The Day 9 Los Angeles Block Garcetti protest was generally uneventful, with organizers giving out speeches to about 90 in attendance and calling on protesters to use social media to condemn Garcetti’s possibility of becoming a cabinet member under the Joe Biden administration. Many however noted the 2 dozen or so police cars that were in the vicinity of the protest despite nothing occurring.
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Thousands of people in Myanmar went out on their balconies and the streets to bang pots and pans and blare their car horns in opposition to the military coup that had occurred just 1 day before against one of the first civilian leaders in the country’s history.
Anarchists in Portland attacked the city’s Public Schools Headquarters, torching multiple school district vehicles, breaking office windows, and scrawling graffiti on the walls of the headquarters. Demonstrators participated in the action as part of the Youth Liberation Front’s call to action on the 6th of March against capitalism and the state.
Hundreds of protesters in Bangkok returned to the streets and clashed with police in opposition to the monarchy of Thailand, also demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut, a general who took power in the 2014 military coup and is widely held responsible for the mismanagement of COVID & lack of access to vaccines.
Over 1,500 protesters gathered in Portland on Martin Luther King Day, marching to the North Precinct and then the MLK Jr. statue in the center of the city. Demonstrators also organized a “die-in”, where protesters would lie down and occupy a major road, such as an intersection or other busy avenue.