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Organization Timeline
Students protest the Gelmini education reform
📅 30 November 2010On the day Parliament voted on the reform, students staged demonstrations, occupations and blockades across Italy. In Bologna, thousands blocked a section of the A14 motorway; in Rome, students...
Yellow Vests and union members join a national strike day
📅 5 February 2019The CGT’s national mobilization brought Yellow Vest demonstrators into the same streets as union members, students, teachers and postal workers. The day tested whether a Saturday-based,...
Students occupy schools after a student dies during work placement
📅 24 January 2022Students occupied schools and protested compulsory work placements after 18-year-old Lorenzo Parelli died while working during an internship. Actions challenged a school model that treated students as...
Students protest unpaid internships and school-to-work schemes
📅 18 February 2022Tens of thousands of students marched in more than 40 cities after the deaths of Lorenzo Parelli and Giuseppe Lenoci during work placements. Protesters demanded an end to compulsory unpaid internships...
Palestine solidarity demonstrations target Rai offices across Italy
📅 17 February 2024Thousands demonstrated at or near Rai offices in several Italian cities, calling for uncensored reporting on Palestine and an end to the war in Gaza. Actions linked public broadcasting, representation...
Pisa march demands accountability after police violence against students
📅 2 March 2024More than 5,000 people marched peacefully in Pisa after police charged a student-led Palestine solidarity demonstration on 23 February. The march included school and university collectives, unions and...
Workers strike for Palestine and against rearmament
📅 18 May 2026Workers in two dozen cities joined a general strike called by USB in solidarity with Palestine and against arms policy. Demonstrations demanded severing institutional ties with Israel and protecting...
High-school students stage Act IV amid heavy policing
📅 8 October 2026High-school students mobilized in Paris and other areas for “Act IV” of a school protest cycle. StreetPress reported on blockades, youth demands and police repression, especially in Seine-Saint-Denis....
Students and high-schoolers extend blockades in Act V
📅 13 October 2026Basta! reported on “Act V,” when high-school students and university groups continued blockades and demonstrations. The actions linked education policy, youth political participation and campus...
Students at grandes écoles join the school protest movement
📅 14 October 2026Students at elite higher-education institutions join actions begun by high-school students. Their stated concerns include public-service funding, education costs, precarious academic work and...
“No Meloni Day” students challenge education and budget priorities
📅 16 October 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...
“Convergence of anger” brings diverse grievances into the streets
📅 17 October 2026Politis and Basta! reported a large demonstration joining high-school students, Yellow Vest participants and people mobilizing over living costs and government policy. Organizers estimated 800,000...