75 abolitionists in Richmond gathered at the Justice Center in solidarity with those caged inside, honking car horns and banging pots and pans. Police attempted to stop the demo by giving drivers citations, but demonstrators simply walked out of their cars and kept going all the way through New Year’s.
Credits to Lynn.
Dozens of feminists gathered in front of the National Congress in Valparaiso, demanding the legalization and universalization of safe abortions for all women in Chile. Confrontations with a conservative priest occurred, as well as with the Carabineros escorting im away from the scene.
Dozens of protesters in Talcahuano took to the streets on the Day of the Youth Combatant, burning barricades and blocking roads in honor of the two young activist brothers murdered by the Pinochet military dictatorship that ruled from 1973 until the 1990s.
Bikers took to the streets to protest against a lack of government oversight on the protection of cyclists, who have been killed in the dozens in recent weeks. Demonstrators took Plaza Dignidad and other areas of the city including the Alameda but clashed in significant street battles with police and government forces.
Protesters in Cleveland, Ohio, took to the streets on the 29th to protest the presidential debate that would be held later that day, and the handling that both presidential candidates have slipped on for months upon months since June.
