About 5,000 demonstrators gathered in the Chilean city of Valparaiso to demand the resignation of President Sebastian Piñera and the increase of funds for public health services. No clashes occurred with Carabineros (national police), who were occupied in dealing with protests in other cities.
Hundreds of protesters turned out for Black Lives for a 132nd day, going through Lake Oswego; one of the wealthiest in the entire Portland metro area. A few counterprotesters arrived, but paling in comparison to the more than 500 people who turned out for the march.
Hundreds of protesters in Thessaloniki marched in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the 17 November urban guerilla in Greece. He entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison, where he would once again be able to see his family as visitors.
Protesters in Graham, North Carolina in Alamance County took to the streets in a nonviolent protest near a polling station, upon which […]
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago gathered for a peaceful demonstration at the Alameda, and were attacked by Carabinero riot police with water cannons and pepper spray. Members of the press as well as street medic brigades were also assaulted by the Carabineros, with many as well hit by the water cannons tainted with chemicals that cause burns.
