Hundreds of activists from the Ende Gelände environmentalist group continued protests against the clearing of the Dannenrod forest to create an unnecessary and useless highway. Police deployed a water cannon on the forest defenders in sub-zero temperatures, causing many to leave the area in fear of getting hypothermia. Police eventually retreated from the site.
Around 100 protesters gathered at the Portland ICE facility on Holocaust Remembrance Day, setting up a memorial for those who have and are facing genocide, and burning American flags. DHS then assaulted demonstrators with munitions after they set a dumpster on fire, with several waves occurring of law enforcement retreating and coming back out, before they were pushed out one last time by the remaining protesters and the demonstration ended for the night.
Thousands of protesters across several sites in Athens marched against police brutality, lately and frequently seen after a college student was beaten for no particular reason in a park and a university occupation was invaded by plainclothes officers.
Over a thousand employees rioted at a manufacturing factory in Kolar, near Bengaluru in the state of Hyderabad, where there were allegations of underpayment and wage cuts. The office of the Wistron company was completely destroyed, which creates iPhone 7 products for Apple. Police then arrived on the scene, dispersing protesters, who continued the strike but fled the scene.
Hundreds of protesters marched in downtown Brooklyn, demanding an end to evictions and the canceling of rent. Demonstrators marched to 26 Court […]
