Symbiosis PDX, a communalist Portland-based group, held a rally in support of Rojava on the 8th, condemning Boeing’s sales and leases of their planes to Turkish-backed forces that have ravaged the area of Kurdistan, widely supported by leftists around the world.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets demanding the resignation of president Sebastian Piñera, famous for exacerbating disastrous neoliberal policies in Chile. Demonstrators also called for the abolition of the country’s national police force, the Carabineros, long marred by accusations of human rights abuses.
Dozens of protesters in San Antonio took to the streets for a 2nd consecutive day as part of a port workers’ strike across Chile, demanding the government passage of a bill that would allow for individuals to withdraw 10% of their pension funds in a direct payment for a 3rd time during the COVID pandemic. Police attacked the port workers, leading to heavy clashes with barricades and a building being set on fire.
Hundreds of protesters in the town of Facatativá, north of the capital city of Bogota, took to the streets against neoliberalism and the Tributary Reform, which would increase taxes on basic goods and services such as utility bills including water, electricity, and internet.
150 protesters in Chania gathered to oppose the new educational bill proposed by the Greek government, which would bring 1,000 police officers from a new agency onto campus to “end lawlessness and anarchy” in universities.
