Protesters mobilized in the region of Coquimbo at the Elqui Valley in defense of the flow of the Río Claro, demanding that plans to develop the region and develop power plants be overturned for the sake of the area’s environment.
Daily Archives: January 8, 2021
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Anarchists in Athens dropped banners and distributed cards in front of the Greek Military Academy courts, as 8 comrades face a military court-martial for a march and banner drop at the sites of an army school.
Greek anarchists in Patras dropped a banner in remembrance of Costas Stamatis, a comrade who was originally from Agrinio who died at the age of 50 a few days before and went by the nickname "Metalika".
Greek anarchists in Patras dropped banners on the anniversary of the assassination of Professor Nikos Temponera, a member of the Labor Anti-Imperialist Front murdered by the youth wing of the liberal-conservative New Democracy party in 1991 during a street fight.
Thousands of Iraqi protesters gathered in Nasiriyah over killings conducted by rogue Iranian-backed militias, responsible for numerous killings of activists and prominent anti-government figures, in the country gripped by police brutality that has killed over 600 demonstrators since October 2019.
Dozens of activists gathered at the home of Presiding Judge Dale Youngs of the 16th Circuit Court in Kansas City, following an incident in which one of his agents shot a man having a mental health crisis while being evicted. Organizers called for an immediate moratorium to be placed on eviction, so that no one more would die from being evicted or from not having shelter.
Hundreds of Chileans gathered in Antofagasta to demand the immediate release of all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising that began in 2019 in Chile and still holds strong after more than a year. Clashes with police escalated throughout the day and ended with flames on the cities of the streets of Antofagasta after Carabineros attempted to deploy chemically tainted water cannons on protesters.
Dozens of Chilean environmentalists gathered in Concepción to demand the defense of the wetlands in the south-central Biobío region, as well as in opposition to the attempted revival of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership). We demand tomorrow!
Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Colorado State House in Denver, demanding that the United States intervene in the Ethiopian-Eritrean war and genocide on the breakaway Tigray nation. As of now, thousands of civilians have been killed and over 60,000 refugees have fled to Sudan, with an unknown amount in other countries. Many allegations have been made of rape, looting, and bombing of civilian targets as well, perpetrated by Eritrea as well despite Tigray being in Ethiopia.
Hundreds of Chileans gathered in Santiago to protest against state terror perpetrated on Mapuche indigenous communities, after the family of an activist murdered by police was beaten and arrested at a border checkpoint. Demonstrators successfully repulsed Carabineros using water cannons, and held the central Plaza Dignidad for hours on end.