Anarchists in Essen attacked 2 police stations, blowing up a police cruiser at the Rellinghausen station and vandalizing the Essen-Kettwig station with rocks and paint, in a statement against the racist and xenophobic sentiments within the police of Essen that have not gone unnoticed to the public.
McDonalds workers in Chicago went on strike to demand a $15 minimum wage, an increase in PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), and a union for all. McDonalds and its franchises have been widely criticized for their union-busting practices, which sometimes are harsher than many other multinational corporations.
Hundreds of students and teachers in Athens gathered to protest against a law proposed by the New Democracy government, which would reintroduce police to campuses for the first time since 1975. During confrontations with police, demonstrators locked arms together and managed to avoid any arrests occurring despite the heavy presence of MAT riot cops.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Ibagué for a 2nd consecutive, as part of a national general strike against neoliberalism and demanding the fall of new reforms raising taxes on basic goods and services. Police attacked students at the University of Tolima, using water cannons to disperse the crowd that remained.
Dozens of protesters continued demonstrations in St. Paul after the nonfatal shooting of a black man by 4 police officers, stating that other methods of de-escalation should have been used. Demonstrators marched to the still-barricaded St. Paul Police Department headquarters, with speakers including Soren Stevenson who lost an eye after being shot with a rubber bullet by Minneapolis PD.
