Category Archives: Health

[en] Why is coronavirus killing so many people in Italy?

Posted on 2020/03/27 by Struggles in Italy

[Updated on 31/03/2020] Coronavirus is hitting all around the world, but there’s no doubt that one country has been hit more harshly that any other: Italy. While the death tool has passed the 12.500 mark, about four times China’s, outside … Continue reading →

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[en] Sardinia: Demonstration against NATO’s Trident Juncture training

Posted on 2015/11/21 by Struggles in Italy

“Trident Juncture shows that NATO’s capabilities are real and ready,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday 4 November 2015. Trident Juncture, NATO’s largest exercise in over a decade, involved more than 36,000 personnel, more than 230 units, more … Continue reading →

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[en] Killer coal-burning plant switched off in Vado Ligure

Posted on 2014/03/14 by Struggles in Italy

The Tirreno Power coal-burning power station in Vado Ligure, near Savona, has been shut down by police at the request of the Public Prosecutor. This comes as a result of a three-year investigation by the Public Prosecutor into the plant’s … Continue reading →

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[en] Protecting public health on the Italian Riviera: the Maersk case

Posted on 2014/02/22 by Struggles in Italy

Liguria, with its beautiful coastline and wonderful mountainous hinterland, has been a place for people from Northern Europe and the north of Italy to take holidays since the 19th century. After the Second World War the region saw a boom … Continue reading →

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[en][Translation] Appeal from the families of the four No-TAV demonstrators arrested for terrorism

Posted on 2014/02/21 by Struggles in Italy

You’ve heard them talked about over the past few weeks. They are the people arrested on 9 December and charged (still to be proven) with attacking the TAV construction site in Chiomonte. A compressor was damaged in this attack and not … Continue reading →

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[en] Bullying and blackmail by ILVA’s owners: 1500 fired after new requisition

Posted on 2013/09/18 by Struggles in Italy

Public prosecutor Patrizia Todisco has spoken: the Riva group, owner of the ILVA plant in Taranto – the biggest steel plant in Europe – has failed to invest in safety and renovation measures since 1995. This failure, to the tune … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 2013/05/18 by Struggles in Italy

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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[en] Strikes and scuffles in Milan to defend public healthcare

Posted on 2013/05/09 by Struggles in Italy

Health workers across the Lombardia region took part in a 24-hour strike on Wednesday 8th May, as part of the ongoing struggle against 244 redundancies at San Raffaele Hospital. Already, 66 workers have been served with redundancy letters, effective immediately. … Continue reading →

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[en] Sardinia Earth March challenges Saras pollution

Posted on 2013/04/26 by Struggles in Italy

Last Saturday morning (20 April 2013), in Arborea, Sardinia, a thousand people gathered for the Earth March, organized by ProgReS (Progetu Repùblica de Sardigna, a Sardinian separatist party) and the No to Project Eleonora civic committee. This was a curtain-raiser … Continue reading →

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[en] Italy is top of European table for work-related deaths

Posted on 2013/01/16 by Struggles in Italy

Eurostat figures released on 7 January 2013 confirm Italy’s shocking success: it is the country with the highest number of work-related deaths in Europe. The statistics from 2010 show that, in Italy, 718 people suffered a work-related death in the … Continue reading →

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