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.
Around 150 protesters in Girona gathered to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for criticizing the Spanish monarchy and supporting the revolutionary Basque ETA organization.
Thousands of farmers continued to gather at Ica, burning barricades in the Panamerican highway and effectively shutting down most travel in Peru. The cities of Parcona, San José de Los Molinos District, Santiago, Tate, and Pachacútec all had their access roads blocked, and Lima remained shut off from the rest of the country. Workers from the province of Pisco also went on strike, joining the Panamerican blockade in Ica.
Greek anarchists in Athens dropped banners at the Pedio Areos and Protomagias squares, calling for workers to stop accepting the theft of their wages by bosses, and to organize into unions for self-defense against capitalist policies.
Dozens of protesters in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago took to the streets on the Day of the Young Combatant, placing barricades and setting fires across the area. Police responded with brutal repression but were pushed back by demonstrators after gassing a residential area.
