Dozens of port workers in Valparaiso took to the streets as part of a nationwide strike, demanding the government passage of the ability to withdraw 10% of a person’s pension fund in direct cash for a 3rd time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demonstrators lit tires and blocked roads, before riot police arrived, using water cannons and tear gas to disperse the strikers.
Around 4000 protesters in Athens marched in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, first gathering in front of Parliament at Syntagma Square and then marching to Omonia, chanting slogans against the Greek state and carrying banners in support of 17 November.
Protesters gathered in Thailand for a pro-democracy protest in front of Parliament, which was soon attacked by police using tear gas and chemical-tainted water cannons. Demonstrators resisted via rubber ducks as a shield, and later clashed with yellowshirt monarchists.
Anarchists in Athens threw Molotov cocktails at the town hall of Moschato in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, torching and severely damaging the registry office.
Protesters in Washington D.C. representing MDCDSA (Metropolitan DC Democratic Socialists of America), DCXR (DC Extinction Rebellion), Sunrise Movement DC and Shut Down […]
