Thousands of Students, Workers Protest in Italy Under Heavy Security
- 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.
After incitement to conflict in social networks.
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.
Tens of thousands of Italians protest against prices and military costs Mass protests have taken place in Italian <p>cities against the rising cost of living and military spending. It happened in Turin and Venice clashes with the police</p>.
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…
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Italy demanding higher wages, better government services, and relief from inflation. Protesters also opposed increased military spending. Some items were set on fire during demonstrations in Milan, while clashes broke out between police and protesters in Turin.
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