Anti-G7 march in Giardini Naxos contests summit priorities

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...

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...

Around 500 workers at Amazon’s Piacenza-area distribution hub took part in a one-day strike after talks over bonuses failed. Unions also announced a refusal of overtime through the peak shopping...

Movements and local groups held an antifascist and antiracist march after a far-right gunman shot six African migrants in Macerata. Organizers initially faced calls to cancel the action, but thousands...

ANPI and 22 other organizations called a national march under the slogan “Never again fascisms, never again racisms.” Organizers said about 100,000 people joined. Students, unions, civic organizations...