Anarchists from the University of Patras dropped a banner in front of the university dorms in remembrance of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old shot dead by police and the 2008 Greek riots that followed his murder. Many groups at the moment begin preparations for the 12th anniversary of the riots, for which protests occur annually on the 6th of December.
Dozens of Chilean activists and street medics gathered at Plaza Dignidad in Santiago to protest for amnesty for all political prisoners and in commemoration of the murder of the Mapuche warrior Matías Catrileo on the 3rd of January in 2007. Demonstrators were immediately subjected to chemically tainted water cannons, with many left having scars and burns. One protester was also thrown to the ground and injured by a water cannon blast that hit them directly.
Anarchists in Antofagasta took to the streets, blocking roads and burning barricades in solidarity with the political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising in Chile, demanding a general pardon and the immediate release of all those convicted during the social revolt of 2019 and the indigenous Mapuche struggle for sovereignty and autonomy.
Dozens of protesters in Valparaiso gathered for a demonstration demanding justice for Francisco Martinez, a Panguipulli street juggler murdered by police. Chilean law enforcement, known as Carabineros, cracked down on the protest, using chemical weapons including tear gas and water cannons.
Dozens of protesters in New York City marched from Harlem to the Bronx and shut down the Madison Avenue Bridge to denounce the NYPD’s predatory attacks against the Black & Brown community in the Bronx. Despite a heavy police buildup, no confrontations nor arrests occurred.
