Demonstrators for the YPG and YPJ in Rojava took to the streets in Kobane and Qamishli against the invasion of the faction by Turkey and the Syrian National Army, demanding the withdrawal of Turkish forces from sovereign territory.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Portland as part of a demonstration on International Workers’ Day, demanding the abolition of ICE, an agency dedicated to the deportation of undocumented migrants. Demonstrators reassembled in the night, breaking several windows of large corporate stores and other buildings.
Hundreds of protesters at the Gaston Berger University in the capital of Senegal, Dakar, clashed with police over insecurity and incompetence on campus after a stabbing and robbery of a student occurred without any police intervention.
700 protesters in Barcelona returned to the streets for an 8th night to demand freedom for Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper imprisoned for criticizing the Spanish monarchy, as well as the release of all those arrested amidst demonstrations in his support. After police attempted to kettle the crowd, several protesters blocked roads with barricades and began throwing objects at police.
Around 100 protesters in Antofagasta marched to demand the release of all political prisoners of Chile’s social uprising and the end of femicides in the country. Demonstrators burned barricades and set up roadblocks, with police arriving shortly after and deploying water cannons on the small crowd.
