From a wide coalition of unions and student groups, a protest took place in Santiago on the 21st against President Piñera and what they see as a failure to amend the constitution from Pinochet’s times. Over 500 protesters attended the march in the city.
Around 300 protesters in Thessaloniki marched to demand the repeal of a law passed by the Ministry of Education in February which enabled police to re-enter universities after their presence was banned with the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974 after a student uprising at the Athens Polytechnic.
Thousands of protesters in New York City marched in solidarity with Palestine at the Israeli consulate, demanding the immediate end of US support for the Israeli Defense Forces, Israel’s military, which has been long accused of carrying out terrorist activities against the Palestinian population.
Youths in the suburban commune of Trappes, located west of Paris, clashed with law enforcement at a local police station in the city for a 3rd consecutive night, exchanging firework mortars and tear gas canisters throughout the night.
Around 2000 protesters took to the streets of Thessaloniki in opposition to the management of the pandemic, with the military and police overfunded in Greece as ICU beds continue to fill up and the healthcare system becomes quickly overwhelmed due to underfunding.
