Dozens of protesters in the city of Antofagasta took to the streets, placing and burning barricades to demand the resignation of right-wing president Sebastian Piñera and the release of all political prisoners of the social uprising that began in 2019.
About 15 Trump supporters in Philadelphia turned out at an anti-mail in protest, with about 100 counterprotesters arriving at 8 A.M. No clashes occurred, although many confrontations did, with counterprotesters dancing for hours on end to keep the Trump rally occupied.
Dozens of antifascists in Portland gathered at Director Park for a march against police, first throwing snowballs at each other and police cruisers and officers that surrounded the demonstration. As the march moved through town, smashing windows, the crowd pushed police all the way back into the precinct.
Hundreds of students gathered at the Statue of Venizelos in Thessaloniki in opposition to a new bill proposed by the Greek government, which would for the first time since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974 reintroduce police on university campuses. Demonstrators then marched to the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace, meeting with teachers’ unions, pressuring the regional administration not to support the new measures.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Cali for a 6th day of demonstrations against the privatization of healthcare and police violence amid a general strike. Police attacked demonstrators at the La Luna sector of the city, using tear gas and later live rounds, resulting in fires and clashes across the city with law enforcement and paramilitaries.
