Bikers took to the streets to protest against a lack of government oversight on the protection of cyclists, who have been killed in the dozens in recent weeks. Demonstrators took Plaza Dignidad and other areas of the city including the Alameda but clashed in significant street battles with police and government forces.
French anarchists in Albi threw fireworks outside of the Cantepau jail, clashing with police who threw tear gas and ended up contributing to the point of the noise demo. The abolitionists called for the release of all inmates due to COVID, as prisoners had been increasingly exposed to the virus in many countries.
Dozens of protesters took to the streets for a 3rd consecutive day in Elizabeth City to demand justice for Andrew Brown, an unarmed Black man shot in the back of the head and murdered by several police officers, who were using assault rifles.
Food sector workers gathered in Athens to demand higher wages, also encouraging their colleagues to split off from traditional forms of wage labor and participate in the creation of cooperative businesses. Demonstrators held a banner reading “The state and the bosses go hand in hand. They follow their own class interests, let us follow ours! CLASS STRUGGLE!”
Around 100 protesters gathered at the Portland ICE facility on Holocaust Remembrance Day, setting up a memorial for those who have and are facing genocide, and burning American flags. DHS then assaulted demonstrators with munitions after they set a dumpster on fire, with several waves occurring of law enforcement retreating and coming back out, before they were pushed out one last time by the remaining protesters and the demonstration ended for the night.
