Marcia degli Scalzi mobilizes in solidarity with refugees

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...

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...

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...

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...