Hundreds of cyclists biked down and blocked the Alameda in protest of the Chilean Ministry of Transportation’s incompetence in solving cases of murdered cyclists, also demanding the release of all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising.
Members of the Anarchist Political Organization and the anarchist Cycle of Fire organization dropped a banner in Athens demanding protection and PPE for prisoners, or their immediate release from prisons for the remainder of the pandemic.
Thousands of Greeks in Athens gathered for a demonstration against police repression, following an incident of police brutality in the name of COVID protocols at Nea Smyrni Square and the reintroduction of police to universities for the first extended period since the fall of the military dictatorship.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Bergen County Jail on Christmas Day, in solidarity with ICE detainees at the prison in New Jersey. Demonstrators made noise to let the detainees know of their presence and were promptly threatened with arrest by police for standing too close to the perimeter.
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.
