Overview
- Student groups Osa and Cambiare Rotta coordinated demonstrations across dozens of cities, with allied organizations such as Unione degli Studenti and Fridays for Future visible in the Rome march.
- In Rome, protesters set off from Piazzale Ostiense toward the Education Ministry carrying banners that read “Funds for schools, not for war” and “Let’s oust the government.”
- Participants in the capital burned placards depicting swastikas and images of reported far-right attacks during school occupations, and some wore masks caricaturing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
- Authorities closely watched Bologna due to the presence of several government ministers, with police treating the city as high risk for public-order issues.
- Organizers described the mobilization as a dress rehearsal for a general strike planned for November 28–29, while reporting also revisited a Genoa school episode initially labeled a fascist attack.