After the resurgence of Chile Despierto protests in October, the Chilean government installed security forces in Plaza Dignidad in Santiago, which engaged in fierce clashes with anarchist protesters. The main city square was successfully taken by demonstrators on the 6th of November.
Protesters in Larisa gathered in solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas, which began on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Athens Korydallos prison which would give him access to better medical care and the ability to see visitors.
Food sector workers gathered in Athens to demand higher wages, also encouraging their colleagues to split off from traditional forms of wage labor and participate in the creation of cooperative businesses. Demonstrators held a banner reading “The state and the bosses go hand in hand. They follow their own class interests, let us follow ours! CLASS STRUGGLE!”
Police assaulted hundreds of cyclists in Santiago, who were participating in a protest bike ride along the Alameda to demand amnesty for all political prisoners. Carabineros in response to the peaceful demonstration deployed tear gas and water cannons against the crowd.
Dozens of Black Lives Matter activists gathered at the house of Mayor of L.A. Eric Garcetti, who Biden is reportedly considering for […]
