Protesters in Thailand took to the streets in crowds of at least 50,000 people after the spectacle of the October 16th demonstrations. Protesters have become highly organized, similarly to those in Hong Kong, with supply lines being made to distribute umbrellas, helmets, ponchos, and the like. Demonstrators prepared for an onslaught of water cannons, but the police never arrived.
Protesters in Bologna gathered at the local Greek embassy in solidarity with former 17N member Dimitris Koufontinas, who is on hunger strike to demand a transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would get access to better medical care and the ability to see visitors.
Dozens of protesters in Xanthi took to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate satisfaction of his request to be returned to the Korydallos prison.
Dozens of servers, baristas, and other service workers blocked Highway 85 in Bogota to demand subsidies for their new unemployment from the Colombian government, requesting negotiations with the government for either a reopening of such spaces or a stimulus to keep workers on their feet. ESMAD (riot police units) attacked the demonstrators, beating several of them and deploying tear gas.
Around 150 protesters in New York marched to demand justice for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man murdered by police in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center. Demonstrators blocked the Alexander Hamilton Bridge and were intimidated by police, although no arrests occurred.
