Demonstrators for Revolution Now in Nigeria took to the streets in Abuja on the 8th of October to protest the political elite and the SARS elite police force that has been widely criticized for its brutality. The demonstrators were tear-gassed, and then shot with live rounds. One person was killed, and several more were hit. Outrage protests have begun across the country, mostly centered in the cities and neighboring towns around Abuja and Lagos.
Protesters in Brownsville protested against the North Brooklyn Fracked Gas Pipeline in New York, with dozens of people attending demanding the halting of the development of the pipeline that could pollute poorer and black-majority areas of the city.
Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Ibagué for a 5th day, following the murder of a teenager the night before for throwing paint-filled balloons at police, condemning privatization & state brutality in Colombia. After the demonstration ended, police went after dispersed demonstrators, terrorizing neighborhoods and attacking civilians.
Hundreds of anarchists and socialists marched in Granada to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a communist Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for insulting the Spanish monarchy. Protesters placed and burned barricades, clashing with police who chased after the crowd.
Dozens of protesters took to the streets 19 days after the beginning of demonstrations demanding justice for Andrew Brown, an unarmed Black man killed by police in his driveway using assault rifles. Police kept a presence in the area, but did not attack the protest and allowed participants to peacefully disperse.
