Anarchists in Seattle protested in solidarity with the general strike in Colombia, which was sparked in response to police violence and threats of privatization coupled with tax hikes. Demonstrators called for the end of state violence towards the movement and the immediate halt of arms sales to Colombia.
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Demonstrators in Seattle gathered in protest of the sweep of Cal Anderson Park by police, attempting to stop the department from destroying the property of the unhoused. Police responded with brutality, causing several injuries and arresting a total of 21 people. Most of the belongings of the unhoused people of the park were seen thrown in dumpsters.
Dozens of protesters in the town of Elizabeth City took to the streets after a Black man was killed by police, demanding justice and the release of the body cameras. Demonstrators blocked roads, causing as much disruption as possible to force the city to release the evidence.
Thousands of protesters in Warsaw took to the streets after the Constitutional Court of Poland tightened restrictions on abortion further than they already were, removing abnormalities in a fetus as cause for a termination of pregnancy. Demonstrators marched across the city, blocking several metros and major roads, before arriving at the Constitutional Court and condemning its decision before dispersing.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Chania in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the Greek government’s immediate satisfaction of his request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.