Peruvian farmers and industrial workers clashed with police at the last standing blockade in Panamericana Sur, at Ica Province. Many blockaders were hit with rubber bullets and crowds with tear gas, fighting back by throwing stones and injuring several soldiers and police officers. After reinforcements arrived to aid the outnumbered government forces, however, the last blockade would fall, with organizers vowing to return on the 29th.
Over 1,500 protesters gathered in Portland on Martin Luther King Day, marching to the North Precinct and then the MLK Jr. statue in the center of the city. Demonstrators also organized a “die-in”, where protesters would lie down and occupy a major road, such as an intersection or other busy avenue.
Around 30 protesters gathered in Yangon in opposition to the military coup in the country, chanting slogans against the country’s army and in support of Myanmar’s civilian leader who was elected and in control of the government in the country’s first-ever democratic era.
Members of the Squatted Community of Prosfygika protested in solidarity with Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned leader of the insurgent Kurdistan Workers’ Party in Turkey. Demonstrators demanded the end of isolated imprisonment for the rebel leader, who has not been allowed to have visitors during an extended period of his sentence.
A demonstration took place on the night of October 10th to demonstrate against the police of the city and with an ultimate aim of defunding, if not abolishing, the police. Protesters dressed in black bloc as to not get targeted by police, and no major clashes occurred during the march.
