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Youth for Climate holds its first Belgian school strike in Brussels
đź“… 10 Januari 2019About 3,000 pupils left school to demand stronger climate policy, answering a call by Antwerp students Anuna De Wever and Kyra Gantois and joining a growing international school-strike movement....
Youth for Climate’s third Brussels strike draws about 35,000 participants
đź“… 24 Januari 2019The weekly school strike grew from roughly 3,000 participants on 10 January and 12,500 a week later to around 35,000 on 24 January. Students used recurring weekday action to turn climate urgency...
Youth climate strike spreads across France
đź“… 15 Maart 2019Students and school pupils joined the first large global youth climate strike, with marches in Paris and many other French cities. The mobilization drew on school strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg...
Global climate strike renews pressure after the coal commission
đź“… 29 November 2019Climate strikers returned to the streets after national policy debates left the coal phase-out timeline contested. Youth organizers called for rapid emissions reductions and challenged a transition...
Ende Gelände links climate justice with anti-racist struggle
📅 27 September 2020More than 3,000 activists blocked coal and gas infrastructure in the Rhineland during a weekend of action. Ende Gelände explicitly connected climate justice with anti-racism and Black Lives Matter,...
GKN workers occupy their factory after mass dismissal notice
đź“… 9 Juli 2021After the company announced the closure of its Campi Bisenzio plant and the dismissal of more than 400 workers, employees organized a permanent assembly and occupied the factory. The collective...
Students strike for climate justice ahead of the Rome G20
đź“… 29 Oktober 2021Fridays for Future and student networks organized a climate strike as G20 leaders met in Rome. Activists challenged the distance between official climate promises and economic policy, linking...
Social movements converge in Rome against G20 priorities
📅 30 Oktober 2021Thousands marched during the G20 summit under the message “You G20, we are the future.” Climate activists, factory workers, students, housing movements and unions brought different struggles into...
GKN workers and climate activists march together in Florence
đź“… 26 Maart 2022The GKN factory collective and Fridays for Future brought thousands into Florence for a national demonstration. Workers defended jobs and a worker-led reindustrialization plan, while climate activists...
Thousands rally at LĂĽtzerath against coal expansion
đź“… 22 Oktober 2022Climate activists, local residents, and environmental groups gathered at the village threatened by expansion of the Garzweiler mine. The protest challenged the planned destruction of homes for lignite...
Climate groups rally during COP27 for climate and social justice
đź“… 12 November 2022Legambiente, Fridays for Future and allied groups held actions in Rome, Milan, Florence and elsewhere during COP27. They demanded climate action and expressed solidarity with activists detained in...
LĂĽtzerath becomes a national focal point for climate justice
đź“… 14 Januari 2023Thousands gathered as police cleared the village of LĂĽtzerath to enable lignite mining. Activists and residents argued that the expansion conflicted with climate commitments and imposed the costs of...
Global Climate Strike calls for climate justice and an end to fossil finance
📅 3 Maart 2023Thousands of young people marched in Italian cities as part of the Global Climate Strike. In Rome, demonstrators challenged public investment in fossil fuels and used the slogan “End Fossil...
“Climate, Justice, Liberties” marches link ecology and social rights
đź“… 28 September 2025A coalition organized marches in about 70 towns, with roughly 40,000 participants reported by organizers. The call connected climate action to social justice, civil liberties and opposition to...
“No Meloni Day” students challenge education and budget priorities
đź“… 16 Oktober 2026Students marched in cities across Italy, criticizing school conditions, government education policy and military spending, and expressing solidarity with students abroad. Reports documented clashes in...