Hundreds of Japanese antifascists and progressives took to the streets in the Shibuya suburb of Tokyo after the murder of a homeless woman, demanding the end of violence on the poor and exclusion. Despite confrontations with police occurring, protesters did not disperse until the march was complete, with no arrests occurring.
Italian leftists protested in Saronno, Lombardy, demanding the halting of public health care cuts that the province’s government has been committing to for the past decades. The crowd also condemned cuts to the pay of private-sector workers and exposure to COVID-19 that students face.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Santiago in the peripheral southern neighborhoods of La Bandera, La Pincoya, El Barrero & José María Caro, demanding a universal basic income and an emergency housing plan for all residents of Chile.
Thousands of Tunisians returned to the streets 10 years after the Arab Spring, demanding change to the country’s endemic corruption and lack of social services to fit the needs of the people and those in renewed poverty as a result of the COVID pandemic. Despite widespread police repression with tear gas and beatings, protesters held strong in many cities across the country.
Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Tripoli during a third night of unrest in the northern Lebanese city, demanding an increase in living conditions. The military opened fire on protesters who threw rocks, Molotov cocktails, and other projectiles at government buildings, with one death and over 226 injuries occurring by the end of the night.
