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No Kings In America, Real Resistance In Rome

April 6, 2026 Michael Leonardi, Counter Punch. , , , , ,
The “No Kings” slogan sounded promising when it exploded across the United States in 2025: a mass rejection of authoritarianism, unchecked executive power, and the cult of the strongman. But like so many liberal-led mobilizations in the Trump era, the U.S. version has revealed itself as carefully managed theater — heavy on performative outrage, light on principle, and deliberately blind to two of the greatest crimes of our time: Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the illegal U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The contrast with the Italian “No Kings and Their Wars” mobilization in Rome could not be starker.

Poland Rejects ‘Unofficial’ US Request To Redeploy Patriot Batteries To West Asia

March 31, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , ,
Poland has rejected an “unofficial” US request to deploy one of its Patriot air defense systems to West Asia, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced on 31 March, following reports by Polish daily Rzeczpospolita that Washington had informally approached Warsaw amid rising regional tensions. “Our Patriot batteries and their armaments are used to protect Polish airspace and NATO’s eastern flank. Nothing is changing in this regard and we are not planning to move them anywhere!” Kosiniak-Kamysz stated. He added, “Our allies are well aware of and understand how important our tasks are here. Poland’s security is an absolute priority.”

Millions Defeat Meloni’s Judiciary Reform Plans

March 25, 2026 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. , , , ,
More than 15 million people defeated Giorgia Meloni’s intention to reform the judiciary and erode the separation of powers by voting “NO” at a referendum on March 22-23. With almost 60% of eligible voters participating, the outcome has sent waves across the political landscape – and marked an enormous victory for social movements, trade unions, and youth associations that have built resistance to Meloni’s repressive agenda over the past years. The far-right administration wanted to introduce constitutional changes that would increase government control over the judiciary, under the pretext of an inefficient magistrature slowing down legal processes. The entire state apparatus, including Italy’s biggest media houses, was mobilized to ensure the reform would pass – and failed.

Resistance101: Forging A New Movement For Palestine In Italy

February 22, 2026 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. , , ,
With little sign that the genocide in Gaza is abating, dockworkers in Italy’s major port cities have taken matters into their own hands. Organizing strikes and mass demonstrations, they are moving to block the shipment of arms to Israel — a direct rebuke to the paralysis and complicity of governments and international institutions that have failed to confront the slaughter. While the devastation continues, these workers are offering something rare: material resistance. By leveraging their strategic position in the global supply chain, they are demonstrating how labor power can be wielded against war and occupation.

Global Palestine Rises To Defeat Global Israel

February 9, 2026 Adrienne Pine, Popular Resistance. , , , , , , ,
The key to developing a good strategy is knowing your enemy. Friday’s actions were important precisely that because they stem from a clear understanding of how Zionist imperialism works. Some years ago Palestinian scholar Magid Shihade introduced the concept of Global Israel. One key element of his multifaceted theory is that that in order to maintain its genocidal project in Palestine, Israel has infringed on the basic human rights of people everywhere, and has worked to prevent nations from exercising their own sovereignty through replicating its settler colonial governance techniques and technologies around the world.

International Opposition To Trump, ICE Shapes Milan Olympics Opening

February 9, 2026 Alex Lantier, WSWS.org. , , , , , ,
The 2026 Winter Olympics has seen an outpouring of opposition to Trump and the presence in Milan of agents of his murderous Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Italy’s fascist prime minister, Georgia Meloni, welcomed US Vice President JD Vance to Milan and placed the city on lockdown. Nearly 6,000 heavily-armed Italian police and military officers are patrolling the streets. Snipers are deployed on the rooftops, no-fly zones have been established across the city and a special decree allows police to jail people in Milan for 12 hours on the flimsy grounds that police suspect they might engage in violent protest.

Mediterranean Dockworkers Launch Historic International Strike

February 8, 2026 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. , , , , , , , ,
Dockworkers in more than 20 ports across the Mediterranean marked a historic moment today as they launched an international day of strike and protest against war and rearmament. Dockers also protested the privatization and militarization of port infrastructure. Unionists involved in preparing the action described it as the result of a long and complex process, built on dockworkers’ solidarity with Palestine and their struggles for dignified working conditions at home. The impact of the strike was felt even before it fully unfolded on February 6, as reports emerged of ships – vessels that regularly transport military cargo to Israel – disrupting their itineraries due to the actions.

