Dozens of members of PAME, the Workers' Militant Front, protested outside of the Parliament in Athens while socially distanced and with masks, demanding a more people-oriented budget instead of continuing to push austerity in surrender to the European Union.
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Greek communists and anarchists in Athens tagged graffiti and dropped banners across the city in solidarity with Aytaç Ünsal, a Turkish lawyer arrested for connections to the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C), a Marxist-Leninist insurgent organization. He was recently released from a 13-year sentence after going on a death fast for 213 days, a week after his colleague Ebru Timtik died after 238 days.
Hundreds of antifascist demonstrators gathered in Milan to protest on the 51st anniversary of the Piazza Fontana massacre, when a bomb planted by Italian fascists exploded at the headquarters of the National Agricultural Bank, killing 17 people and wounding 88. Demonstrators laid flowers at a site in honor of those killed and marched through the city after listening to speeches. […]
Dozens of neo-Nazis in Barcelona gathered in a rally, attracting significant opposition from antifascists after a Ukrainian fascist symbol was raised. Police then cracked down on antifascists that arrived to confront the rally, arresting many of those present and causing several injuries.
Hundreds of Japanese antifascists and progressives took to the streets in the Shibuya suburb of Tokyo after the murder of a homeless woman, demanding the end of violence on the poor and exclusion. Despite confrontations with police occurring, protesters did not disperse until the march was complete, with no arrests occurring. Hundreds of Japanese antifascists and progressives took to the […]
Greek anarchists dropped banners and spray-painted graffiti across several neighborhoods in Larisa in solidarity with imprisoned comrade Stathopoulos Vangelis, held in pre-trial detention for over 13 months without a shred of evidence to the accusations against him. The risk of COVID-19 contraction has been a common concern in many Greek prisons, with jails seeing a skyrocketing of cases across the country.
Thousands of Macedonians protested across the country against nationalist demands made by the Bulgarian government that the Macedonian government would be forced to accept in order to continue its attempts to enter the European Union. Some provisions included forcing Macedonians to ‘acknowledge that they are Bulgarian’ and to claim Bulgaria was not on the side of the Axis powers during […]
250 million workers joined the All-India General Strike, making it the largest in human history, with protests occurring all over the country. Over 300 groups, including the communist parties of India, aided the organization of the strike.
Thousands of Greek workers went on strike across Athens to demand paid overtime and better leave, as well as more pay for those in the public sector. Police moved in but did not make any arrests, instead kettling the crowd and forcing them through side roads. A coalition of groups organized the walk-off, including several anarchist organizations and PAME, a […]
Farmers’ protests continue against 3 pro-corporate laws passed by the ruling conservative BJP party, during the All-India General Strike that over 250 million have joined, making it the largest in human history. Farmers broke through key barricades in Haryana, arriving at several border points, and preparing for a further march to Delhi. Farmers’ protests continue against 3 pro-corporate laws passed […]
Chilean communists took to the streets in La Florida to protest for the resignation of President Sebastian Piñera and the release of political prisoners, gathering in the dozens. The demonstration was organized by the 2nd Cell of Mayo and La Florida, a local communist organization.