Vicenza march opposes expansion of the US military base

The Genoa Social Forum called a large peaceful march after Carlo Giuliani was killed the previous day. Tens of thousands, including workers, migrants’ rights organizers and international solidarity...

Rome hosted one of the largest demonstrations on the global day of action against a US-led invasion of Iraq. Organizers estimated three million people, while estimates varied widely. The march...

The day after the US-led invasion of Iraq began, CGIL, CISL and UIL organized a two-hour general strike, accompanied by demonstrations in major Italian cities. Workers joined students and other...

After police cleared a protest encampment at Venaus in the Susa Valley, residents and supporters marched in large numbers against the proposed high-speed rail line between Lyon and Turin. The movement...

More than 200,000 women, by organizers’ estimates, joined a national demonstration defending abortion rights and opposing efforts to restrict reproductive autonomy. The initiative began through an...

Blogger and activist Beppe Grillo called supporters into public squares for a campaign demanding political accountability, including limits on representatives with criminal convictions and term...

Students, teachers and school communities demonstrated nationally against the Gelmini education reforms and funding cuts. The “Onda” (Wave) movement used occupations, assemblies, marches and...

On 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...

Demonstrations in more than 200 Italian cities and abroad brought very large crowds into the streets to protest the objectification of women and the conduct of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The...

The first day of a two-day national referendum followed years of organizing by the Italian water movement against privatization and profit-based water management. Alongside questions on nuclear...