
Demonstrations against the high cost of living and rearmament policies: clashes in Turin and blockade of the ring road in Bologna
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The strike was called by the USB union to protest against rearmament policies and the increase in the cost of living.
"Lower your guns, raise your wages." It is the slogan of the general strike called for today, Friday 30 October, by the grassroots union USB, which will bring a composite galaxy of demonstrators to the squares of over 50 cities to protest against rearmament policies and the high cost of living. From Milan to Naples, passing through Turin, Bologna and Rome, the marches will unite workers, pensioners, students, housing movements and pro-Palestine realities.
Charges in Piazza Castello in Turin by the police against the procession of students and opponents. The water cannon was also activated to repel the demonstrators who had approached the cordons protecting the Prefecture. The charges lasted a few seconds. The hydrant is still in operation.
Bologna
In Bologna the demonstration is occupying the ring road, and the motorway that runs alongside it has also been closed to traffic in both directions. On the A14 Bologna-Taranto, the stretch between the junction with the A1 Milan-Naples and Bologna Fiera towards Ancona, and between Bologna San Lazzaro and the junction for the A1 Milan-Naples towards the A1 is closed. The Casalecchio junction towards the A14 is also closed, Autostrade explains on the website. On the A13 Bologna-Padova, the stretch between Bologna Interporto and the junction with the A14 Bologna-Taranto towards Bologna is closed.

The demonstration of the grassroots unions in Turin ended peacefully. The garrison in Corso Giulio Cesare, which blocked access to the ring road for about an hour and a half, was demobilized without tension with the police.

Clashes between students and law enforcement in Piazza Castello in Turin. The police carried out lightening charges and used water cannons after eggs and bottles were thrown. Two people held, one slightly injured.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators take part in the general strike called by USB throughout Italy. The protests, focused on high costs of living, wages and opposition to rearmament, have caused clashes and tensions between law enforcement and protesters in several cities.

Around 100 thousand people, according to the USB, participated in the general strike in Rome. The procession, which started from Piazza dei Cinquecento, announced the occupation of Via dei Fori Imperiali for a national assembly until Sunday.

General strike called by the USB throughout Italy against the high cost of living and rearmament policies. Thousands of protesters in the streets, with tensions and clashes reported in Mestre, Turin and road blocks in Milan.

Protesters from grassroots unions forced a police cordon in Bologna, occupying the ring road in via Stalingrado during a protest against the high cost of living. Throwing of eggs and bottles reported before accessing the road.