Hundreds of taxi drivers went on strike in Cúcuta, blocking roads to protest against the privatization of healthcare and police violence amid a general strike. Despite a military presence in the city, the workers remained undeterred and continued to block roads for hours.
Dozens of cyclists in Santiago took to the streets in solidarity with political prisoners of the uprising in Chile and against the right-wing neoliberal presidency of Sebastian Piñera. Police attacked the gathering, tear-gassing the cyclists and forcing them to flee the area.
Over 100 protesters returned to the streets of Antofagasta demanding amnesty for all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising in Chile. The city ended the night with barricades on several roads and the streets on fire, with a crackdown by Carabineros failing to materialize.
Food sector workers gathered in Athens to demand higher wages, also encouraging their colleagues to split off from traditional forms of wage labor and participate in the creation of cooperative businesses. Demonstrators held a banner reading “The state and the bosses go hand in hand. They follow their own class interests, let us follow ours! CLASS STRUGGLE!”
Hundreds of protesters in New York City took to the streets after the announcement of former officer Derek Chauvin being found guilty on all 3 counts of murder and manslaughter in the case of the killing of George Floyd. Demonstrators marched into the night and occupied the Manhattan Bridge before later dispersing with no arrests.
