Health workers in Santiago went marching in the dozens to the chamber of the National Congress, declaring a 72-hour-strike if the government did not fulfill its promise of higher wages, better working conditions, and a COVID bonus for hospitals. They held signs that said ‘Without resources, there is no health!’ among other slogans.
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Hundreds of healthcare workers gathered at the ministries of Labor and Health, as part of a strike called for by POEDIN (Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees), demanding more money to help deal with the pandemic instead of for funding the army and police with more and more unnecessary and repressive gear.
Thousands of protesters in Warsaw took to the streets after the Constitutional Court of Poland tightened restrictions on abortion further than they already were, removing abnormalities in a fetus as cause for a termination of pregnancy. Demonstrators marched across the city, blocking several metros and major roads, before arriving at the Constitutional Court and condemning its decision before dispersing.
About 100 protesters gathered in Manhattan for an Abolish ICE demonstration when a car drove through the crowd, killing no one but leading to the hospitalization of 6. The driver could be seen intentionally accelerating towards the crowd as the car rammed through, leading to her arrest.
Dozens of protesters marched in Heraklion in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, moving throughout the city without incident, unlike the previous demonstration in which police had attacked the crowd, which fought back and forced law enforcement to retreat.