Union workers have been on strike in Antofagasta for better pay and improvement in working conditions in the SGS Minerals corporation for 16 days, with several labor leaders coming to assist them in receiving the support of local union coalitions.
Protesters and feminist activists in Poland have begun a general strike with hundreds of thousands participating. It began after the government ruled that abortion was unconstitutional, leading to tens of thousands taking to the streets. Police assaulted demonstrators in many areas, also employing pepper-spray and tear gas.
Protesters took to the streets of Portland and Vancouver for a 138th day, demanding justice for Kevin Peterson and the arrest of […]
Hundreds of protesters across Santiago took to the streets in a day of mobilization in solidarity with prisoners of the uprising in Chile. Demonstrators demanded their immediate release and a general pardon for all convictions made related to the 18th of October Uprising, burning barricades, and clashing with police at various points across the Chilean capital city.
Protests continued in Noumea and other parts of New Caledonia against the sale of nickel mines to a Brazilian megacorporation, with French loyalists breaking the headlines. A blockade was set up of the Païta road in a suburb of Noumea, with vigilantes guarding it with hunting rifles and waving the French flag, raising many concerns about civil war.
