Florists gathered in Santiago to protest the forced closure of their businesses without a stimulus and condemned the closures of “non-essential” businesses included their own while casinos and other recreational centers stayed open. The Carabineros of Chile, the national police force, proceeded to arrive at the scene with riot gear and assault the demonstrators, injuring 5.
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Dozens of protesters in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago returned to the streets against the neoliberal police state of Chile after brutal repression in a previous round of demonstrations. Police returned with water cannons and tear gas, gassing the residential neighborhood and its public spaces including a playground.
Dozens of German anarchists and abolitionists gathered in Flensburg for a noise demo of solidarity with prisoners on New Year’s, launching fireworks and firecrackers and marching through the city.
Chileans in the small central town of Puerto Montt placed and burned barricades and protested after a street juggler was murdered by police in Panguipulli.
Greek anarchists in Patras dropped a banner in remembrance of Costas Stamatis, a comrade who was originally from Agrinio who died at the age of 50 a few days before and went by the nickname “Metalika”.