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.
Via James Croxton, it_ain’t_pretty, Concrete Reporting, and JarridHub
Hundreds of protesters in Paris marched in opposition to authoritarianism and the far-right, decrying the rise of Islamophobia in France and increased police powers to carry out surveillance against political and religious minorities in the country, including leftist movements.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta gathered to demand the release of all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising in Chile, which sparked a massive protest movement still going strong almost a year and a half after. Protesters placed barricades, in response to which police brutally cracked down and used water cannons.
Armenian diaspora groups in Lebanon organized a protest in Beirut that turned out dozens of people in solidarity with Nagorno-Karabakh and in support of peace in the resurgence of the war.
Thousands gathered in Madrid for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, with several antifascist groups organizing the march through the Vallekas borough, including Carabanchel Antifa, Vallekas Feminists, and other organizations.
