Italy is the sharp end of a rebellion across Europe. On October 24, the shops of Milan boarded up their windows; In Turin, a poster read: "We will not pay for the war. "The police blamed the march - seven days earlier, fifty were arrested in Piazza Duomo, half of them minors. The spark is fuel prices, but Italy starts off weaker: salaries have been stagnant for thirty years, GDP growth at 0.8%, debt at 138.5%, and a government without tools. France protests with an attached minimum wage; Germany takes on industrial debt. Italy simply protests. Two dates are marked: the popular general strike on October 30 and the CGIL strike on November 20. Read more by Lorenzo Maria Pacini more about world politics.

Italy is the sharp end of a rebellion across Europe. On October 24, the shops of Milan boarded up their windows; In Turin, a poster read: "We will not pay for the war. "The police blamed the march - seven days earlier, fifty were arrested in Piazza Duomo, half of them minors. The spark is fuel prices, but Italy starts off weaker: salaries have been stagnant for thirty years, GDP growth at 0.8%, debt at 138.5%, and a government without tools. France protests with an attached minimum wage; Germany takes on industrial debt. Italy simply protests. Two dates are marked: the popular general strike on October 30 and the CGIL strike on November 20. Read more by Lorenzo Maria Pacini more about world politics.