Protests took place in Manisa after the closure of a mine in Soma; authorities refused to pay the Somali workers their salary after the closure of the mine, inciting a strike and subsequent protests in the area. A solidarity protest also took place in the Kadıköy region of Istanbul by anarchists.
Around 40 protesters in Xanthi took to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, marching to the local office of the ruling right-wing New Democracy party and throwing paint at its entrance following the Prime Minister’s statement that Koufontinas’ request would not be accepted.
Youth in Vienna rioted on New Year’s, looting and damaging several businesses and setting off fireworks in the Reumannplatz. Several clashes with police occurred, but resulted in very few arrests of young people heavily armed with fireworks.
Anarchists in Thessaloniki gathered in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the Greek communist 17 November group who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would receive better medical care and access to visitors.
Haitians took to the streets all over Port-au-Prince in the thousands on the 17th to protest against the allegedly corrupt regime of Jovenel Moise. Demonstrators set up barricades, and clashed with police, with several dozens of injuries but no deaths.
