Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Tunis, even in spite of heavy repression by riot police and the National Guard, who repeatedly used tear gas on youth and families of arrested or killed activists, who demanded a complete reconstruction of the Tunisian government.
Daily Archives: January 19, 2021
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Protesters in Athens gathered in solidarity with the November 17 political prisoner Dimitris Koufontina, who entered a hunger strike on January 8th demanding his transfer to a prison with less security and a greater assurance of his human rights. Police, who stated their presence was to "stop overcrowding" backed the demonstration into a wall and crowded them on their way to the Propylaea, where the protest later dispersed.
Residents of the autonomous and self-managed Prosfygika squat in central Athens dropped a banner in solidarity with N17 hunger striker Dimitris Koufontina, calling for the immediate acceptance of his demands to be moved to a prison with less security in Athens.
Roughly 25 protesters in Thessaloniki gathered at the Polytechnic University in solidarity with the political prisoner Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the revolutionary November 17 organization who entered a hunger strike demanding a transfer to an Athenian prison instead of his current high-security facility.
Anarchists in Athens dropped banners in solidarity with November 17 political prisoner D. Koufontina, who went on a hunger strike starting on the 8th of January demanding that he be transferred to the Korydallos prison of Athens, after being forcibly moved from the rural prisons of Volos to the high-security Domokou facility.
Abolitionists in the California Bay broke windows and tagged graffiti on the South San Francisco courthouse, and stated that the action was inspired by successful hits in Vacaville and San Francisco, where no arrests occurred. The glass of the front entrance was entirely shattered, and the face was used as a canvas for political slogans.
Dozens of workers at the Total refinery in France entered a 15th day of striking and attempting to halt access to the facility in protest against the company's conversion plans, which trade unions estimate will lead to 700 layoffs.
Dozens of protesters in Kansas City marched on the house of Judge Stockdale, condemning the judge's recent violations of COVID eviction moratoriums in place, carrying out evictions during a pandemic, with one incident even resulting in a police shooting.
Student anarchists dropped banners in the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE) and in the Athens Polytechnic University, as well as tagging graffiti in the neighborhood of Zografou in solidarity with the N17 hunger striker Dimitris Koufontinas and to demand that police stay out of university campuses across Greece, a measure recently taken by the right-wing government to "end lawlessness".
Greek anarchists in the historic city of Nafplio hung banners in solidarity with the N17 political prisoner and hunger striker Dimitris Koufontina, demanding his transfer to a lesser-security facility in Piraeus, a neighborhood of Athens.
Greek students' and teachers' unions blockaded the entrance of the Athens Polytechnic University, demanding the end of the plan to reintroduce police to university campuses. Blockades are expected to continue into the following days, with neither the Students' Associations of the Athens Polytechnic or the NTUA Employees' Union appearing to be willing to let up.
Dozens of protesters were attacked by police in Patras during a demonstration in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontina, an incarcerated former member of the November 17 revolutionary group. He entered a hunger strike on January 8th demanding a transfer to a lower-security Athenian prison, with pan-Hellenic protests organized across the country to support his demands.