Hundreds gathered in Bogota for a memorial protest in honor of Dilan Cruz, a university student killed in the 2019 protests in Colombia. Demonstrators marched down the commercial sector of the city, running into police during the march. The two sides clashed, with protesters cursing out the police as they left, appearing unwilling to fight.
Thousands of protesters in Chicago took to the streets in solidarity with Palestine, marking the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba and demanding the immediate end of US support for Israel, an internationally designated apartheid state criticized for brutal treatment of its colonized Arab population.
Around 400 protesters in Thessaloniki gathered in solidarity with refugees in Greece following the deaths of several undocumented immigrants who were homeless.
Youth in Vienna rioted on New Year’s, looting and damaging several businesses and setting off fireworks in the Reumannplatz. Several clashes with police occurred, but resulted in very few arrests of young people heavily armed with fireworks.
Anarchists in Portland protested and dropped a banner in solidarity with demonstrators in Colombia, in the midst of an uprising against corruption, wealth inequality, and police violence, who were met with incredible state brutality leaving dozens of participants killed by security forces.
