Protests continued in Noumea and other parts of New Caledonia against the sale of nickel mines to a Brazilian megacorporation, with French loyalists breaking the headlines. A blockade was set up of the Païta road in a suburb of Noumea, with vigilantes guarding it with hunting rifles and waving the French flag, raising many concerns about civil war.
Around 35 protesters in New York gathered at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center amid reports of cold, confined, unhealthy, and unsafe conditions inside, as well as the war on crime in the city that keeps filling up jails.
Protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets demanding the resignation of President Piñera and the government representation in the constitutional delegation not to have any party members. Hundreds took part in the protest as a part of the growing movement for the end of politicians and party politics in Chile.
Around 50 protesters in Portland gathered at the city’s local ICE facility, demanding the abolition of the agency tasked with attacking and deporting undocumented migrants, as well as demanding the dismantling of the prison-industrial complex funding it.
Around 400 protesters marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike in Patras, demanding that the Greek government immediately accept the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.
