Dozens of protesters in New York gathered for the weekly Stonewall march dedicated to Black Trans Lives, demanding justice for all lives stolen by state violence and aiming to build solidarity in the metropolis of New York’s 6 boroughs.
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Around 400 protesters in Patras marched on International Women’s Day, calling for an end to patriarchal violence, oppression, and capitalism, as the #MeToo movement gripped Greece amid dozens of allegations of sexual harassment and rape against top officials in the government.
Around 250 protesters in the Athens district of Piraeus took to the street against state repression and police brutality justified by the COVID pandemic, with law enforcement overfunded as hospitals and the healthcare system struggle to contain a rise in coronavirus cases.
Dozens of protesters continued demonstrations in St. Paul after the nonfatal shooting of a black man by 4 police officers, stating that other methods of de-escalation should have been used. Demonstrators marched to the still-barricaded St. Paul Police Department headquarters, with speakers including Soren Stevenson who lost an eye after being shot with a rubber bullet by Minneapolis PD.
Over 10,000 protesters marched in the Athens district of Nea Smyrni after a couple in a park was attacked by police for supposedly violating COVID guidelines. Police attacked demonstrators with flashbangs and tear gas, which resulted in the crowd assaulting one police officer and leaving him with a nonfatal head injury. For the rest of the night, police ran around the area, brutally assaulting anyone who approached them.
