Demonstrators gathered for another day of protesting against Biden’s reported consideration of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for Secretary of Transportation, with about 100 activists gathering in front of his house. Speeches were given out by BLM co-founders before police arrived and gave a dispersal order. Most people dispersed in time, but 2 arrests did occur after police moved in.
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Over 100 protesters in Heraklion marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate government satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
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Dozens of protesters gathered in the city of Chania on the island of Crete in opposition to a law proposed by the right-wing New Democracy party currently in control of the Greek government, which would restore police to universities for the first time since 1975.