Demonstrations occurred all around the world on Black Friday against Amazon, with dozens showing up at its headquarters in Seattle and workers protesting in Bangladesh. Garment workers engaged in a walk-out in Dhaka against the corporation, and 7 warehouses across Germany went on strike.
Demonstrations in Louisville continued after the grand jury ruling rendering Breonna Taylor’s killers innocent. This is the third consecutive night that protesters have taken to the streets demanding the arrest and abolition of the police.
Around 1000 protesters returned to the streets for a 6th consecutive night of protests in Barcelona demanding the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper imprisoned for criticizing the Spanish monarchy. Demonstrators clashed with police, who arrived in riot gear and made several arrests of peaceful participants attempting to distance themselves from law enforcement.
Several protesters were killed in Islamabad after Pakistani police opened fire on striking government workers with expired tear gas bought from India. Many died in hospitals after the thousands pouring in caused a critical lack of oxygen and basic first aid for those injured by the expired tear gas which causes much more combustion and harm to the lungs.
Dozens of demonstrators in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago returned to the streets against the neoliberal police state in Chile, implemented and propped up by the right-wing president Sebastian Piñera. Police brutally cracked down on the protest, deploying water cannons and tear gas.
