Indigenous Kanakans gathered at a southern nickel factory owned by the Vale megacorporation based in Brazil, which the French government is working with to buy most mines. Multiple clashes ensued, with roads being blockaded and police opening fire with rubber bullets on the protesters organized under the Socialist Kanak Liberation Front.
Protesters took to the streets in Seattle for Black Lives to demonstrate against police brutality in the city that has been criticized for being unaddressed, even through the minor defunding of the police by Mayor Jenny Durkan.
Hundreds of protesters in Paris marched in opposition to authoritarianism and the far-right, decrying the rise of Islamophobia in France and increased police powers to carry out surveillance against political and religious minorities in the country, including leftist movements.
Hundreds of protesters in Patras marched in solidarity with revolting refugees at the Corinth refugee camp after a 17-year-old Kurd committed suicide when his 16-month detainment was extended on the supposed day that the minor would have been released.
Thousands of protesters in London gathered against woman-directed hate crimes, also demonstrating in opposition to a bill proposed by the British government threatening to restrict the right to protest. Unlike the previous day, confrontations occurred but without arrests.
