Non Una di Meno emerges as a national feminist movement

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...

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”...

Women and gender-diverse people in more than 60 Italian cities took part in the international strike and demonstrations. Non Una di Meno connected protest against gender violence with unpaid care,...

Civil-society groups staged an installation on the Tiber and a public gathering while EU leaders marked the Treaty of Rome anniversary. Organizers opposed border walls, pushbacks and externalized...

As G7 leaders met in Taormina, a coalition marched in nearby Giardini Naxos under calls against militarization, inequality and the priorities of powerful states. Sicilian committees and movements...

Students demonstrated in about 70 cities against compulsory alternanza scuola-lavoro placements, which many described as unpaid, poor-quality or unsafe. They also demanded stronger public-school...

On International Students’ Day, marches in dozens of cities opposed school-to-work placements and inadequate education funding. In several places students also demanded migrant rights and the...