Hundreds of indigenous and non-indigenous youth shut down the Yonge and Dundas roads in Ontario in solidarity with the Wet’swet’en indigenous people defending their lands and waters 2 provinces away.
Hundreds of students returned to the streets of Thessaloniki for a 2nd consecutive day in opposition to a law passed on the 12th which reintroduces police to university campuses for the first time since 1975. Police attacked the protest, deploying tear gas and other chemical weapons against the crowd that had been peaceful until then.
Students gathered in Santiago to protest the transition test of Chilean Universities, which they say actively undermines many students in poverty. Barricades were first placed at the Alameda intersection with Los Héroes before protesters gathered at the Ministry of Education. Police responded with extreme force, attacking protesters and press, including the cameraman live on scene for CNN Chile.
Dozens of metro workers took to the streets to demand better pay and working conditions, with subways completely cramped with commuters despite Chile’s pandemic cases reaching a peak. Demonstrators blocked roads and took the sides of metros, demanding economic justice.
Hundreds of protesters in Thessaloniki marched against imperialism, demanding that the government exit from NATO and the EU. Demonstrators held banners with insignias of Greece’s communist party, KKE, and the splinter group KKE (M-L).
