Defend Europe organized a protest in Grenoble to ban or extremely limit immigration, with Lyon Antifa responding by holding a counterprotest of over 1,000 people that successfully pushed them out of the city. Some clashes occurred, but most was only between Defend Europe and Antifa.
On the 26th of September, the Proud Boys organized rallies in Portland, getting a crowd of ~150 heavily armed men, mostly white. Antifascist organizations in the city quickly heard about the planned rallies and responded by organizing their own, both of which had turnout in the thousands.
Dozens of protesters gathered at 6 prisons in Central Valley, California, demanding the immediate release of prisoners and personal protective equipment for inmates after a virulent outbreak began in facilities across the area. Over 40 friends and family gathered at the SATF-Corcoran facility, the one with the largest cases and most inmate deaths.
About 100 protesters took part in a 3-hour march on the 8th of October against police violence in the city and nearby St. Paul, where dozens of black men have been disproportionately killed by police. Many also believe that the police reports claiming that those killed were armed can be forged with no other active witnesses being there a lot of the time.
Thousands of protesters across several sites in Athens marched against police brutality, lately and frequently seen after a college student was beaten for no particular reason in a park and a university occupation was invaded by plainclothes officers.
