Students protest the Gelmini education reform

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...

A large march in Vicenza opposed plans to expand the US military installation at Dal Molin. Participants raised concerns about land use, water, local democracy and Italy’s place in a US-led military...

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...

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...

A national demonstration in Rome joined the global Occupy-era day of action against austerity and financial power. A large, diverse march was disrupted by violent confrontations and police response....

CGIL organized a major national demonstration against the Renzi government’s Jobs Act, which unions argued weakened worker protections and expanded precarious employment. The protest put Article 18 of...

Autonomous unions, social centers, precarious workers and student groups called a “social strike” against the Jobs Act and austerity. Organizers sought to combine workplace stoppages with blockades...