Dozens of protesters gathered in front of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s house to continue demonstrations against the possibility of him becoming a cabinet member in the Biden administration. Organizers called for noise to be made, and dozens of riot cops stood at the ready, seemingly to attack entirely unarmed demonstrators.
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Dozens of protesters marched in the southern Santiago borough of Puente Alto to demand the release of all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising, many of whom have been kept in jail for over a year without the ability to see their loved ones due to quarantine. Carabineros deployed water cannons on the peaceful demonstration, shooting chemically tainted water directly at protesters who would go on to suffer burns.
Greek communists and anarchists in Athens tagged graffiti and dropped banners across the city in solidarity with Aytaç Ünsal, a Turkish lawyer arrested for connections to the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C), a Marxist-Leninist insurgent organization. He was recently released from a 13-year sentence after going on a death fast for 213 days, a week after his colleague Ebru Timtik died after 238 days.
Hundreds of protesters marched in the Plaza Brasil of Santiago demanding the release of political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising. Barricades were also placed in Puente Alto to shut down roads. Later in the day, a bikers’ march occurred demanding the resignation of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera and amnesty for all political prisoners.
Thousands of protesters in Dearborn took to the streets in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle, demanding the immediate end of US support for Israel, a state internationally designated of carrying out apartheid policies against the Arab population under its control.