70 protesters gathered at the Spire on O’Connell Street in Dublin for a vigil for George Nkencho, a mentally ill Nigerian immigrant recently murdered by the police, calling for a criminal investigation into the national police officer who shot him 5 times.
Hundreds of protesters in Manchester returned to the streets for a 2nd time to demand the repeal of a law passed which would increase police powers and restrict the right for assembly and demonstration, which would set caps on noisemaking and many other restrictions on free speech.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Asunción for a 5th consecutive day to demand the resignation of president Marito Abdo after $1.6 billion disappeared from the healthcare budget, collapsing Paraguay’s ability to handle the COVID pandemic through overwhelmed hospitals, after elective surgeries including appendix removals were suspended and medicine fell to a critical low.
Hundreds of protesters marched in Seattle for a joint Black Lives Matter & Cancel Rent protest, demanding that all unpaid rent during the pandemic be forgiven due to the economic hardship in the United States. Organizers also demanded the abolition of the Seattle Police Department, well-known for its brutality.
Around 300 antifascists in Berlin took to the streets against skepticism of COVID-19 and fascist conspiracies claiming that the virus was created by a global elite, marching through the borough of Kollwitzkiez, slightly northeast of the city’s heart. Although a heavy police presence existed there, no arrests or confrontations took place.