Partisan Turin Rises Against Militarization And Repression

February 3, 2026 People's Dispatch. , , ,
On January 31, around 50,000 people mobilized in Turin against the forced closure of the social center Askatasuna and the increasingly repressive policies of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government. Authorities deployed hundreds of police officers, who used tear gas and physical force against demonstrators during the march. The following day, mainstream media and official accounts attempted to shift attention away from the scale of the mobilization and the violence used by the authorities, instead focusing on injuries apparently sustained by a police officer.

Dockworkers In Mediterranean Ports Announce Coordinated Antiwar Action

January 30, 2026 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. , , ,
Workers in more than 20 Mediterranean ports are preparing for an international day of action on February 6 to oppose the growing militarization of transport infrastructure, as well as port management’s and governments’ complicity in the genocide in Gaza. “If we don’t take this step, all our other demands will be crushed under war,” Francesco Staccioli of the Italian union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) warned during a launch event on Tuesday. The mobilization aims to prevent arms shipments, reject rearmament, and oppose the impact of a war economy on workers’ rights and social security systems. Notably, the day of action is being launched to “ensure that European and Mediterranean ports are places of peace, free from any involvement in war,” according to an earlier announcement.

‘Not Welcome’: Italy Rejects ICE Role At Winter Olympics

January 29, 2026 Sharon Black, Struggle - La Lucha. , , ,
The Trump administration’s plan to embed agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the security detail for the U.S. delegation at next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy has triggered international outrage, uniting officials, activists, and ordinary Italians in protest. The scandal broke after the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano reported that ICE agents would operate alongside the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service at the Milan-Cortina Games, supposedly “to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organizations,” according to a Department of Homeland Security statement.

Italian Workers Are Building A Global Movement Against Fascism, Launch February 6

January 26, 2026 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. , , , , , ,
Last Fall, Italians turned out in massive numbers to support the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza and to stop weapons shipments to Israel. They held nationwide days of action to "Block Everything." The Unione Syndicale de Base (USB), a grassroots worker-led organization, supported those actions and is now building an international day of action on February 6 against militarization and for stronger social programs. Clearing the FOG speaks with Francesco Staccioli, who leads USB's international organizing, about the current conditions for workers in Italy, state repression, and the necessity of building a global movement against the rise of fascism. Staccioli describes fascism as a product of capitalism and warns that we must work in solidarity to stop fascism and build alternative structures.

Italian Union Urges US Unions To Join General Strike For Palestine

January 24, 2026 LVP, IndyBay.org. , , , , ,
Italian USB Union Urges US Longshore Workers & Unions To Join 2/6/26 General Strike For Palestine The Italian workers union USB and it's dockers section representative Francesco Staccioli reported on the international call for action against military weapons to Israel, against militarism and attacks on the working class on February 6, 2026. They reported on the attacks on the unions and Palestinian activists as well as the need to fight fascism. They also talked about the threat of AI and the militarization of the ports of Europe as the capitalists massively increase military spending.

Israeli State Literary Body Excluded From Bologna Fair

January 9, 2026 Middle East Monitor. , , , ,
The organisers of a major international children’s book fair in Italy have barred an Israeli state-backed literary body from participating, in what is being seen as another indication of the growing cultural boycott of Israel, a state now almost universally accused by human rights experts and legal scholars of committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Haaretz reported that the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the world’s largest and longest-running event dedicated exclusively to children’s literature, barred the Israeli Institute for Hebrew Literature from participating in this year’s fair, which is expected to attract tens of thousands of visitors from across the global publishing industry.

Italy Holds Third General Strike In Three Months

November 30, 2025 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. , , , , ,
Italy is on general strike for the third time in less than three months, following a call by the grassroots union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB). Pickets, industrial actions, and demonstrations were organized in over 40 cities, with massive rallies demanding an end to rearmament plans and the war budget shaped by Giorgia Meloni’s government. On Friday, workers stressed that their mobilization is tied both to worsening material conditions at home and to international events, specifically the struggle of the Palestinian people – whose fate, they insist, is inseparable from Europe’s expanding war economy.

Historic Win For Italy’s Metal Workers

November 27, 2025 IndustriALL, Portside. , , ,
Last week Italy’s metal workers secured a major victory as the unions Fim, Fiom and Uilm, all affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union, signed the renewed National Collective Labour Agreement (NCLA) with Federmeccanica and Assistal after four days of continuous and intense negotiations. The agreement covers more than 1.5 million workers across the country and guarantees a €205(US$ 237.17) increase on minimum contractual salaries over four years, which the unions say is essential to protecting wages amid rising living costs and economic uncertainty.
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