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.
Anarchists gathered at the self-managed squat of Lamia (city in central Greece), dropping banners in various parts of the town condemning the government’s mismanagement of the pandemic, with ICUs in the country soon overflowing and over 100 daily deaths occurring.
Dozens of German anarchists in Stuttgart participated in the yearly noise demo at the JAV Stammheim, in solidarity with several political prisoners in the jail on various charges, from assaulting fascists to being members of the PKK, classified by the EU as a terrorist organization.
Hundreds of protesters in Sudan took to the streets for a 2nd day across the country to demand renewed subsidies for fuel and petrol, which were removed and raised prices for consumers by over 200%. Demonstrators set fire to barricades and blocked roads to pressure the government to act.
Over 2000 people gathered at Syntagma Square in front of Parliament in Athens in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, leaving police extremely confused after being undermanned due to claims that the demonstration had been hastily unplanned. Protesters marched through Omonia to Exarcheia before later dispersing.
