Referendum campaign wins votes for water as a common good

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...

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...

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...

CGIL and UIL called a nationwide strike and regional demonstrations against the Jobs Act, budget law and government economic policy. CISL did not join the general strike. The action followed months of...

On International Workers’ Day, students, precarious workers, migrants’ rights groups, social centers and unions marched against Expo Milano 2015. Critics connected the event to unpaid labor, corporate...