2 Black Lives Matter marches took place in New York, calling for reparations for slavery. The first attracted around 50 people, organized by Black socialist organizations, and the 2nd took place later in the day with several hundred people attending from the anti-inequality protest earlier.
Around 150 protesters in Portland gathered for a direct action after the federal courthouse was once again opened back up. After several broken windows and a small fire, a massive security force poured out of the facility and launched chemical weapons against protesters, including the highly toxic HC gas.
Hundreds of protesters marched in Innsbruck in solidarity with refugees in Europe and against the horrific human rights abuses of migrants by the EU, including the creation of the pan-European border agency Frontex and the Moria concentration camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Police assaulted the demonstration, pepper-spraying participants in the face and making several arrests.
German anarchists gathered outside of the Stammheim Prison in Stuttgart in solidarity with prisoners inside the jail, including 4 antifascists and alleged members of the PKK who have been kept inside the facility from months to years on end.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Hazel Dell, greater Vancouver (city north of Portland), where Kevin Peterson was murdered by police, and then […]
