The feminist Manifa Łódź collective in the Polish city of Łódź protested against police brutality during the Strajk Kobiet, or National Strike, prompted after the ruling conservative party banned abortions in most cases. The demonstration took place in front of the local police station, with protesters dispersing before police arrived.
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!”
Thousands of protesters in Bucaramanga took to the streets in opposition to neoliberal policy in Colombia and the Tributary Reform, which would impose taxes on basic services like internet, water, and electricity. After police tear-gassed the crowd, clashes began to occur on the streets with angry youth throwing rocks at law enforcement.
Hundreds gathered in Athens in opposition to the ban on demonstrations imposed by the Greek government, with organizations ranging from anarchist collectives to the Communist Party demanding the repeal of the law making it illegal to participate in protests.
Sporadic protests occurred across Tunisia, centered around Sbeitla, Sidi Bouzid, and Tunis. Demonstrators in a town near Sidi Bouzid placed barricades and protested to demand a betterment of living conditions, clashing with police. In Sbeitla, near the city of Kasserine, youth clashed with police who deployed tear gas in the streets, dispersing the crowd. Family members of arrested protesters & activists demonstrated in Tunis, condemning the degeneration of the Arab Spring revolution and calling for the downfall of the regime.
