The residents and organizers in Madrid of the ESLA (Espacio Sociocultural Liberado Autogestionado – Autonomous Sociocultural Liberated Zone) Eko in Carabanchel gathered to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the opening of the squat, dropping banners and marching through the neighborhood.
Hundreds of protesters in Sudan took to the streets for a 3rd consecutive day in opposition to the removal of government subsidies for fuel and petrol, which raised the consumer price by more than 200%. Demonstrators blocked roads, burnt tires, and placed barricades in order to pressure the government to concede.
Around 100 protesters in Portland marched to demand the halt of the Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline in Minnesota, which would possibly poison the local rivers in the area and compromise water supplies. Demonstrators first went inside several banks supporting the project, demanding the halt of funding for the pipeline, and then were attacked by DHS at the federal courthouse before later dispersing.
Thousands of West Papuans marched in Dogiyai against the formation of a Central Papua Province and the building of a police station by the Indonesian government, instead demanding a referendum for independence in order to unite with their blood relatives in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.
Anarchists paid a visit to the space where the Metropolitan Republican Club of New York would later be holding a meeting, drawing the anarchist circle-a, laying body bags on the floor, and writing “YOU’RE CANCELLED” on the doors of the building in anticipation for the later event which would host many prominent Republicans.
