Demonstrators gathered in the hundreds in San Francisco to protest against ICE, condemning its brutal treatment of immigrants and demanding the destruction of the wall and ban on undocumented immigrants. Over 20 progressive organizations took part in the march, including the Party for Socialism and Liberation and Democratic Socialists of America.
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Around 100 protesters in Patras marched in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, an imprisoned former member of the 17 November leftist urban guerilla, who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his return to the Korydallos prison where he will be able to see his family once again.
A demonstration took place in Detroit against the city’s police and its brutality towards civilians, advocating for the defunding and eventual abolition of the Detroit police department. No major assaults were made by police officers, and the protest generally managed to avoid any altercations.
Hundreds of protesters in Sudan took to the streets for a 3rd consecutive day in opposition to the removal of government subsidies for fuel and petrol, which raised the consumer price by more than 200%. Demonstrators blocked roads, burnt tires, and placed barricades in order to pressure the government to concede.