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General Strike Kicks Off With Road Cuts And Logistics Sites Blocks

October 16, 2025 Catalan News. , , , , ,
The first protests and demonstrations of Wednesday's general strike day saw more than a hundred people block access to the Zona Franca industrial area and Mercabarna market wholesalers in Barcelona. Workers at car manufacturer Seat went on strike during the night shift. The strike has been called across the country to stand in solidarity with Palestine. The atmosphere of the protest is peaceful and festive. The demonstrating workers then moved to the entrances of the Port of Barcelona, from where the different groups gathered together and started marching towards the city centre.

Indigenous Resistance Forces Peña’s Government To Back Down

October 6, 2025 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. , , ,
For several days, various Indigenous communities have been mobilizing and protesting in Paraguay against recent decisions of the right-wing government of Santiago Peña. Peña hails from the Colorado Party, one of the oldest parties in Latin America, which, incidentally, was the political base of the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989), one of the longest-serving dictators in 20th-century history. The protesters are demanding the resignation of the president of Paraguayan Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INDI) and the restoration of the institution’s headquarters. On October 3, it was announced that this Indigenous struggle in Paraguay had been successful. The leaders of the protests said, “Our heroic resistance has paid off.

Hundreds Arrested As ‘Block Everything’ Protests Grip France

September 10, 2025 Al Jazeera. , , , ,
French police have arrested hundreds of people as protests led by left-wing forces under the banner “Block Everything” spread across the country. Nearly 300 people were detained on Wednesday after demonstrators set fire to rubbish bins and blocked highways, fuelled by growing anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s government amid a deepening political crisis. Authorities said 80,000 police officers were deployed nationwide, though French media reported closer to 100,000. Officers fired tear gas in several cities as they moved to disperse crowds and make arrests. The demonstrations – organised under the grassroots slogan “Bloquons Tout” or “Block Everything” – combined work stoppages, road blockades and acts of civil disobedience in opposition to what protesters denounced as years of austerity.

Yemen Reimposes Red Sea Blockade On Israeli Shipping

March 12, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , ,
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) has reimposed a naval blockade on Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea, Arab Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden. In a statement released late on 11 March, the YAF said the move comes “after the expiry of the specified period of the deadline issued by Sayyid Abdul Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, may God protect him, to the mediators to push and pressure the Israeli enemy to reopen the crossings and bring aid into the Gaza Strip.” “In view of the inability of the mediators to achieve this, the [YAF] confirms” the resumption of “the ban on the passage of all Israeli ships in the designated operational area of ​​the Red and Arabian Seas, as well as Bab al-Mandab and the Gulf of Aden,” the Yemeni army statement said.

Roadblocks Erected Throughout Bolivia To Protest Arce Government

October 23, 2024 Alfredo Rada, Orinoco Tribune. , , , ,
In Bolivia, the government of Luis Arce is confronted by the protests of peasants and workers, who are carrying out massive roadblocks. The pressure measure, which began five days ago, already affects four of the nine departments of the country and continues to expand. The government’s strategy of containment and delegitimization of this mass action, a strategy that was led by the minister of the presidency, Marianela Prada, and the minister of government, Eduardo del Castillo, did not yield results. Both authorities took on the task of minimizing the scope of the protest, stating that it was only seeking to protect Evo Morales.

Peruvians Block Roads In Cusco And Puno

January 5, 2023 Telesur English. , , ,
After a few days of truce due to the festivities, Peruvian farmers, workers, merchants, transporters, and other citizens of the Cusco and Puno regions resumed massive protests to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the call for early general elections, and the release of former President Pedro Castillo. Roadblocks to the south and north of the country have managed to restrict vehicular traffic on the main Peruvian highways, which has relatively paralyzed normal economic activities. One of the main interconnection roads between Peru and Bolivia, the road from Puno to the city of Desaguadero, is completely blocked by social organizations that joined the strike called for Wednesday.

What The US Can Learn From Canadian Activists Who Blocked Truck Convoys

March 3, 2022 Shane Burley, Waging Nonviolence. , , ,
After several years of far-right insurgencies in the United States, the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump’s return to public life, few expected Canada to be the location of the next great explosion of right-wing energy. Over the past several weeks, people around the world have watched as a series of protests and occupations — self-titled the “freedom convoy” — brought out long-haul truck drivers and others to ostensibly challenge the vaccine and COVID-19 mandates coming from the Canadian government. Despite being vaccinated at a rate exceeding 90 percent, some cross-border truck drivers were incensed at the vaccine requirements that Justin Trudeau’s administration has issued.

