Hundreds of protesters in Patras marched from Georgiou Square in defense of the socialized healthcare system, with the crowd made up of teachers, healthcare workers, trade unions, student syndicates and anarchist collectives.
Via Δυσήνιος Ίππος, alerta_gr, & Επιμένουμε Διεκδικούμε
Protesters gathered in Warsaw to continue the Strajk Kobiet, or National Strike, against an abortion ban by the leading conservative party. Police assaulted demonstrators about halfway through the march, arresting at least 3 people and injuring many more.
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 immigrants in Spain gathered at the Government Delegation in Madrid on International Migrants’ Day to protest against the collapse of the processing rate for immigration applications, calling on the government to have a more welcoming policy towards migrants.
Greek anarchists in Athens dropped banners at the Pedio Areos and Protomagias squares, calling for workers to stop accepting the theft of their wages by bosses, and to organize into unions for self-defense against capitalist policies.
