40 protesters gathered in Portland for a Black Lives Matter march after the decision made by the DOJ to acquit the murderers of Tamir Rice, moving from Director Park to SW Jefferson Street and then dispersing without any arrests made. Windows were broken, buildings were spray-painted, and paintballs were fired.
Diaspora Guineans and allies turned out in Paris and London in support of the protests going on back in their home country against Alpha Conde, the sitting president who many claim won his third term through election rigging, in which more than 15 people have been killed in protests.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bangkok in opposition to the monarchy of Thailand and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a general who assumed office in the 2014 coup d’état. During clashes in which police carried out severe repression, demonstrators returned the favor with fireworks and set a police van on fire.
Thousands of protesters in Athens took to the streets against the government’s management of the pandemic, with police and the military overfunded in Greece as COVID cases continue to rise steadily with hospitals and the medical system overwhelmed, with ICU beds near full capacity.
Around 1500 protesters in Stuttgart marched in solidarity with anarchist and communist political prisoners in Germany, highlighting the case of a student called Lina in her 20s who has been detained for months by the German government for her activist background.
