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.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Plaza Dignidad for a national mobilization demanding the release of political prisoners. Intense clashes occurred with police, who were repulsed from the area several times by angry crowds while trying to disperse the protesters, who finally left after nightfall arrived.
Hundreds of protesters in Bangkok returned to the streets and clashed with police in opposition to the monarchy of Thailand, also demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut, a general who took power in the 2014 military coup and is widely held responsible for the mismanagement of COVID & lack of access to vaccines.
Dozens of protesters in Columbus gathered in remembrance of Casey Goodson on what would have been his 24th birthday; demonstrators marched north from First Avenue, stopping at a park to hang banners and sing a happy birthday to a victim of police brutality.
Protesters in Glasgow gathered and dropped a banner in solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the 17N revolutionary group demanding his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens which would give him better medical care and the ability to see visitors.
