Tag Archives: students

[en] ExCuem bookshop eviction in Milan

Posted on 2013/05/10 by

Ex Cuem was founded by a group of students at the University Statale di Milano. They reopened the CUEM, an independent 40 year-old bookshop that went bankrupt in October 2011 due to debt and false accounting, closing its 150m2 premises. … Continue reading →

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[en] FIOM strike and student demonstrations

Posted on 2012/12/15 by

The union FIOM (the metalworkers’ federation affiated to CGIL) held an eight-hour  general strike on December 5 (in Lombardy, Marche and Tuscany) and on December 6 (in all other regions of Italy) to protest against the separate agreement signed by … Continue reading →

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[en] School and anti-fascist demonstrations, November 24

Posted on 2012/11/26 by

On November 24 2012, three different demonstrations took place in Rome and in other cities. In the morning, two separate rallies marched through the capital, both protesting against cuts in school budgets. The first was led by the COBAS union, … Continue reading →

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[en] European strike: a list of (about) all demonstrations in Italy

Posted on 2012/11/16 by

Agrigento: demonstration outside the prefecture. Alessandria: in the bankrupt city, the protest was led by public employees, demonstrating against cuts by the central government. Ancona: approximately 1.000 people (students, workers, migrants) marched through the city. The movement part of the … Continue reading →

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[en] 14N European strike: Bologna

Posted on 2012/11/14 by

Four rallies, involving 10,000 people, crossed Bologna as part of the European general strike on 14 November 2012. The rallies left at 9 a.m. from different parts of the city, marching along all major streets, from those of the university … Continue reading →

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[en] Minister of Labour Elsa Fornero is Welcomed in Naples by 3000 Protesters

Posted on 2012/11/13 by

More than 3,000 students and unemployed workers demonstrated on November 12 in Fuorigrotta, a neighborhood of Naples, as a protest against Elsa Fornero, the Minister of Labour, and Francesco Profumo, the Minister of Education, who were in town to attend … Continue reading →

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[en] The Right to Education: Eviction and Clashes in Torino

Posted on 2012/11/06 by

In 2011, 180,000 students in Italy were eligible for financial aid; however, only 150,000 ended up receiving it. The other 30,000 students were denied aid despite their eligibility. In spite of the fact that the right to education is enshrined … Continue reading →

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[en] School students mobilise across Italy

Posted on 2012/10/12 by

On October 5th, school students took to the streets in dozens of cities across Italy in protests which saw burning of electoral cards, police baton charges and many arrests. The date was launched in the last days of the No … Continue reading →

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[en] Brescia: 38 years after fascist blast, rallying students are charged by police

Posted on 2012/06/01 by

Clashes between protesters and police took place in Brescia on May 28, during the annual commemoration of the victims of the neofascist bombing of Piazza della Loggia in 1974. Thirty-eight years ago on the same day, an explosive device went … Continue reading →

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[en] Students protest against President Napolitano in Bologna

Posted on 2012/02/01 by

On Monday, the 30th of January, the University of Bologna has had a very special guest for the opening of the academic year, the Italian Head of State Giorgio Napolitano. Around 250 students and far-left activists protested against him for … Continue reading →

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