Trade unions and student groups have called for a national strike that appears to be underway and successful, as police respond violently but unsuccessfully to the protests going on, which are mostly done in the city center, the Plaza Bolivar.
Dozens of protesters in Patras gathered at Georgiou Square in solidarity with hunger striker Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the revolutionary November 17 militant group that carried out attacks on American, British, and military assets in Greece; Koufontinas entered a hunger strike on 8 January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Italian leftists protested in Saronno, Lombardy, demanding the halting of public health care cuts that the province’s government has been committing to for the past decades. The crowd also condemned cuts to the pay of private-sector workers and exposure to COVID-19 that students face.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Qamişlo, Dêrik, and Amudê to demonstrate for the Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly (MXDŞ), in opposition to an […]
Protesters returned to the house of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti the day after a protest was attacked by the LAPD, resulting in […]
