Portlanders took to the streets during the Indigenous Day of Rage on the 11th of October to protest the presence of colonial statues and the hero-worship of such figures. Demonstrators toppled the statues of Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, both well-known genocidal actors against indigenous peoples.
Armed Mapuche weichafe (warriors) seized the Route P-70 highway at the Lleu Lleu bridge near the towns of Cañete & Tirúa in solidarity with political prisoner César Millanao facing the courts on charges stemming from his participation in the social uprising of Chile, during which Millanao was arrested in December 2019.
Chilean medical workers in Santiago marched through the Alameda, many from the Barros Luco Hospital on strike, demanding a better budget for the health sector and raises for those at the frontlines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dozens of protesters took to the streets in the northeastern city of Xanthi, participating in a march decrying the police state established in Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic, instead calling for methods of controlling the virus without brutal lockdown measures.
Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Barcelona for a 4th consecutive day to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a communist Catalan rapper imprisoned and facing charges for criticizing the Spanish monarchy. Demonstrators clashed with police, placing and burning barricades in many areas across the city after confrontations began to occur.
