Protesters occupied the construction site of the North Brooklyn Fracked Gas Pipeline, deemed racist as it was routed to go through black-majority neighborhoods. Demonstrators stopped construction at Williamsburg, and it does not appear as though construction will be able to continue as normal for a long time.
Hundreds of protesters in many sites across Lebanon protested in opposition to government repression against anti-corruption activists as well as incompetence in handling hyperinflation and soaring gas prices.
Hundreds of students at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki resisted a police crackdown on the rectorate’s occupation and marched against state repression, broadcasted many times following the previous invasion of the university in which dozens of arrests occurred.
Dozens of German anarchists in Stuttgart participated in the yearly noise demo at the JAV Stammheim, in solidarity with several political prisoners in the jail on various charges, from assaulting fascists to being members of the PKK, classified by the EU as a terrorist organization.
Thousands of protesters across the Chilean capital city of Santiago gathered for the 2nd day of the national mobilization against President Sebastian Piñera, clashing with Carabineros who deployed chemically tainted water cannons, tear gas, and pepper spray. Molotov cocktails would be seen in use several times that day.
