Portland protesters gathered at Colonel Summers park before marching to the Rapid Response Bio Clean business, which has a reputation of aiding the city clear homeless camps. Windows were smashed up, and slogans were spray-painted across the property. Police did not arrive on the scene, and thus no arrests were made.
Thousands of protesters descended on Plaza Dignidad and the Presidential Palace in Santiago on a day of national mobilization against the right-wing presidency of Sebastian Piñera, as part of the Estallido Social (Social Outbreak) that has gripped Chile since the 18th of October in 2019. Police responded with heavy repression, using water cannons & tear gas, but ultimately failed to quell the demonstration.
Protesters across New York dropped banners for a wide variety of reasons, including rent cancellation, a 2nd stimulus, and the freeing of all prisoners of ICE held in cages in the city’s detention facility. There was also a #NoNBKPipeline banner dropped from the top of a building, to compensate for the lack of activity that has been going on against it.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the roundabout of Caaguazú to demand the resignation of President Marito Abdo, widely held responsible for corruption resulting in the disappearance of $1.6 billion from Paraguay’s healthcare budget, causing a collapse in infrastructure as hospitals were overwhelmed and forced to cut back on resources.
Hundreds of Polish workers went on strike inside an Amazon facility in Wrocław demanding a Christmas bonus of 2000 zloty. Supporters meanwhile […]
