Protesters across the world took to the streets in support of Rojava, commemorating the retaking of Kobane by Kurdish forces after its capture by ISIL. Protests happened in over 2 dozen cities, ranging from Athens to Toronto, with many in Kurdistan itself participating too.
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Dozens of Athenians gathered in the area of Pedion Areos & Kypseli to protest in solidarity with migrants in Greece, marching to the front of the Turkish embassy to protest against the Erdogan regime’s involvement in war in Syria causing economic hardship for millions who have fled the country to countries as far away as Germany.
Protesters in the Santiago commune of Maipú placed and burned barricades during a national round of protests demanding justice for Francisco Martinez and Camilo Miyaki, both victims of police murder.
Dozens of hotel workers in the western Greek island of Corfu went on strike outside of the labor enlistment office, demanding an emergency payment of 600 Euros in order to survive the pay cuts that have occurred during the pandemic.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Encarnación, the 3rd-largest city in all of Paraguay, demanding the government’s resignation after the collapse of the healthcare system, with medicine at a critically low level and elective surgeries stopped altogether. Demonstrators gathered at the Plaza de Armas in the Colorado District, burning barricades and singing chants against the standing regime.