Thousands of protesters flooded the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, meeting at Al-Haboubi Square the day after nationalist and Islamist militias known as Sadrists burned the square and killed 5 people. Iranian militias and Sadrists later attacked the protesters, killing several via what appeared to be grenade launchers and assault rifles.
50 protesters marched in the Chania neighborhoods of Ai-Giannis, Lentariana, and Amperia, in solidarity with the Rosa Nera squat occupied by Greek police. Demonstrators stenciled graffiti, pasted posters, and chanted slogans to a positive response from the community which was very intertwined with pre-occupation Rosa Nera.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Seattle hours after Biden was inaugurated, demanding the abolition of ICE in a direct action march of targeted destruction against companies that work with those who carry out deportations. Starbucks, a notorious pro-police company, and Amazon were both targeted during the demonstration before police showed up and brutally arrested a few people.
Dozens of Loyalist youth in Belfast clashed with police in the area of Sandy Row and Bradbury Place after customs were set up between the British mainland and North Ireland, setting fire to bins, launching fireworks, and throwing fences, petrol bombs, and other objects at law enforcement.
Around 200 Greek anarchists and communists in Patras gathered in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate government satisfaction of the communist revolutionary prisoner’s request to be returned to his old call at the Korydallos prison.
