Anarchists in Patras hung 2 banners in a southern park and the pedestrian street of Gerokostopoulo in solidarity with inmates stuck in prisons experiencing the brutality of being in the captivity of the state in the midst of a pandemic. Demonstrators also expressed solidarity with 2 anarchists arrested in Athens during a protest outside the office of the general secretary.
Hundreds of protesters in Liège gathered for a Black Lives Matter demonstration against racism perpetrated on African migrants in the country, which escalated into clashes with police who used water cannons and batons to attack the crowd which promptly began looting the area.
Dozens of protesters in Portland gathered for a press conference held by indigenous protesters, who recounted their experiences with police brutality in the city. Demonstrators marched through the area, holding banners and waving flags of the American Indian Movement.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Antofagasta in solidarity with the uprising in Colombia against neoliberalism and police violence, met with brutal repression by state security forces under the leadership of president Ivan Duque, as well as with political prisoners of the uprising in Chile on hunger strike.
Protesters in Thailand took to the streets in crowds of at least 50,000 people after the spectacle of the October 16th demonstrations. Protesters have become highly organized, similarly to those in Hong Kong, with supply lines being made to distribute umbrellas, helmets, ponchos, and the like. Demonstrators prepared for an onslaught of water cannons, but the police never arrived.
