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.
Anarchists gathered at the NATO facility in Thessaloniki to protest in solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the 17N revolutionary group; he demands a transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would receive access to quality medical care and the ability to see visitors.
Several branches of Anonymous launched a wave of attacks against several targets, including government websites. The 2 KKK websites, the National NASA Robotics government website, and the Modeling Guru website. The first and last stayed down for far longer, while the DDos on the 2nd one was halted for unknown reasons.
Around 15,000 protesters took to the streets of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, to demand the resignation of the government after the collapse of the country’s healthcare system. Elective surgeries were already suspended by the Ministry of Health, and a shortage of medicine remains throughout the country. After police attacked the crowd, the Ministry of Finance was set on fire and widespread clashes began to occur across the city, prompting the resignation of the Minister of Health.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the cathedral in Santiago at the Plaza de Armas, demanding amnesty for all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising. Many family members of those caged for months in isolation for rising up against the state were also present and gave speeches to protesters and the press.
