Dozens of protesters in Athens gathered at the headquarters of the AKTOR infrastructure company to demand justice and compensation for 3 workers who died on the job in Evia after they were struck by lightning and thrown off a tower.
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Thousands of students and teachers in Athens took to the street in opposition to a piece of legislation proposed by Education Minister Niki Kerameos, which would remilitarize university campuses with police for the first time since 1975. Defying the quarantine which banned mass gatherings, demonstrators marched on the Propalyaea in the center of the city. A police presence was mostly absent, and no participants in the protest were arrested.
200 protesters marched on Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s house from 6th & Irving, demanding he rejects offers of becoming Secretary of Transportation under President-elect Joe Biden. Demonstrations continue as Biden comes close to picking his cabinet, with a name expected in a few days.
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.
Over 100 protesters gathered in Montreal to demand the end of curfew during the pandemic, calling for a solution to the crisis not involving police. Many involved in the march made it clear that they were pro-science, pro-mask, and pro-vaccine, but that using police to raid people’s homes and ensure that they were following quarantine is tyrannical.
