Anarchists in Athens dropped banners and distributed cards in front of the Greek Military Academy courts, as 8 comrades face a military court-martial for a march and banner drop at the sites of an army school.
Demonstrators in Paris, Marseille, Nancy, Lyon, Toulouse, and many other cities took to the streets as part of a sustained movement against the Global Security Bill that bans videos and photos taken of police ‘with the intent of doing harm to the officer in question’. Police in Paris assaulted protesters at the Trocadéro, deploying water cannons and arresting at least a dozen.
Dozens of port workers in Valparaiso took to the streets as part of a nationwide strike, demanding the government passage of the ability to withdraw 10% of a person’s pension fund in direct cash for a 3rd time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demonstrators lit tires and blocked roads, before riot police arrived, using water cannons and tear gas to disperse the strikers.
Dozens of demonstrators in Seattle marched in the weekly Black Action Coalition protest demanding justice for black lives lost to police brutality across the country, moving through several main roads to carry out disruption as a form of direct action.
Feminist protesters gathered in Santiago against increased femicide, as well as demanding the resignation of Piñera and amnesty for political prisoners. Police attacked the peaceful demonstration with Water Cannon No. 60, arresting several and leaving many with chemical burns and scars.
