An Abolish ICE protest took place in Portland on the night of the 18th, with clashes occurring between demonstrators and DHS federal agents, all across Portland. The attendance count ranges from hundreds to thousands depending on the source. Multiple protesters were arrested, and dozens injured by pepper spray, tear gas, and rubber bullets used by the police.
Syrian Kurdish rebels in Rojava gathered in solidarity with protesters in Chile, calling on the government of the Chilean state to release the political prisoners of the 18th of October uprising who have been often kept in complete isolation.
Dozens of protesters in the Villa Francia area of Santiago took to the streets on the Day of the Youth Combatant, in which 2 young activist brothers were murdered by the Pinochet dictatorship. Demonstrators placed barricades and clashed with law enforcement, throwing Molotov cocktails at water cannons and other militarized vehicles.
More than 50 people protested the development of Hudson Yards in front of it, an extremely expensive and subsidized housing unit, which cost almost $6 billion in taxpayer dollars. The area was also gentrified, with many affluent tenants and shops moving out of the area after housing costs soared.
Right-wingers in cars attacked the Red House Eviction Defense (RHED) in Portland with firecrackers and smoke bombs, causing large explosions before dispersing […]
