Thousands of antifascists gathered in Marseille in opposition to the Global Security Law, marching through the neighborhood of Zineb and passing through the Regional Council building before dispersing at the Port of Vieux with clashes occurring between protesters and police and tear gas deployed around the Canebière police station. Demonstrators chanted “Everyone hates the police!” [“Tout, le monde, deteste la police!”] and other anti-cop slogans.
Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Tunis, even in spite of heavy repression by riot police and the National Guard, who repeatedly used tear gas on youth and families of arrested or killed activists, who demanded a complete reconstruction of the Tunisian government.
Dozens of anarchists and protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets, blocking roads and burning barricades in solidarity with prisoners of the Mapuche struggle for land autonomy and the revolt in Chile that began on the 18th of October in 2019 against neoliberalism and police violence.
Protesters from Helsinki to Pretoria took to the streets in solidarity with the End SARS and Revolution Now movement in Nigeria, organized by diaspora groups in the United States, Finland, and South Africa.
Protesters across the US crowded Times Square and several other plazas, celebrating the announcement that Biden was the official president-elect of the United States. Civilians also cheered from their balconies, creating a sense of euphoria across the city.
