Around 600-700 protesters in Thessaloniki marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, marching from the Statue of Venizelos to the city’s beach, demanding the immediate government satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be transferred back to his old cell in the Korydallos prison.
Via Chris Avramidis, alerta_gr, and Land & Freedom
Greek anarchists in Kavala dropped a banner at Faliro Park, in solidarity with imprisoned comrade Dimitris Koufontinas, demanding immediate decontamination of prisons and release of all nonfelons, under a campaign of Inmate Lives Matter.
Rioters in Leipzig, Germany, burned several military vehicles for New Year’s, during part of the traditional car-torching every January 1st that results in over 1,000 burnt vehicles every year.
Around 300 protesters gathered at the Justice Center in Portland around nightfall on the anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s murder, demanding justice for the black woman killed in Louisville by police who opened fire into her home using a no-knock warrant.
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.
