Lefkosa Antifa took to the streets in against state suppression of protests as well as in solidarity with refugees and immigrants in Cyprus after several incidents took place across the island nation. Examples included police in the center of the capital, Nicosia, harassing refugees and onlookers. Marchers held a banner reading in Greek, “There is no health without freedom!” condemning repression against protests in Cyprus.
Colombian riot police brutally attacked dozens of street vendors protesting in Bogota for a stimulus in order to stay home and not have to work in unsafe conditions in a pandemic. Tear gas and rubber bullets were deployed against peaceful demonstrators, with police armed in near military gear.
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago took to the streets to demand free tuition for all university students, starting off the day by placing barricades in the Pudahuel commune. Demonstrators then marched to Plaza Dignidad, where they were subjected to intense repression by police who used water cannons and tear gas on the crowd that had been peaceful until then.
Dozens of students in the northwestern Greek city of Ioannina took to the streets during a national mobilization against a bill proposed by Education Minister Niki Kerameos, which would remilitarize university campuses with an elite police squad. Despite a ban on gatherings in place, police did not attack the demonstration.
Hundreds of Indonesian anarchists and workers protested in Bandung on May Day, clashing with police while setting fires and waving flags and […]
