Protesters in Ann Arbor, to the west of Detroit, took to the streets for the 6th anniversary of the murder of Aura Rosser by the AAPD. Aura Rosser was a 40-year-old African American woman, and was tasered by one officer and shot to death by another on November 8th, 2014. Hundreds of demonstrators marched down city hall to the University of Michigan campus, warding off police and setting up barricades in many areas.
Over 200 antifascists gathered to counterprotest a Proud Boys rally to ‘Stop the Steal’ in Sacramento, standing off with the MAGA side and throwing projectiles. Police shot foam bullets at the antifascists, who were then attacked by a Proud Boy with a knife, who promptly fled the scene after being chased by a dozen counterprotesters.
Dozens of anarchists in the southwestern Athens suburb of Nikaia clashed with police during a march against police violence, lighting fires and blocking roads after tear gas and stun grenades were deployed against the crowd.
Dozens of protesters in Patras marched in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, an imprisoned former member of the 17 November left-wing urban guerilla who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, where he would receive adequate medical care and access to visitors.
Protesters in the Swazi town of Mafutseni took to the streets against the monarchy of Eswatini and in support of the nation’s Communist Party, demanding democracy and socialism. Demonstrators decried the King’s refusal to acknowledge petitions submitted previously, as well as his dictatorial rule over the country.
