continuing to push austerity in surrender to the European Union.
Hundreds of Polish workers went on strike inside an Amazon facility in Wrocław demanding a Christmas bonus of 2000 zloty. Supporters meanwhile blockaded the outside, stopping trucks from making deliveries and halting operations for a total of 3 hours. Hundreds of Polish workers went on strike inside an Amazon facility in Wrocław demanding a Christmas bonus of 2000 zloty. Supporters […]
Greek communists and anarchists in Athens tagged graffiti and dropped banners across the city in solidarity with Aytaç Ünsal, a Turkish lawyer arrested for connections to the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C), a Marxist-Leninist insurgent organization. He was recently released from a 13-year sentence after going on a death fast for 213 days, a week after his colleague Ebru Timtik died after 238 days.
Hundreds of protesters gathered for Day 22 of Block Garcetti protests in front of the Los Angeles Mayor’s house, where they quickly learned that Joe Biden had instead placed Pete Buttigieg as the Secretary of Transportation. Many chants were used in celebration of the occasion, with protests halting from there. Hundreds of protesters gathered for Day 22 of Block Garcetti […]
Dozens of tenants under the Toronto ACORN union protested in front of the office of Caprent Apartments, delivering the CEO Mark Kenny a letter of demands to cancel rent and freeze evictions for those renting their units. Dozens of tenants under the Toronto ACORN union protested in front of the office of Caprent Apartments, delivering the CEO Mark Kenny a […]
Hundreds of Jamaicans from the southwest St. Ann parish blockaded roads used by a bauxite company in protest over dust and noise pollution experienced from “Sunday to Sunday”. Rumors also broke out that old bauxite pits would be opened again after decades which were closer to town and community centers. If this was done, many expect more frequent protests. Hundreds […]