Protesters in North Brooklyn took to the streets to halt construction of a fracked gas pipeline that would run through the neighborhoods of Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Brownsville and Bed-Stuy. Many suspect that the National Grid chose to run the pipeline through black-majority neighborhoods instead of mostly white ones.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Puerto Montt on International Women’s Day, protesting against the government’s incompetence in stopping femicides as well as to demand safe and free abortions in all of Chile.
Dozens of protesters in San Antonio took to the streets for a 2nd consecutive day as part of a port workers’ strike across Chile, demanding the government passage of a bill that would allow for individuals to withdraw 10% of their pension funds in a direct payment for a 3rd time during the COVID pandemic. Police attacked the port workers, leading to heavy clashes with barricades and a building being set on fire.
Police assaulted hundreds of cyclists in Santiago, who were participating in a protest bike ride along the Alameda to demand amnesty for all political prisoners. Carabineros in response to the peaceful demonstration deployed tear gas and water cannons against the crowd.
Dozens of protesters marched in Ridgewood demanding the shutdown of the Bergen ICE facility, as 4 hunger strikers were taken to the […]
