CGIL and UIL hold a national general strike

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...

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...

The barefoot march began in Venice and spread to more than 60 Italian cities. Participants used the image of walking without shoes to express solidarity with people forced to flee and called for...

Greenpeace activists placed small mock oil rigs and a banner at Piazza Venezia to urge voters to support the April referendum limiting the duration of offshore drilling concessions. The action...

Voters took part in a referendum initiated by regional councils over the duration of existing offshore oil and gas concessions. Environmental groups and coastal movements campaigned for a “Yes”...

Around 200,000 people, according to organizers, marched in Rome under the “Non Una di Meno” (Not One Less) banner against femicide and gender-based violence. The mobilization brought together...