Thousands of protesters in Nantes marched against a reformation of the unemployment insurance system, recent mass layoffs in both the public and private sector, as well as job insecurity in France. Several trade unions called for the day of the demonstration, as well as many smaller organizations and groups.
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Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets in opposition to the right-wing presidency of Sebastián Piñera and the release of all political prisoners of the uprising in Chile. Demonstrators burned barricades and blocked roads, ready to confront any police officers who arrived to disperse the demonstrators.
Thousands of protesters in Paris marched against reform of unemployment insurance, mass layoffs in the public sector, and job insecurity in France. Many massive trade unions participated in the demonstration, as did smaller organizations, demanding an immediate change in policy passed by neoliberal president Emmanuel Macron.
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Santiago in a round of demonstrators to demand the resignation of right-wing president Sebastián Piñera and the end of decades of neoliberal policies in Chile. Police repressed the protest with water cannons and tear gas, dispersing the crowd which would soon reorganize at various sites across the capital.
Youth returned to the streets of Trappes, west of Paris, during a 2nd night of confrontations with law enforcement at the city's local police station, where fireworks and tear gas was exchanged between the two groups.
Dozens of protesters took to the streets for a 3rd consecutive day in Elizabeth City to demand justice for Andrew Brown, an unarmed Black man shot in the back of the head and murdered by several police officers, who were using assault rifles.
Youth and police clashed at the police station of Trappes, a suburban commune west of Paris, on the first night of tensions in which the crowd threw fireworks in response to the use of tear gas by law enforcement in the parking lot.
Anarchist protesters in Portland took to the streets against mayor Ted Wheeler, criticized for persecuting residents of the city who participate in protests, refusing to defund the police, and continuing sweeps of the houseless population.