Thousands of Students, Workers Protest in Italy Under Heavy Security
USB called the strike over wages, housing and education funding, while transport disruptions and heavy security were expected in dozens of cities.
- On Friday, October 30, 2026, thousands of students, workers, and pensioners staged a nationwide general strike across more than 50 Italian cities, led by the USB trade union demanding relief from soaring living costs and education cuts.
- Weeks of student-led school occupations fueled the mobilisation as protesters denounced Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's rearmament policies and demanded more education funding, claiming the government is "totally disconnected" from young people's needs.
- Demonstrations drew at least 20,000 people in Rome and around 15,000 in Genoa, where port workers protested against arms shipments; participants also rallied in Bologna, Naples, and Turin voicing frustration over economic priorities.
- Heavy police deployments occurred in Turin, where minor clashes were reported as the Interior Ministry monitored for potential infiltration; the government recently toughened laws on public gatherings, citing security concerns.
- A Milan transport strike is scheduled for November 13 and a nationwide CGIL general strike is set for November 20, as industrial unrest extends through November with unions pressing for structural economic relief.
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In Italy hundreds of thousands of people have demonstrated against rising living costs and for more money for education. The union USB spoke of at least one million participants.
On Friday, demonstrators took to the streets in more than 50 Italian cities. In conflicts with security forces, at least 13 people were injured, including ten police officers. The protest was directed, among other things, against high cost of living and the government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Pupils, students and workers took to the streets in more than 60 Italian cities to protest the high cost of living, rising fuel and energy prices, high rents and the cost of rearmament. Marches took place from Turin and Trieste to Milan, Rome, Naples and Palermo as part of a nationwide strike called by the grassroots union USB. Pensioners, farmers, drivers, health workers and housing rights activists also joined the protests. Demonstrators deman…
Tens of thousands of protesters - mostly students and workers - went out to the streets across Italy yesterday Friday, demanding higher wages and enhanced public services.
Thousands protest across Italy over rising living costs, wages and military spending
Tens of thousands joined a nationwide Italian strike demanding better wages, services and living conditions. The protests also challenged military spending and the use of commercial ports for arms shipments.
Student and worker demonstrations demanded better wages and public services, and opposed increased military spending.
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