Hundreds of protesters gathered in Portland as part of a demonstration on International Workers’ Day, demanding the abolition of ICE, an agency dedicated to the deportation of undocumented migrants. Demonstrators reassembled in the night, breaking several windows of large corporate stores and other buildings.
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Dozens of protesters gathered at the Bergen County Jail on Christmas Day, in solidarity with ICE detainees at the prison in New Jersey. Demonstrators made noise to let the detainees know of their presence and were promptly threatened with arrest by police for standing too close to the perimeter.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Medellín for a 2nd day as part of a general strike in Colombia against neoliberalism and demanding the fall of the Tributary Reform, which would increase taxes on basic goods and services such as utilities including water, electricity, and internet.
Anarchists in Portland attacked the city’s Public Schools Headquarters, torching multiple school district vehicles, breaking office windows, and scrawling graffiti on the walls of the headquarters. Demonstrators participated in the action as part of the Youth Liberation Front’s call to action on the 6th of March against capitalism and the state.
Hundreds in Paris gathered at the Senate against the Global Security Bill as its modified version was being debated, the subject of massive riots in late November and early December 2020. After the demonstration, police attacked the crowd and pushed them into the metro while beating several.
