New year, old struggles: the strike for the collective agreement in the logistics sector
Against a background of general retreat of the labor movement triggered by fears of the absence of better alternatives, workers in the logistics sector have found the strength to reject that fear.
Workers occupy ILVA steel plant in Genoa
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Jan 25 2016 23:00
Steel workers in Genoa, Italy, occupied their factory in opposition to insecurity at work as a result of management corruption. Workers stopped work and blocked traffic, cutting the city in half.
Italian death rate up 11%
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Jan 3 2016 14:10
This shocking figure comes from Italian Institute of Statistics (Istat) data reported by Gian Carlo Blangiardo, demographer and director of the Statistics Department of Bicocca University in Milan. The mortality data cover the first seven months of 2015 and if the trend has continued, there will be 69,000 deaths more in 2015 than in 2014.
The Paris effect: Looking for ISIS in the wrong place
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Dec 11 2015 23:00
A look at how the supposedly anti-ISIS crack down across Europe has been used against social movements in Italy.
Harsh justice in Folkestone: repression against opponents of World War I
Submitted by Battlescarred on Dec 7 2015 15:01
A short account of the severe sentence handed out to anarchists in Folkestone just for flyposting anti-war posters.
Sardinia: Demonstration against NATO’s Trident Juncture training
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 21 2015 22:13
On 3 November , Teulada military base in Sardinia was the focus of a demonstration to disrupt the ongoing NATO training and to complain strongly about the continued destruction and poisoning of the island.
What is really happening in Bologna?
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 20 2015 23:00
Bologna has always been a laboratory, both for social movements and for their counterparts. Bologna “the Red”, the industrialized city with one of the strongest worker movements in Italy, is now facing great changes, that started years ago and are now accelerating at an unprecedented rate.
Killing in Tunis and Italian justice
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 10 2015 23:00
A look at the case of Abdel Majid Touil, a 22 year old Moroccan arrested by Italian police in Milan on charges of terrorism, and the assumption of guilt across the political spectrum.
Memories of a Metropolitan Indian
Submitted by vicent on Sep 13 2015 23:00
A former Metropolitan Indian (member of a situationist-influenced group in Italy) recounts some experiences with the group during the "Years of Lead": the violent late-1970s.
Red Bologna - Max Jäggi, Roger Müller, and Sil Schmid
Submitted by Ross Arctor on Jul 23 2015 02:33
A post-war history of the Itialian city of Bologna, focusing on its rule by the Italian Communist Party, its movements by various workers councils and co-operatives, and various other fascists of the city.
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