McDonalds workers in Chicago went on strike to demand a $15 minimum wage, an increase in PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), and a union for all. McDonalds and its franchises have been widely criticized for their union-busting practices, which sometimes are harsher than many other multinational corporations.
Greek students gathered in Athens to oppose a proposed education bill being debated in Parliament, chanting slogans in front of the Propylaea and dropping banners. The education bill supposedly seeks to improve the quality of tertiary education and eradicate “rampant lawlessness” on campus. A proposed 1000 guards would be sent to universities, who would have every sort of weapon that a normal police officer would minus lethal guns, and would also be in riot gear most if not all of the time; they would be created to fulfill the duties of police, who are banned from universities.
Protesters in Mawiyane, within the Hhohhlo District of Eswatini, took to the streets in opposition to the rule of Africa’s last absolute monarchy, marching in support of the Communist Party of Swaziland, in a popular wave of unrest following a police murder in the South African country in May.
Protesters gathered in Thailand for a pro-democracy protest in front of Parliament, which was soon attacked by police using tear gas and chemical-tainted water cannons. Demonstrators resisted via rubber ducks as a shield, and later clashed with yellowshirt monarchists.
Demonstrators took to the streets nearly a month after the police killing of Andrew Brown, an unarmed Black man in his driveway, who was shot by multiple officers using assault rifles. Police did not make a presence during the demonstration and allowed the march to disperse peacefully.
