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.
Dozens of protesters in Athens gathered at the local health station in the Keramikou neighborhood, demanding free food, housing, education, and healthcare for all. Despite a heavy police buildup at the public health facility, no arrests were made and demonstrators were able to hang a banner and drop leaflets.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Center of Justice in Santiago to protest for amnesty for all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising. Demonstrators then marched to the CDP Santiago 1 prison, banging on the walls and flying flags.
Hundreds of anticapitalist students marched in Paris to demand the reopening of universities with social distancing protocols in place in order to alleviate the psychological distress and mental disorders beginning to set in on the global population of youth, who have been forced to learn from home due to COVID.
Around 200 students in Patras marched against a law passed by the Ministry of Education in Greece, which would allow for the creation of a university police force for the first time since the banning of police from campuses after the fall of the military junta in 1974.
