Dozens of protesters marched in Larissa in solidarity with former 17N member Dimitris Koufontinas, who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens to get better access to medical care and the ability to see visitors.
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.
Anarchists in Exarchia, Athens, took to the streets demanding amnesty for the political prisoners arrested during the December 6 protests on the anniversary of the murder of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos. They began a protest at his murder site and later marched out in the dozens demanding charges be dropped against the arrested the day before. Delta riot police responded by chasing the tail of the protest and arrested several.
Dozens of anarchists gathered in Hannover for a spontaneous protest against police violence and repression on 13.12, the famous numeric version of ACAB. Police failed to arrive due to the demo being spontaneous, and many barricades were put up before protesters dispersed with no arrests occurring.
Dozens of protesters gathered in Portland on the anniversary of the public execution of 38 Dakota men in Mankato by the Lincoln administration in 1862, condemning the largest one-day mass execution in American history. Demonstrators gave speeches at a small monument to Thomas Jefferson before dispersing.
