EPTOn September 23 2025 17:37 ChristianS wrote:
Hey, I was actually at that protest outside Termini! Kind of by coincidence, I just happened to be nearby in Rome at the time.
Honestly not that different a feeling from a 50501 protest. More communist party flags, certainly, and maybe a few more Palestine flags although in my experience there’s a lot of those at 50501 protests too.
What interests me though (I don’t know the answers to these questions, I’ll try to research more when I can but I also wanted to pose them here): What does the accompanying “general strike” in Italy look like? Who organizes it? And who actually strikes? It doesn’t seem like I had any trouble finding food or transportation, but I’m not sure if that’s because those workers aren’t supporting the strike or if they’re not even being asked to.
Hey, I was actually at that protest outside Termini! Kind of by coincidence, I just happened to be nearby in Rome at the time.
Honestly not that different a feeling from a 50501 protest. More communist party flags, certainly, and maybe a few more Palestine flags although in my experience there’s a lot of those at 50501 protests too.
What interests me though (I don’t know the answers to these questions, I’ll try to research more when I can but I also wanted to pose them here): What does the accompanying “general strike” in Italy look like? Who organizes it? And who actually strikes? It doesn’t seem like I had any trouble finding food or transportation, but I’m not sure if that’s because those workers aren’t supporting the strike or if they’re not even being asked to.
From what I understand it was "grassroots unions" which are basically the ones outside/to the left of the 3 main confederations.
I've had a very different impression of (most/all) of the 50501 protests. Noticeably, the insistence by 50501 organizers to not be disruptive, stay on the sidewalk, etc. Frequently in contrast/conflict with other organizers that "50501 protests" have glommed onto in places like LA, NYC, and other places we've seen the more disruptive protests.
In Bologna—home to the world’s oldest continuously operating university—students occupied lecture halls and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, including the Tangenziale, the ring highway around the city, where police attacked them with water cannons and tear gas.
Dockworkers and other demonstrators marched and blocked ports in cities including Genoa, Trieste, and Livorno.
Thousands of protesters also blocked the main train station in Naples.
Dockworkers and other demonstrators marched and blocked ports in cities including Genoa, Trieste, and Livorno.
Thousands of protesters also blocked the main train station in Naples.
www.commondreams.org
They're intentionally blocking, occupying, confronting police, etc. Maybe 50501 has gotten more radicalized since I last payed attention to them (I see them on the sidewalks when I'm out and about from time to time), but that's the kind of stuff Biden and Democrats were cracking down on before Trump even got into office.
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