Dozens of protesters in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago took to the streets to demand the resignation of the ruling right-wing government as well as the immediate release of all protesters detained during the country’s uprising, some of which have been in prison since October 2019.
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Over 200 protesters in Los Angeles turned out for Black Lives, organized by the Los Angeles People’s Council, demanding the defunding of the LAPD by at least 50% if not 100. No major clashes occurred with police, although minor scuffles did occur.
Hundreds of healthcare workers gathered at the ministries of Labor and Health, as part of a strike called for by POEDIN (Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees), demanding more money to help deal with the pandemic instead of for funding the army and police with more and more unnecessary and repressive gear.
Protesters unfurled a banner in front of the Portland ICE facility, condemning the organization and its practices as genocidal and harmful towards migrants coming through the border from Mexico. The camps have long been remarked as concentration camps for horrible treatment of detainees and poor sanitation.
Protests across Greece occurred on the anniversary of the 1973 Athens Polytechnic Uprising, and police enacted a national crackdown, brutalizing many demonstrators and arresting hundreds to thousands.
