School strike, student marches and demonstrations from Turin to Rome. PHOTO

School strike, student marches and demonstrations from Turin to Rome. PHOTO

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THE SCHOOL STRIKE

Today, October 16, the school is on strike: teachers, managers and ATA staff are crossing their arms. Two mobilizations are planned: one of a national nature, proclaimed by the SISA union, and one limited to the educational institutions of the province of Livorno, called by the USB Public Employment School. In the photo, Turin.

PROCESSIONS THROUGHOUT ITALY

Protests have been called throughout Italy, in the wake of what is also happening in France and Spain, to protest against the high cost of living, the "barracks school", i.e. the cap on foreign students, and the degradation of educational institutions. Yesterday the first tensions with dozens of occupied institutions, from Milan to Naples. Turin was the city that experienced the strongest tensions.

YESTERDAY'S CLASHES IN TURIN

In particular, yesterday (15 October), in Turin, a group of around 40 young people with their faces covered by masks and balaclavas raided three schools, also throwing stones at the police. A 17-year-old boy was arrested for resisting a public official and reported for aggravated damage. In the photo, the damage of October 15th in Turin.

TODAY NEW EVENTS IN TURIN

And this morning, again in Turin, new marches started, once again amid tensions.

EGGS THROWN AT THE POLICE IN TURIN

In Turin, protesters also threw eggs at police officers lined up in riot gear in front of the regional school office. "It is no longer the time for dialogue, we are angry. There is no money for our schools but for their wars. If this week we occupied thirty schools, next week there will be a hundred. Let's burn everything", is the message that was chanted during the demonstration.

TEACHERS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND POLICE

Some Turin teachers then intervened between the students in the procession and the deployment of the police forces in Corso England. The teachers, who took to the streets in solidarity with the students, lined up at the head of the procession, arm in arm behind the "Turin Assembly" banner.

"TIRED OF SCHOOLS FALLING TO PIECES"

"We are tired of studying in schools that are falling apart, of seeing our lives used as a propaganda ground and of witnessing policies that do not respond to the real needs of students. We need safe schools, dignified school buildings and investments in education, not decrees that fuel discrimination and division. The safety and dignity of those who study must be a priority", explains Angela Verdecchia, National Coordinator of the Middle School Students' Network. In the photo, Turin.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PROCESSION IN ROME

"We are 20 thousand, the people write the school", shout the promoters of the procession that brought the students together in Rome. "We protest against Valditara and its measures", they declared as they passed in front of the Colosseum.

THE PROCESSION IN MILAN

Students also take to the streets in Milan, for the "No one is a foreigner" procession which unites various demands from the student world: from opposition to the Meloni government's measures regarding school reform to high rent, to the rejection of rearmament.

EX MORTUARY OCCUPIED IN MILAN

Then, at the end of the student procession, in Milan some of the participants occupied the former morgue - currently empty - in the central Via Francesco Sforza, behind the state university.