114 workers at a Carambar candy factory in Marcq-en-Barœul went on strike after a negotiation attempt between management and unions to stop the outsourcing of jobs failed. Workers stated that they will continue to work at the factory, but refuse to produce enough to meet the quota, in order to pummel the stock worth of Carambar.
Protesters in Berlin gathered in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of 17 November who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, where he would receive adequate medical care and access to visitors.
Demonstrators gathered at highways across Germany and dropped banners in solidarity with environmentalist and anarchist activists occupying & protecting Dannenrod Forest, dropping banners at more than 10 sites, blocking more than 7 highways for the day.
Protesters and antifascists commemorated Annibal Villaroel at his funeral, a young man murdered by police forces in Chile on the 18th of October. Hundreds of anarchists and other socialists attended his funeral in Santiago, chanting insults against the police.
Hundreds of protesters in the Santiago district of Providencia gathered in opposition to SENAME, the Chilean national minors’ service, widely despised for abuses towards children left in their custody, as 1,313 people had died in their custody between 2005 and 2016. Police attacked the demonstration, deploying water cannons and tear gas.
