A protest took place on the 3rd of October in Washington D.C. to commemorate Wide Awakes Day, dedicated to turning out voters in a time when voter suppression is commonplace and many see voting as a waste of time that won’t cause change; about 600 protesters took part in the march, that went through the downtown of the city.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets demanding the resignation of president Sebastian Piñera, famous for exacerbating disastrous neoliberal policies in Chile. Demonstrators also called for the abolition of the country’s national police force, the Carabineros, long marred by accusations of human rights abuses.
Activists launched a firework action against the Turkish Embassy in Paris following an attack by Grey Wolves fascists against the Kurdish Association building in Lyon.
Hundreds of students, teachers, and allies gathered at Georgiou Square and marched across Patras to demand the end of a bill proposed by right-wing Minister of Education Niki Kerameos, widely despised in Greek progressive circles as a reactionary figure.
Dozens of protesters participated in a motorcade in Thessaloniki demanding justice for 23-year-old Jason, a motorcyclist killed in a car accident after colliding with a vehicle owned by a New Democracy MP, the sister of Prime Minister Mitsotakis, the leading government figure of Greece.
