Protesters in Graham, North Carolina in Alamance County took to the streets in a nonviolent protest near a polling station, upon which police began to pepper-spray demonstrators and arrested several people, raising a big show both online and in the city itself, which is a swing county for North Carolinian legislatures.
Chilean feminists gathered at the Grecia metro of the Peñalolen commune in Santiago to protest the increase of femicides in 2020, condemning sexism, violence against women, and misogyny.
Protesters in Karditsa gathered at the office of New Democracy MP Giorgos Kotsos, demanding the acceptance of demands put forward by Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of 17N who has been on hunger strike since the 8th of January for a transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would get quality medical care and access to visitors.
Thousands of protesters in Athens took to the streets against the government’s management of the pandemic, with police and the military overfunded in Greece as COVID cases continue to rise steadily with hospitals and the medical system overwhelmed, with ICU beds near full capacity.
DHS Police and ICE agents cracked down on an Abolish ICE protest in Portland but making dozens of mistakes in the process. Several (estimated 3) tear gas canisters went off inside a DHS agent’s backpack, and many police accidentally hit each other while opening fire on the crowd with pepper balls and rubber bullets. About 50 people attended the protest.
