Activists gathered near Oakland at a houseless camp between Mosswood park and the highway in response to a presence of police and CalTrans workers at the scene, appearing to be carrying out an eviction. As demonstrators consolidated their presence, CalTrans workers left, and the houseless camp itself was left alone.
Via Zack Haber
Protests occurred all over Belarus as an anniversary of the killings of several poets by the Soviet Union in 1937, with demonstrations taking place in nearly a dozen cities, mostly family gatherings and small friend groups showing solidarity against the Lukashenko regime.
Dozens of protesters gathered in Portland on the anniversary of the public execution of 38 Dakota men in Mankato by the Lincoln administration in 1862, condemning the largest one-day mass execution in American history. Demonstrators gave speeches at a small monument to Thomas Jefferson before dispersing.
Protests sparked in the central Somalian town of Galkayo amid anger over missing children; they were allegedly sent to the city of Asmara in Eritrea for military training, then deployed to Ethiopia and killed in the war and genocide against the northern breakaway province of Tigray. Police responded by opening fire into the crowd, causing numerous injuries but no reported deaths.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bangkok in opposition to the monarchy of Thailand and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a general who assumed office in the 2014 coup d’état. During clashes in which police carried out severe repression, demonstrators returned the favor with fireworks and set a police van on fire.
