Hundreds of protesters in Porto Alegre took to the streets in opposition to the policies of right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, demanding more vaccine access in Brazil and the end of ethnic cleansing in the Amazon against the indigenous population.
About 150 protesters gathered in Tacoma following an incident the previous day in which a police cruiser ran over a crowd spectating a street racing event. Demonstrators placed burning barricades on the street, marching to a local prison to make noise for the inmates, as well as smashing windows of state institutions along the way. Police failed to kettle the demonstration, which resulted in very few arrests.
Hundreds of protesters in Volos marched against police brutality in Greece, seen recently after a college student was beaten by police in a park under the guise of enforcing coronavirus restrictions and an invasion of a university occupation by plainclothes officers which resulted in 33 arrests.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the northern city of La Serena, protesting for the resignation of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, and the release of political prisoners as well as the COVID bonus for hospitals that was promised by the government but never arrived.
Anarchists gathered at the ESEIA (Journalists’ Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers) office in solidarity with the hunger strike of the former N17 member Dimitris Koufontinas, which began on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he will be able to see visitors and receive better medical care.
