Protesters in Bologna gathered at the local Greek embassy in solidarity with former 17N member Dimitris Koufontinas, who is on hunger strike to demand a transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would get access to better medical care and the ability to see visitors.
Daily Archives: February 12, 2021
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Dozens of Young People in the Tunisian southern city of Tataouine have set up road blocks and marched against promised government action for employment in the marginalized region. The unemployment rate in Tataouine currently stands at around 30%, one of the highest in the country. In July of 2020 already, protesters managed to get into an oil production facility and to close a pipeline, which transported half of the Country's oil. This forced the government to make concessions and promise investments in the region, but nothing serious has been done yet.
Hundreds of protesters from across West Bengal went on strike and blocked roads in support of the Indian students and youth attacked during a demonstration demanding more employment and education opportunities at the West Bengal State Secretariat.
Protesters in Karditsa gathered at the office of New Democracy MP Giorgos Kotsos, demanding the acceptance of demands put forward by Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of 17N who has been on hunger strike since the 8th of January for a transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would get quality medical care and access to visitors.
Anarchists gathered at the NATO facility in Thessaloniki to protest in solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the 17N revolutionary group; he demands a transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would receive access to quality medical care and the ability to see visitors.
Protesters in Haifa torched two motorcycles at the Kiryat Ata police station after an announcement given out that the murderer of Ethiopian Jew Salomon Taka will return to service law enforcement after a poor investigation.
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago returned to the streets to demand the resignation of right-wing president Sebastian Piñera and the release of all political prisoners of the social uprising that began in 2019. Demonstrators managed to occupy and burn one police vehicle, forcing out police from the area despite heavy repression continuing near Plaza Dignidad.
Over 100 protesters in New York City took to the streets to demand the abolition of the NYPD, stopping at the police department's Times Square station & Strategic Response Group headquarters. Demonstrators burned an American flag and a Thin Blue Line flag, confronting a massive police presence although with no confrontations occurring.
Protesters in Glasgow gathered and dropped a banner in solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the 17N revolutionary group demanding his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens which would give him better medical care and the ability to see visitors.
Dozens of antifascists in Portland gathered at Director Park for a march against police, first throwing snowballs at each other and police cruisers and officers that surrounded the demonstration. As the march moved through town, smashing windows, the crowd pushed police all the way back into the precinct.
Dozens of protesters in Concepción took to the streets to demand the abolition of police in Chile and the release of all political prisoners of the social uprising that began in 2019. Police attacked the demonstration with extremely militarized gear, using chemically tainted water cannons and tear gas against the crowd.
Dozens of protesters in Beirut clashed with police in front of the Military Courts of Lebanon, demanding the release of all demonstrators imprisoned during the Tripoli uprising that followed a collapse in living conditions and a 24-hour quarantine & ban on work in the area.
Protesters in Berlin gathered to demonstrate in solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the N17 revolutionary group demanding his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens which would give him access to better medical care and the ability to see visitors.
Dozens of students at the National Pedagogical University in Bogota took to the streets to demand a return to campus for students and free tuition for all to be provided by the government. Demonstrators dropped banners and blocked roads to cause as much disruption as possible, also flying anarchist flags.
Dozens of Afro-Colombians gathered at the Ministry of the Interior in Bogota to demand an end to the cartel occupation of the predominantly black community of Buenaventura, a vital port city on Colombia's Pacific coast.