
Clashes in Bologna, tensions in Florence and demonstrations in Aosta and Perugia
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The 'We are the people' movement is organizing demonstrations in several Italian cities to protest against the cost of living, wages and healthcare management.
In Aosta, in Piazza Chanoux, "We are the people" demonstrates on study, high fuel prices, wages, rents and healthcare. In Genoa the location initially chosen by the Movement was Piazza de Ferraris, then, as throughout Italy, it was revoked. It is likely that the demonstrators will return to the streets anyway and therefore, given the total uncertainty, the police headquarters has set up a massive but also rather agile security device if the demonstrators actually gather in several parts of the city.
Charge of the police, in Bologna. After stones and firecrackers were thrown, the police responded with tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd of demonstrators. In via Marconi, in Bologna, following clashes between protesters and the police, an ambulance intervened: a young man was injured and was taken away. To let the 118 vehicle pass, some protesters removed two bins, tables, chairs and some rental bikes placed as a barricade halfway along the road at Largo Caduti del Lavoro. The protesters, in fact, organized barricades using bicycles from the Mobike bike sharing service, while dozens of people sat on the ground with their hands raised. The situation remains tense, with several groups of protesters separated from each other and police vans lined up along Via Marconi. The procession then stopped again at via Riva di Reno, where the demonstrators were divided into three groups and the police set up lines on three sides. In the meantime, a cordon of citizens has also formed, many of them with their hands raised, trying to stand between the demonstrators and the police to separate the two fronts and avoid further clashes. Meanwhile, the Pam supermarket in Via Marconi has closed, with customers and workers remaining inside the store while tensions continue outside.
Moments of tension in Florence where the procession with over two thousand people demonstrating against the government and the high cost of living, after arriving in Piazza Santo Spirito, the place where the demonstration was supposed to end, decided to continue towards the center again and, in particular, towards Via Tornabuoni, the street of luxury boutiques. The police in anti-riot gear blocked the way for the demonstrators, stopped on the Santa Trinita bridge. Garrisons and processions are also planned in the rest of Tuscany.
In Perugia around 200 high school students met in the center of Perugia for a demonstration on the problems of the various institutes and against the high cost of living. Also in Piazza IV Novembre was the mayor Vittoria Ferdinandi. “Listen to us, don't ignore us” reads one of the signs displayed. “Indifference is the poison of society” and “If the price goes up, life hurts” are the slogans on others. The demonstration took place calmly and without tension. The area was discreetly controlled by the police forces. During the demonstration there were various interventions by students with the problems in schools at the center. Alternate with dances and songs against the "high cost of living". Several young people approached the mayor and talked to her.

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