A protest took place in New York, around City Hall in the intersection of Centre and Chambers. Organizers demanded justice for Jonathan Price, another black man killed by police in Wolfe City, Texas. About 10 protesters were arrested, and a police chief stated “It is what it is” several times after being asked whether the detainments were necessary. After the first wave of protests, Price’s killer was arrested. Credits to NYC Protest Updates 2020 for the footage.
Over 800 workers from the Chinese-backed mining company PT VDNI at Sultra in the southwest Indonesian province of Sulawesi went on strike demanding a fair wage and better working conditions. A number of buses and heavy vehicles were all burnt down. The PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry corporation both smelted and mined nickel, and other demands aside from a pay raise were a demand for 36+-month contracts.
Dozens of protesters in the town of Agia Paraskevi northeast of Athens took to the streets in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, gathering at Mesogeion Avenue in numbers of around 60 people.
Fight For 15 strikes have begun across Florida with 2 main objectives; the first being to rally support for workers and unions […]
Around 35 protesters in New York gathered at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center amid reports of cold, confined, unhealthy, and unsafe conditions inside, as well as the war on crime in the city that keeps filling up jails.
