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.
Hundreds of protesters in Chania took to the streets against the government’s handling of COVID-19 and police brutality in Greece, with the leading right-wing party continuing to fund police in spite of rapidly accumulating and overwhelming amounts of cases.
Hundreds of protesters gathered for a People’s March near the Minnesota governor’s mansion in St. Paul, demanding “Cash not covid”, “Community not cops”, “People not pipelines”, and “Politics without Proud Boys”. Several signs were seen demanding justice for Dolal Idd, as well as in opposition to the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Athens suburb of New Smyrna, or Nea Smyrni, following an incident of police brutality in which an officer brutally beat a civilian under the guise of enforcing COVID restrictions. Police proceeded to attack the demonstration with tear gas, which reportedly leaked into the homes of civilians and into trams.
Dozens of protesters in Berlin gathered to protest in solidarity with the Rojava government in northeast Syria, demanding the halting of Turkish military operations in the area against the Kurdish-led faction in the Syrian Civil War.
