A protest took place in Minneapolis on the 4th of October against anti-indigenous activity by police and local fossil fuel drilling in the area. Its organizers called for a return of indigenous land to its original inhabitants, along with the abolition of police in the city, which the city council had originally promised to do but backed off from doing.
Protesters at various sites in Lebanon returned to the streets to decry state violence and repression against anti-corruption activists, demonstrating against government incompetence in handling hyperinflation and soaring gas prices. Demonstrators blocked roads with flaming tires, pressuring authorities to act with competence.
Hundreds of bikers blockaded the streets of Santiago, demanding the immediate resignation of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera after a day of protest that ended in yet-unseen brutality against demonstrators.
Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Colombia against new tax hikes on the middle class, privatization of healthcare, and decades of a conservative establishment maintaining a chokehold on the nation. Police and the military responded brutally, using live rounds and killing several protesters in various cities.
Dozens of protesters in Elizabeth City took to the streets for a 2nd day, demanding the immediate release of the body cameras of the police officers who killed Andrew Brown, an unarmed Black man. Demonstrators blocked off roads and cut off intersections, continuing to pressure the local government to declassify evidence.
