Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Housing Committees headquarters in Santiago to demand that the government buy land to create affordable housing for the homeless of St. Bernardo, a neighborhood of the city, joining in on the demonstrations across the country on the 25th.
Hundreds of protesters across Eswatini returned to the streets in a wave of anti-monarchy unrest following the police murder of a young man, demanding democracy be implemented in Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Demonstrators blocked roads and clashed with police, also blockading and defending the homes of pro-democracy activists.
A group of protesters gathered at the ancient theater in Larissa and hanged a banner in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the revolutionary November 17 group who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the more humane Korydallos prison in Athens.
Dozens of protesters in Seattle gathered for a march to the office of the SPOG (Seattle Police Officer’s Guild) police union, demanding the city halt any funding for it. As the sun went dark, a truck attempted to run over demonstrators, before being stopped by the SPD who also surrounded the black bloc.
Protesters in Temuco placed barricades in solidarity with Matias Catrileo, a young Mapuche warrior/weychafe murdered by police on January 3rd, 2008, during territorial clashes between the ethnic group and the government.
