50 protesters marched in the Chania neighborhoods of Ai-Giannis, Lentariana, and Amperia, in solidarity with the Rosa Nera squat occupied by Greek police. Demonstrators stenciled graffiti, pasted posters, and chanted slogans to a positive response from the community which was very intertwined with pre-occupation Rosa Nera.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered in the city of Hillah in a much larger demonstration than that of the previous day’s to demand the end of corruption in Iraq, as well as increased employment opportunities sponsored by the government. A police presence remained absent, as most riot forces were deployed to Nasiriyah and Baghdad.
Hundreds of protesters in the small rural town of Santa Marta took the streets as part of the 4th day of a general strike in Colombia demanding the end of the Tributary Reform, which would increase taxes on basic goods and services, as well as the privatization of hospitals and healthcare, reverting Colombia to the American healthcare model.
Dozens of protesters in Seattle gathered for a march to the office of the SPOG (Seattle Police Officer’s Guild) police union, demanding the city halt any funding for it. As the sun went dark, a truck attempted to run over demonstrators, before being stopped by the SPD who also surrounded the black bloc.
A vigil in honor of a young person who had recently passed away broke out into a riot in Swansea, Wales, in the United Kingdom, after police arrived to break up the gathering. Several cars were torched, and police cars were pelted with rocks, resulting in no arrests at the scene.
