Hundreds of protesters gathered in the small town of Armenia, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the privatization of hospitals/healthcare and the Tributary Reform in Colombia, which would increase taxes on basic goods and services. Police attacked a 2nd crowd which had gathered at a local toll, using tear gas to disperse the peaceful demonstration.
Hundreds of German anarchists protested in Leipzig on 13.12, the famous numeric version of ACAB, against police, naming them as fascists in uniform. Riot police quickly gathered and cracked down on the protest, arresting at least a dozen before the rest dispersed.
Hundreds of protesters in Thessaloniki marched in opposition to state brutality and police repression during the COVID-19 pandemic, criticizing the state measures of police crackdowns instead of giving better funding to the healthcare system in Greece.
Waukegan residents took to the streets after the police murder of Marcellis Stinnette, a 19-year-old black man with a child who was shot to death inside his own car along with his girlfriend, who was gravely injured. Over 100 protesters attended the spontaneous demonstration.
Protesters gathered in Brownsville in North Brooklyn at the construction site of the NBK Fracked Gas Pipeline, demanding its shutdowns over concerns of pollution and harm to the quality of life to the majority-POC constituency of the neighborhoods of the area. Construction for the day was shut down, with the project moving forward despite the mayor of New York, Bill DeBlasio, expressing his opposition to the pipeline but not revoking the construction license.
