The trade unionists were placed under house arrest and searched on July 19th, based on a 350-page indictment of the Piacenza Public Prosecutor’s Office against USB and Si Cobas unions.
Monday, July 25, 2022
Italy: Massive rally in Piacenza against the persecution of trade unionists
The trade unionists were placed under house arrest and searched on July 19th, based on a 350-page indictment of the Piacenza Public Prosecutor’s Office against USB and Si Cobas unions.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
PAME denounces the attempts to criminalise trade union action in Italy
In Italy the USB and Si Cobas unions are facing a 350-page indictment by the Piagenza Public Prosecutor’s Office in which the unions and trade unionists are accused of “crimes” such as picketing strikes, protests and mobilisations in the logistics sector.
On the basis of this indictment, a police operation has been carried out since this morning with searches of trade unionists’ homes and the arrest of 4 USB trade unionists.
Monday, February 21, 2022
Italy: 200,000 students in the streets declared "No to the school of capitalists!"
"No to the school of capitalists", reads the banner. |
The demonstrations, in which the Front of Communist Youth (Fronte dela Gioventú Comunista) has a leading role, were triggered after a student, 16-year-old Giuseppe Lenoci, died in a road accident on Monday while he was on board a truck for a school-work internship.
Friday, October 8, 2021
Italy in the streets: General Strike on October 11th
The statement reads:
The Draghi government has literally removed from the economic recovery plan of the country the interests of Italian workers. With the complicit support of CGIL, CISL and UIL, the layoffs have been unlocked, starting a wave of redundancies, relocations and heavy restructuring throughout the private sector.
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Italy: Solidarity with Alitalia workers!
Italian police forces responded with violence to the workers' protesting at the highway.
Unions say that only 2,800 out of a total of nearly 11,000 employees of Alitalia will be immediately re-hired by ITA and that the labour contract offered by ITA will be less generous than the one of Alitalia.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Raffaella Carra: “I always vote communist"
The iconic "La Rossa" Milva died on 23 April 2021 while Raffaella Carrà, the talented singer, dancer, actress and TV presenter, passed away on June 5th, aged 78.
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni, as her full name was, will be remembered as an energetic, overwhelming and ingenious personality who became one of Italy's most beloved artists in the second half of the 20th century.
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Contro il governo Draghi — Communist Party of Italy held nationwide protests against Draghi government
Protests were held in numerous cities, including Milan, Florence, Genova, Napoli, Palermo, Reggio Calabria, Terni and elsewhere,
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Italian USB trade union slams the new Draghi government
The USB statement reads:
The national coordinations of the categories of the Unione Sindacale di Base met on Saturday 13 February 2021. This is the note unanimously approved.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Italy's Communist Party marks its 100th anniversary
In a turbulent course of 70 years until the final dissolution in 1991, the Communist Party of Italy, renamed as Italian Communist Party in 1940s, left an indelible mark in the country's history. A member of the Communist International until 1943, it became the largest Communist Party in the western world with almost 2.3 million members in 1947.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Questo è il capitalismo: Queues form outside Milan food banks as capitalist crisis deepens
But behind the impressive facade of capitalist growth, there is another Milan which reflects the deepening class inequalities and the results of long-time policies by the bourgeois Italian governments and the European Union.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Italy's Unione Sindacale di Base (USB): Ten years of class-oriented, independent and internationalist activity
"We could not celebrate together the tenth anniversary of USB, we do it now with this video that traces some important moments of our existence.
From the first congress, that of the unification between RdB and Sdl Intercategoriale, to date, thousands of initiatives, struggles, conferences, participation in international events have marked our first ten years.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
#ScioperaPerMe: Workers in Italy go on strike demanding more protection measures due to Covid-19 pandemic
Monday, March 23, 2020
Marco Rizzo: "Covid-19 killed EU and capitalism. The only solution is socialism"
Monday, March 2, 2020
Italy's Communist Party increases its power in Rome by-elections
Monday, October 7, 2019
"Si Fottano!": Italian communist leader Marco Rizzo tore up EU Parliament's resolution which equates communism with fascism

Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Marco Rizzo responds to the anti-communist slanders of "Lega Nord" member
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Marco Rizzo (left). On the right, Iacopi with Matteo Salvini. Photo: lariscossa.com |
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Dimitris Koutsoumbas in Rome: "Every vote to the Communist Parties is a contribution to the common struggle of the people" (Video, Photos)
Friday, April 26, 2019
"Honor the past, conquer the future" - Italian communists honored Liberation anniversary
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Partito Comunista, presente! Communist Party, Italy will participate in European elections
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Communist Party's General Secretary Marco Rizzo. |
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Italy: Communists paid tribute to the 100th anniversary of Communist International
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Photo from the event in Rome (Credit: La Riscossa). |
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) was represented by Kostas Papadakis, MEP and member of the CC, who delivered a greeting speech.