Dozens gathered in front of the ICE facility in Bergen County, New Jersey, in solidarity with those holding a hunger strike inside. Reasons cited for the hunger strike include rat infestations, undrinkable water, and an extremely high-risk environment for spreading COVID-19. Reporters were later able to confirm that the detainees heard the Free Them All protest.
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Protesters took to the streets in Israel for the 17th week in a row against the corruption and human rights abuses committed by Netanyahu, with thousands of protesters crowding the streets of West Jerusalem. Many see Netanyahu as the same authoritarian strongman as Donald Trump in the US, and are frightened by the prospects of him acting as such.
Around 150 protesters gathered at the American Embassy in Athens in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding that the Greek government immediately satisfy the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison.
On the 4th of October, a small group of Patriot Prayer members held an anti-BLM rally in Portland. Counterprotestors quickly arrived, with confrontations but no major fights occurring until the slightly larger BLM counterprotest pushed the right-wing group out of the city. Patriot Prayer was heavily armed with assault weapons as well.
Protesters in Mawiyane, within the Hhohhlo District of Eswatini, took to the streets in opposition to the rule of Africa’s last absolute monarchy, marching in support of the Communist Party of Swaziland, in a popular wave of unrest following a police murder in the South African country in May.