Thousands of students in Thessaloniki marched to decry a law passed by the Ministry of Education in Greece which allowed law enforcement to re-enter universities and created a new university police force for campus enforcement for the first time since the fall of the military junta.
Via Chris Avramidis and Land & Freedom
Dozens of people gathered in Santiago to coordinate a protest for the release of political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising, when a fascist identifying with the Popular Socialist Vanguard shot rubber bullets at the demonstrators along the Ahumada, injuring several. When the crowd began to attack him, police stepped in to defend the fascist, stopping the crowd from getting to him. The march then proceeded to the Forest Park in the center of the city and was met with extreme violence by the Carabineros who immediately deployed armored vehicles.
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.
On the 14th, Thailand banned protests from going on under the pretext of coronavirus restrictions. In response, thousands of protesters crowded 3 central areas of Bangkok, with most being unarmed and not ready to fight off a police response. Protesters were soon met by hundreds of police, who promptly began to march forward and aim water cannons at the protesters.
Dozens of protesters in New York gathered for the weekly Stonewall march dedicated to Black Trans Lives, demanding justice for all lives stolen by state violence and aiming to build solidarity in the metropolis of New York’s 6 boroughs.
