Health workers in a CESFAM (Family health centers) went on strike against the budget adjusting of health funds by the Piñera government, the breach of government contracts, and against the isolation of political prisoners of the national uprising. They are joining the national strike that has now gripped the country.
Over 1000 protesters in Minneapolis marched after the announcement that former police officer Derek Chauvin had been found guilty of all three counts of murder and manslaughter in the case of George Floyd, whose murder sparked massive protests worldwide and rocked the US. Demonstrators also chanted slogans against the National Guard, whose presence militarized Minneapolis in the weeks prior to the trial.
Dozens of bikers in Athens took to the streets following the death of a motorcyclist after being hit by the driver of Prime Minister Mitsotakis’ sister, a member of Parliament belonging to the ruling conservative New Democracy party.
Hundreds of protesters in Portland marched following the police murder of a mentally ill man in the same city, demanding immediate justice for the life lost at the hands of state violence. Fires were set and windows were smashed across the city, with police making few arrests at the scene.
Thousands of medical workers, public sector workers, and their allies marched on the National Congress in Valparaiso, demanding the readjustment of the budget for public officials and medical workers. The demonstration came within hours of Congress voting on the yearly budget for 2021.
