More than 1,000 protesters gathered in West Philadelphia for a protest, which, after clashes with police, quickly devolved into a riot, with teams of people looting Walmarts and the stores of other large corporations. Many cops were injured and were entirely pushed back from the city after the National Guard failed to arrive.
Around 300 protesters gathered in Argostoli on the island of Cephalonia, marching in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike and demanding that the Greek government immediately accept the revolutionary prisoner’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Dozens of students and anarchists in Patras gathered at Georgiou Square to protest against a new law proposed by the Ministry of Education, which would return police to campuses for the first time since the fall of the military dictatorship. Police kettled the protesters, and deployed tear gas, forcing them to disperse.
Hundreds of demonstrators across Eswatini protested to demand democracy in Africa’s last absolute monarchy. After police brutally attacked various gatherings, participants began to target assets and businesses owned by the king.
Chilean medical workers in Santiago marched through the Alameda, many from the Barros Luco Hospital on strike, demanding a better budget for the health sector and raises for those at the frontlines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
