Demonstrators in Paris, Marseille, Nancy, Lyon, Toulouse, and many other cities took to the streets as part of a sustained movement against the Global Security Bill that bans videos and photos taken of police ‘with the intent of doing harm to the officer in question’. Police in Paris assaulted protesters at the Trocadéro, deploying water cannons and arresting at least a dozen.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Popayán for a 2nd consecutive day in opposition to neoliberal policies in Colombia and the ratification of the Tributary Reform, which would create new taxes on basic goods and services including water, electricity, and internet bills.
Carabineros cracked down on protesters in Santiago, attacking independent journalists and arresting a minor for carrying a Mapuche flag while the demonstration had not even yet begun. Chemical water cannons were deployed as well as tear gas that left scars and burns on dozens of protesters.
Protesters returned to protest against the North Brooklyn Fracked Gas Pipeline, which Mayor Bill DeBlasio stated that he was now in opposition […]
Around 100 protesters in Portland marched to demand the halt of the Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline in Minnesota, which would possibly poison the local rivers in the area and compromise water supplies. Demonstrators first went inside several banks supporting the project, demanding the halt of funding for the pipeline, and then were attacked by DHS at the federal courthouse before later dispersing.
