Protesters in New York’s Washington Square Park gathered in the hundreds to protest rapidly rising inequality due to the pandemic, and the lack of defunding that the NYPD has received. They demanded that halting of layoffs by big corporations such as Disney, more taxes on the rich to restabilize wealth, and the defunding of New York police.
Hundreds gathered in front of the house of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, in a steadily growing crowd demanding that he not be placed as Secretary of Transportation. Demonstrators made noise the entire day, then listening to organizers’ speeches and dispersing.
Around 100 protesters in Portland marched to demand the halt of the Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline in Minnesota, which would possibly poison the local rivers in the area and compromise water supplies. Demonstrators first went inside several banks supporting the project, demanding the halt of funding for the pipeline, and then were attacked by DHS at the federal courthouse before later dispersing.
Protesters in Bangkok numbered around 200,000 strong in a protest against the monarchy and its brutal practices towards the recent demonstrations, including assassinations of exiles and life in prison for activists who insult the royal family.
Demonstrators and allies across Chile commemorated the 2-year anniversary of the murder of Camilo Catrillanca, a Mapuche farmer, at the hands of Chilean police, in Temucuicui, in the area of Ercilla. Hundreds of protesters and friends marched on the site of his murder, where his tractor still lies, and condemned the lack of transparency in the Chilean government while handling his case.
