Dozens of workers at a 2nd Chipotle restaurant in the Bronx, New York City, walked off the job and marched in a picket line because of the facility’s mishandling of a COVID outbreak at their store. Strikers demanded more personal protective equipment and proper cleaning of restaurants exposed to COVID.
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Hundreds of Sudanese activists protested in Khartoum the day before the 2nd anniversary of the Khartoum Massacre, in which over 128 demonstrators were killed by security forces in the midst of a national uprising. The activists burned tires and blocked roads, demanding long-wanted concessions from the government.
65 anarchists in Athens were arrested at a protest inside the Ministry of Health in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos Prison in Athens, where he could receive better medical care and access to visitors. Demonstrators called for his demands to be accepted rather than inducing the torture of force-feeding Koufontinas.
Dozens of antifascists returned to the streets of Sacramento to combat the weekly Stop the Steal rally attended by Proud Boys, marching as well in support of the Indian Farmers’ Protest solidarity event going on at the same time. Several clashes broke out, with pepper spray being used and a shield wall being formed.
Around 2500 protesters gathered in Patras for a demonstration in opposition to police brutality following several incidents around the country against gatherings and individuals in both public and private areas.