More than three months after the closure of schools because of the Coronavirus pandemic, teachers, parents and students gathered in a square of Bologna for a demonstration called by a nationwide network called “Priorità alla Scuola” (Make School a Priority) in more than 60 Italian towns, to demand that the government take this issue seriously and invest the resources required to reopen them.
4th of May, 2019: Protest against the former ILVA steel factory in Taranto. The protest was organized by a group of young activists from the city, many of whom are living or studying somewhere else, together with a wide coalition of environmentalist and territorial groups from all across Italy.
Berlin, Germany – 1st of October, 2016: Syrian refugees and Berlin residents take to the streets of the German capital to protest the ongoing attack against East Aleppo.
Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem – 22nd of March, 2014: Israeli border police carry out an arrest while dispersing an unauthorized sit-in called in protest against the killing of three Palestinian militants in the Jenin refugee camp earlier on the day. The gathering was dispersed several times as the less than a hundred protesters refused to obey the orders given by the police to refrain from chanting political slogans, waiving the Palestinian flag and marching on the nearby road to vent their anger and commemorate the dead militants, who opened fire on the forces who entered the camp to arrest one …