Clashes in Rome over high speed rail link
Submitted by working class s... on Nov 21 2013 16:22
Hundreds of protesters opposed to the construction of a high speed rail link have clashed with police during a visit to Rome by the French President, Francios Hollande.
Wave of housing occupations in Bologna
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 19 2013 14:52
Over the last month Bologna has been shaken by a wave of housing occupations.
Giorgio Napolitano reelected Italy’s president amid protests and political chaos
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Apr 21 2013 01:45
Giorgio Napolitano is elected as Italy's president for a second mandate, an unprecedented event in the institutional history of the country. His re-election follows a few days of political stalemate and chaos and was welcomed by loud protests, emphasizing the political crisis and the inner contradictions of the Italian Democratic Party.
Circuits of recomposition: towards and beyond the #22M logistics workers’ strike
Submitted by ivnbkn on Apr 6 2013 12:11
Can the #22M logistics workers’ strike be a first step towards the generalization of struggles?
March of discontent: lessons in work struggles (Italy)
Submitted by Italy Calling on Mar 30 2013 20:25
Reflections on the escalation of workers' struggles in Italy in the wake of the large logistics workers' strike of March 22.
Italian elections: is austerity the real loser?
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Mar 8 2013 01:45
Analysis of the recent Italian elections, asking if they really constituted a rejection of austerity.
Monti’s government “democratic and sober” response to the crisis and social unrest
Submitted by Italy Calling on Nov 29 2012 19:33
The demonstrations that took place all over Italy on 14th November as part of a European Day of Action against austerity are already setting the pace of the new management of public order. In Rome in particular it’s been forbidden for months to get anywhere close to the political headquarters during demonstrations, despite the revocation of the decrees introduced last year by the Mayor to turn the whole of the city centre into a red zone.
School and anti-fascist demonstrations, November 24
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 26 2012 21:49
On November 24 2012, three different demonstrations took place in Rome and in other cities.
Italian miners barricade themselves underground with 350kg of explosives to prevent pit closure
Submitted by Ramona on Aug 27 2012 13:23
100 Sardinian workers in Italy's only coal mine have barricaded themselves into the Carbosulcis mine overnight, with 350kg of company explosives. The occupation comes ahead of a government meeting to decide the future of the pit.
Squatting against austerity: Occupy Pisa grows and evolves
Submitted by Italy Calling on Jun 10 2012 20:47
Squatting is on the rise again in these times of austerity (see for example the recent occupations of flats in Southern Spain, mostly carried out by housewives and families). An Italian project that’s caught my attention since its beginning is in Pisa, where last year’s Occupy protests evolved into the reappropriation and transformation of abandoned buildings for the benefit of the local community.
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