Around 75-100 protesters in Dallas gathered in solidarity with demonstrators in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, demanding justice for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man murdered by police officer Katie Potter on the 11th of April.
Protesters across the US crowded Times Square and several other plazas, celebrating the announcement that Biden was the official president-elect of the United States. Civilians also cheered from their balconies, creating a sense of euphoria across the city.
Hundreds of protesters in the Athens district of Ilioupoli took to the streets against the Greek government’s management of the pandemic, with the military and police overfunded while hospitals and the healthcare system overwhelmed with ICU beds at near full capacity.
Belgian youth in Brussels continued to ramp up occupation of several areas into New Year’s day, clashing with police and setting fires against state repression and brutality against people’s movements.
#RevolutionNow protests in Nigeria continued throughout the 17th, and grew drastically. From a small movement that had hundreds of protesters, thousands of demonstrators marched through Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, and other cities. Protesters also attacked the motorcade of a governor whose police forces had killed several unarmed and peaceful protesters.
