Torino Pride marches for queer visibility and self-determination

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,...

Bologna’s Pride was one of dozens of parades held across Italy in 2022. Participants asserted LGBTQIA+ visibility and equal rights after pandemic restrictions, drawing attention to the organizing...

Milan’s Pride parade returned as part of the largest post-pandemic season of Italian Pride mobilizations. The event joined public celebration with demands for equality and protection against...

Fridays for Future organized actions in over 70 cities two days before Italy’s general election. The movement argued that climate crisis had been sidelined in the campaign and called for climate...

Tens of thousands joined a national peace demonstration, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and urging Italy to stop sending weapons. The coalition included trade unions, religious groups,...

Legambiente, Fridays for Future and allied groups held actions in Rome, Milan, Florence and elsewhere during COP27. They demanded climate action and expressed solidarity with activists detained in...