Unionists and anarchists performed a banner drop across from Brooklyn Housing Court, calling for coordinated rent strikes and the end of not only evictions, but also rent during the COVID pandemic. The banner stayed for hours, and was dropped by member of TheBaseBK, a Brooklyn anarchist group.
Greek anarchists demonstrated outside of the Evangelismos Hospital (Νοσοκομείο Ευαγγελισμός), in the Athenian neighborhood in solidarity with those struggling to contain the pandemic. Several medical workers joined them in a wildcat strike outside of the hospital, demanding housing, healthcare, and education for all.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta gathered to demand the release of all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising in Chile, which sparked a massive protest movement still going strong almost a year and a half after. Protesters placed barricades, in response to which police brutally cracked down and used water cannons.
Dozens of protesters in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago took to the streets on the Day of the Young Combatant, placing barricades and setting fires across the area. Police responded with brutal repression but were pushed back by demonstrators after gassing a residential area.
About 150 activists gathered outside of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s mansion to demand that Biden not consider him for any cabinet […]
