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[en] In Bologna public schools win against the giants

Posted on 2013/05/30 by

As we have written before, the referendum which was recently held in Bologna against public funding for private (mostly Catholic) schools was an uneven struggle. On the one side was the committee Articolo 33, promoting the referendum and claiming that … Continue reading →

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[en] Victory – albeit limited – at San Raffaele hospital

Posted on 2013/05/18 by

After months of difficult struggle – in which workers blocked major roads, occupied rooftops and fought with police – an agreement has been reached at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital. The agreement was reached with unions early on the morning of … Continue reading →

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[fr] Police et néofascistes attaquent étudiants à Naples (video)

Posted on 2013/05/13 by

Un rassemblement d’étudiants a été brutalment chargé par la police à Naples mardi matin (7 mai 2013). Les images de l’attaque sont devenues virales immédiatement, diffusées autant par les médias principaux (nationaux) que par les médias independants de La Repubblica … Continue reading →

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[en] May Day protests against union confederations

There was a clear split in the May Day celebration in Bologna. On one side there was the union confederations’ demonstration, and on the other side there were the base unions, the Articolo 33 Committee campaigning for the referendum about … Continue reading →

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[en] Hospital workers fight police in Milan

Posted on 2013/04/21 by

It has been a week of renewed struggle at Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital, with mass meetings, rooftop occupations, demonstrations and fights with the police. After months of calm since the last round of protests at the end of 2012, Monday … Continue reading →

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[photo] Images from the March 23 No-TAV demo

Posted on 2013/04/03 by

Photocredit: @fabiopanicco

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[en] Italian prisons and detention: an info sheet

Posted on 2013/02/06 by

Introduction On January 9, 2013, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg fined Italy €100,000 for its inhuman living conditions for prisoners, ordering the government to implement changes within a year. The verdict was given on a case brought … Continue reading →

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[en] Struggle at San Raffaele Hospital, Milan

Posted on 2012/11/11 by

On the morning of Monday, 5 November, hundreds of workers from the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan held a demonstration along the city’s major ringroad, blocking traffic in both directions for about an hour. The demonstration had been called during … Continue reading →

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[en] L’Aquila’s earthquake trial: scientists as politician’s puppets

Posted on 2012/10/25 by

Bernardo De Bernardinis (left), former assistant chief of technical offices of Civil Protection Current news headlines in Italy concern the 6-year prison sentence given to seven scientists and officials found guilty of manslaughter. All were involved in the seismic activity … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday! SII turns one today

Posted on 2012/10/15 by

It all began with a discussion, which then turned into a manifesto, before becoming a website. After one year, Struggles in Italy is a small, transnational community of workers, students and researchers living in different parts of the world. Our limitations have … Continue reading →

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