Bologna Pride joins a nationwide wave of LGBTQIA+ marches

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,...

Thousands marched in Turin under the call “Queer, and now,” demanding equality and affirming identities that are often excluded from public life. The parade placed self-determination, visibility and...

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...

The national feminist and transfeminist movement returned to the streets in Rome, linking opposition to femicide and gender-based violence with structural critiques of patriarchy. The march brought...