Protesters in Hackensack, New Jersey returned to the Bergen County Jail for a daily noise demo in solidarity with undocumented immigrants caged inside, who have been detained by authorities for months and only recently halted a hunger strike.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered at the scene of the police killing of 23-year-old Dolal Idd, son of Somali immigrants. Demonstrators stood off with police, later lighting a fire to keep warm in freezing temperatures and then dispersing after a short march.
Over 500 protesters in Berlin gathered to demonstrate against fascism, capitalism, repression, curfew, and state management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Antifascist flags were raised, and banners were dropped across the city declaring the continuation of the anti-state struggle.
100 protesters gathered in Portland to demonstrate against the ongoing war in Tigray, a breakaway province of Ethiopia. Organizers called on the UN to take action amid accusations of genocide and at least 50,000 refugees and thousands dead, with ethnic Tigrinya people persecuted across the east African country.
Greek anarchists gathered at the Nea Paralia of Thessaloniki to protest against racism and xenophobia after a group of migrant youth were attacked by neo-Nazis in Oreiokastro with crowbars, knives, and bats, seriously injuring one 15-year-old and harming 3 others. Banners and leaflets were dropped at the site before the demonstrators dispersed. Credits to Alerta. Greek anarchists gathered at the […]
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Bergen County Jail on Christmas Day, in solidarity with ICE detainees at the prison in New Jersey. Demonstrators made noise to let the detainees know of their presence and were promptly threatened with arrest by police for standing too close to the perimeter.
Anarchists in Keratea, a Greek city southeast of Athens on the Attican peninsula, dropped a banner in solidarity with migrants in the country. The banner reads, "Immigrants are an image of our own future. No to the concentration camps [in which refugees are kept]!"
Dozens of Austrian activists blocked several streets in downtown Innsbruck to draw attention to the inhumane conditions in the deportation camp BĆ¼rglkopf. Demonstrators also criticized the deportations of refugees to Afghanistan, Russia and Nigeria, which were recently carried out.
30 protesters gathered at the ICE facility in southwest Portland, demonstrating against the treatment of undocumented migrants in the United States. Demonstrators placed trash and plants in the driveway, to annoy DHS agents, who promptly went outside and made 2 targeted arrests.
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in Paris in support of undocumented immigrants on International Migrants' Day. The march was organized by the Gilet Noirs/Black Vests, whose aim is to fight for the regularization of the 400,000 undocumented immigrants in France.
Hundreds of immigrants in Spain gathered at the Government Delegation in Madrid on International Migrants' Day to protest against the collapse of the processing rate for immigration applications, calling on the government to have a more welcoming policy towards migrants.
Upon the government of Norway planning a series of deportations of youth who have grown up in the country, a group of leftists occupied HĆ„konsgate 12 in Oslo and adorned the walls with banners of protest against the plans. Many condemned the fact that the state had been carrying out practices forcing queer people to prove their sexual orientation, which could prove to be extremely invasive.
Dozens of Abolish ICE protesters gathered at the Bergen County ICE facility following a day of heavy police responses. Demonstrators faced off with police after crossing the street onto the jail's property, who put on riot gear and soon outnumbered the protesters. Demonstrators then dispersed peacefully without any clashes or arrests occurring.
Protesters gathered in Berlin in solidarity with persecuted antifascists of Pego, a municipality of Spain near Valencia, which is predominantly Catalan-speaking and was a harbor of Spanish leftism since the Republic until the modern day. Protesters gathered in Berlin in solidarity with persecuted antifascists of Pego, a municipality of Spain near Valencia, which is predominantly Catalan-speaking and was a harbor […]
Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Paris turned out against the global security law, clashing with police for hours on end. Several police cruisers and cars were burnt, and riot police were in many places repulsed by demonstrators. The Bank of France was also set on fire, with many anticapitalist chants being heard. Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Paris […]