Fridays for Future climate strike demands “People, not profit”

Students occupied schools and protested compulsory work placements after 18-year-old Lorenzo Parelli died while working during an internship. Actions challenged a school model that treated students as...

About 100,000 students, by organizers’ estimates, demonstrated in over 40 Italian cities. They challenged changes to the state exam and demanded that students have a voice in decisions affecting...

Tens of thousands of students marched in more than 40 cities after the deaths of Lorenzo Parelli and Giuseppe Lenoci during work placements. Protesters demanded an end to compulsory unpaid internships...

A broad coalition led by the Italian Peace and Disarmament Network and CGIL marched in Rome after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Speakers condemned the invasion while disputing arms-led responses and...

The transfeminist network and rank-and-file unions called a nationwide strike and demonstrations. Actions opposed gendered violence, precarious employment and the exploitation of women’s labor,...

The GKN factory collective and Fridays for Future brought thousands into Florence for a national demonstration. Workers defended jobs and a worker-led reindustrialization plan, while climate activists...

Across Italy, Liberation Day commemorations returned to the streets after pandemic restrictions. In Milan and Rome, participants debated NATO, arms transfers and the meaning of resistance during the...

CGIL, CISL and UIL held their national May Day gathering in Assisi under the slogan “At work for peace.” Union speakers raised workplace deaths, secure employment and labor rights alongside opposition...

CUB, SGB and other grassroots unions called a national strike with demonstrations, blockades and pickets. The platform joined opposition to the war in Ukraine with demands for higher wages and...

The Roma Pride parade returned after pandemic disruption, calling for full equality and visibility for LGBTQIA+ people. Organizers framed public celebration as a demand for rights and recognition,...