General strike and demonstration of workers and students in Italy Thousands of workers and students took to the streets on Friday in Rome and dozens of other Italian cities to protest the increase in the cost of living, the decrease in purchasing power and the military policy of the government of Georgia Maloney. These protests were organized at the invitation of the Italian Basic Union (USB) and with the participation of student groups, and its main issues were the increase in the cost of living, the reduction of the purchasing power of wages, weapons policy and the allocation of public resources to military expenditures. Stopping arms support to Israel is one of the main points of these protests.

General strike and demonstration of workers and students in Italy Thousands of workers and students took to the streets on Friday in Rome and dozens of other Italian cities to protest the increase in the cost of living, the decrease in purchasing power and the military policy of the government of Georgia Maloney. These protests were organized at the invitation of the Italian Basic Union (USB) and with the participation of student groups, and its main issues were the increase in the cost of living, the reduction of the purchasing power of wages, weapons policy and the allocation of public resources to military expenditures. Stopping arms support to Israel is one of the main points of these protests.