Amid celebrations of Trump’s defeat in Washington D.C. and other areas, demonstrators marched for Black Lives and Karon Hylton, stating that the fight does not end with Trump and will continue as long as police brutality does. About 100 protesters took part in the march, demanding the arrests of the officers responsible for Hylton’s death and the defunding/abolition of the MPD.
Thousands of protesters in Athens took to the streets against the government’s management of the pandemic, with police and the military overfunded in Greece as COVID cases continue to rise steadily with hospitals and the medical system overwhelmed, with ICU beds near full capacity.
Thousands of students and other protesters in Thessaloniki marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike and demanded the repeal of a law passed allowing police into universities across Greece for the first time since the fall of the military dictatorship.
Hundreds of protesters in Neiva returned to the streets for the 4th day of a general strike in Colombia, demanding the overturning of the Tributary Reform, which would raise taxes on basic goods and services, and would also privatize hospitals and healthcare, which would make the health system similar to that of the US.
Striking workers from the Notimex news agency in Mexico City protested at its headquarters on day 304, condemning an exposure of workers to COVID-19 and the inability of the corporation to manage its fallout properly. The (Sindicato de Trabajadores de Notimex) Notimex Workers’ Union cited irresponsibility on the part of the company for the reason that the strike began, and said it would not return until conditions were adequate.
