Thousands of Students, Workers Protest in Italy Under Heavy Security
Tens of thousands joined USB-led protests and a 24-hour strike as unions demanded higher wages, more school funding and lower military spending.
- On Friday, October 30, 2026, thousands of students and workers marched across more than 50 Italian cities during a nationwide general strike called by the Unione Sindacale di Base , demanding increased education funding and relief from soaring living costs.
- Weeks of student-led protests and campus occupations fueled the mobilization, as demonstrators criticized Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government over economic precarity and inadequate public service funding.
- Dockworkers in Genoa and other Italian ports blocked facilities to oppose arms shipments, with organizers stating workers from more than 100 ports in 17 countries participated in the global mobilization.
- Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi deployed heavy security forces to Rome's Colosseum and other major landmarks, while the government agreed last week on a €175.2 million aid package for truck drivers, farmers and fishermen.
- Further disruptions loom as unions plan a Milan transport strike on November 13 and a nationwide CGIL general strike on November 20, reflecting broader social unrest sweeping France, Spain and other European nations.
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Thousands of Italians marched in Rome after trade unions called for a nationwide strike to protest rising living costs and oppose the use of arms spending instead of investment in health and education.
More than a million people are mobilized in 60 cities. In Rome alone there have been riots led by a group of hooded people.
General Strike and Protests Throughout Italy Against the Adjustment and Government of Giorgia Meloni
Under strong security measures following the clashes of the last marches, thousands of students and workers protested the high cost of living.The demonstrations shake the political stage in the face of the 2027 elections, in which the Prime Minister will seek re-election.
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The Independent (US)Protesters march on 50 Italian cities as wave of unrest sweeps Europe
The protests are part of a general strike called by the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) and have been supported mainly by students, public sector workers and organizations for the right to housingThousands of young people protest in Milan over the prices and police deployment of Meloni Thousands of people have demonstrated this Friday in the main cities of Italy against the cost of living, the policies of the Government of Giorgia Meloni and rear…
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