20-35 demonstrators in Portland arrived at the ICE facility for a 144th day, with DHS agents and police under the Unified Command almost immediately bullrushing the crowd and arresting two protesters. No unlawful assembly was declared, even though the protest was dispersed very quickly. the charges were later thrown out.
Around 50 protesters in Portland gathered at the city’s ICE facility in opposition to fascism and demand the abolition of the border patrol agency long marred with allegations of human rights abuses. Demonstrators lit a fire at the facility’s gate, which was put out during confrontations with federal agents.
Around 80 protesters gathered in Corfu in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, marching through the island’s main town and hanging banners demanding the Greek state accept his request to return to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Dozens of port workers in Valparaiso took to the streets as part of a nationwide strike, demanding the government passage of the ability to withdraw 10% of a person’s pension fund in direct cash for a 3rd time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demonstrators lit tires and blocked roads, before riot police arrived, using water cannons and tear gas to disperse the strikers.
30 Greek anarchists gathered outside of a prison in the Cretan city of Chania, near the rural prisons of Agyia. Demonstrators lit sparklers, launched fireworks, and chanted slogans to let those inside know that there exist people fighting for a world without jails.
