Italy Archives

Italy: “The Government of Change” is born

June 10, 2018 Giuliano Brunetti

Giuliano Brunetti is a member of Resistenze Internazionali (CWI in Italy). Three months after the general election of 4 March, Italy has a government again. On June 1, the yellow-green government, was officially given birth to by the lawyer Giuseppe Conte and the two vice-premiers – the political head of the Five Star Movement (M5S) […]

1968: year of revolution

May 6, 2018 Peter Taaffe

Peter Taaffe is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Factory and university occupations in France. US civil rights and rage at the Vietnam war. Upheavals in Italy, Pakistan and Northern Ireland. Revolt in Stalinist Czechoslovakia. Repression in Mexico. Events in 1968 sent shockwaves around the world. Some years stand out […]

Italian elections create huge political shake-up

March 7, 2018 Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas is a member of Resistenze Internazional (CWI in Italy). The 4th March general election has caused the biggest shake-up of the Italian political landscape in over 20 years. Not since the ‘clean hands’ corruption scandal of the early ‘90s have the establishment parties been so severely wounded. Renzi’s Democratic Party (PD) suffered a […]

Italy: Renzi Defeated: Stop-gap Government Appointed

December 20, 2016 Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas is a member of ControCorrente (CWI in Italy). No party in Italy has solution for long-term problems of workers and youth In January 2014, on the day that Matteo Renzi took office, we wrote that this was the beginning of the end for the leader of the Democratic Party (PD), who at that […]

Italy: Mass support for general strike expresses anger at PD government

December 20, 2014 Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas is a member of ControCorrente (CWI in Italy). New political voice vitally needed Seventy per cent of all workers in Italy stopped work during the national general strike on 12 December called by the CGIL and UIL union federations. Thousands marched in more than 50 cities all across the country. This was a […]

Italy: Berlusconi humiliated

October 8, 2013 Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas is a member of ControCorrente (CWI in Italy). Letta government faces continuing economic and social crisis “Berlusconi is dead” declared one of the closest collaborators of il Cavaliere at the end of the worst week in his political career. Having dominated Italian politics for nearly 20 years Berlusconi was forced into a humiliating […]