Nurses in Middletown with Penna Nurses and Delaware Valley DSA went on strike to demand safer conditions, adequate staffing, and improved wages, after the beginning of a virulent increase of cases across the United States. Over 700 nurses joined the strike, that began across the area. The strike has no plan to end anytime before demands are met, and will continue through days or weeks if necessary.
Dozens of protesters in Doctor Juan Eulogio Estigarribia shut down a local highway to demand the resignation of president Marito Abdo, widely held responsible for corruption resulting in the disappearance of $1.6 billion from Paraguay’s healthcare budget.
Around 35 protesters took to the streets of Brooklyn after the Rochester police officers who killed Daniel Prude were not charged. In response to the small march, a miniature army of about 50 New York Police Department officers gathered at the site and made 8-10 arrests.
Dozens of protesters in Washington DC took part in the weekly FTP March, moving through a popular area of the city and being assaulted by MPD officers who bike-checked demonstrators several times. Although police harassed marchers several times, no confrontations escalated into arrests.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Plaza Dignidad for a national mobilization demanding the release of political prisoners. Intense clashes occurred with police, who were repulsed from the area several times by angry crowds while trying to disperse the protesters, who finally left after nightfall arrived.