Washington State Police Target Black March Organizers With Arrests

September 5, 2020 Nathalie Graham, The Stranger. , , ,
On Friday morning the Washington State Patrol (WSP) arrested nine people on suspicion of disorderly conduct during a protest that shut down the southbound lanes of I-5, congested Seattle streets, and backed up traffic to Bellevue. Marchers say they block traffic to disrupt people living their day-to-day lives, and to bring the Black Lives Matter protest to where those people are. Last week Morning Marchers shut down the Ballard Bridge. Yesterday, they shut down the southbound lanes on State Route Highway 99.

When Justice Fails, Block The Rails

February 10, 2020 Krisna Saravanamuttu, Orion Endicott Keresztesi, and Valerie Lannon, Springmag.ca , ,
Nearly 400 protesters in Toronto responded to the Wet’suwet’en call to shut down Canada by blocking a rail line. Protestors chanted, “when justice fails, block the rails” and “shut down Canada!” as they forced CP Rail trains to turn back. Vanessa Gray of Idle No More told Spring Magazine: “We are here to shut down the tracks in solidarity with everyone else shutting down Canada today. We demand that the RCMP stands down.

Wet’suwet’en Supporters Block Port Of Vancouver For Third Straight Day

February 10, 2020 Jessica Kerr, Vancouverisawesome.com , ,
Protestors supporting Wet’suwet’en blocked access to the Port of Vancouver Saturday. File photo Dan Toulgoet For the third straight day in a row, protestors supporting First Nations opponents to a natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. are blocking access to the Port of Vancouver. The blockade, which has closed down the intersection of Hastings and Clark, as well as Powell and Heatley, and Commissioner and McGill, is also affecting traffic on Highway 1.

Fifty-Eight Years Later, Cuba Continues To Resist U.S. Blockade

February 8, 2020 Enrique Moreno Gimeranez, En.granma.cu , ,
The blockade is real and has lasted more than five decades. Generations of Cubans have suffered its consequences. Its impact is felt in all sectors of society and constitutes a flagrant violation of the human rights of our people, an act of genocide and of economic warfare, the main obstacle to our development, violating international law, the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and the principles of free trade.

61 Years Strong: Cuba’s Revolution Lives On Despite Blockade

January 11, 2020 Staff, Telesurenglish.net , ,
A day that will forever live in the hearts and minds of free men and women around the world, Jan. 1, 1959 marked the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, as the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista ended under the leadership of Fidel Castro, Ernesto Che Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos, and Raul Castro, among others. And on its 61st anniversary, the ideals of socialist society and state live on despite an illegal and brutal blockade installed by the United States in 1962 to undermine the project in the Caribbean Island, a policy which has been bolstered by current U.S. President Donald Trump. 

Coal Resupply Train Blockaded In Two States

December 13, 2019 By Jay O'Hara, Climatedisobedience.org , ,
This weekend across two states, a community of climate activists stopped 10,000 tons of coal in its tracks in three successive train blockades. This is the next step in a campaign that started in August to shut down the Merrimack Generating Station in Bow, New Hampshire - the last large coal-fired power plant in New England without a shut-down date. There is no justification for burning coal in 2019: it’s far too late for that. And taking responsibility in 2019 means taking action.

Nearly Unanimous: 187 Nations Call For The End To US Blockade Of Cuba

November 8, 2019 Staff, Telesurtv.net , , ,
New York - For the 28th time the UN member states call to lift the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States. To Cuba. With 187 votes in favor, the United Nations Organization (UN) approved the resolution on the need to lift the financial, economic and commercial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, which constitutes a violation of human rights and international regulations. The results of the vote held on Thursday demonstrate the "unquestionable isolation of the US," said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez. The resolution against the blockade against Cuba received only three votes against (USA, Israel and Brazil) and two abstentions (Colombia and Ukraine).

Southcom’s Faller Again – US Navy Is Ready To Be Deployed In Venezuela

August 22, 2019 Staff, Orinocotribune.com , , , ,
The head of the Southern Command said that the US Navy will implement the political decisions that are necessary to further encircle President Maduro. Meanwhile the regular Chavista population in Venezuela made fun of this new threat from the US commander that only this year has made at least 3 other similar statements. “We are getting bored here, let’s have them come and we will receive them with roses”, was the saying among Chavistas in Caracas yesterday.
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