Hundreds of protesters gathered in the San Bernardo borough of Santiago to demand justice on the 1-year-anniversary of the blinding of Fabiola Campillay, a woman who was hit by a tear gas canister fired from the gun of police officer Patricio Maturana.
Dozens of workers at the Total refinery in France entered a 15th day of striking and attempting to halt access to the facility in protest against the company’s conversion plans, which trade unions estimate will lead to 700 layoffs.
Anarchists in Athens attacked the Kaisariani police station in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, severely damaging one of the facility’s walls and destroying several motorcycles parked at the site.
Dozens of people gathered in Santiago to coordinate a protest for the release of political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising, when a fascist identifying with the Popular Socialist Vanguard shot rubber bullets at the demonstrators along the Ahumada, injuring several. When the crowd began to attack him, police stepped in to defend the fascist, stopping the crowd from getting to him. The march then proceeded to the Forest Park in the center of the city and was met with extreme violence by the Carabineros who immediately deployed armored vehicles.
Dozens of protesters gathered in the southern Californian city of Vacaville, attacking the police station and smashing in many windows before dispersing with no arrests made nor any identities exposed.
