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LIVE | Thousands of Students & Workers Clash With Police in Massive Italy Strike as Living Cost Soars
Italy is currently facing absolute chaos as tens of thousands of workers, students, and trade unionists flood the streets in a massive nationwide general strike! Driven to the brink by the skyrocketing cost of living, stagnant wages, and the military spending policies of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government, furious citizens are bringing dozens of major cities to a complete standstill. As seen in the striking raw visual from Pars Today (image_6fba80.jpg), massive crowds are marching under union flags, desperately demanding relief and improved public services. Tensions have boiled over into violent clashes; in Turin, police were forced to deploy water cannons to beat back left-wing activists and students attempting to breach security barricades at the prefecture building. In Rome, protesters have set fires in the streets and announced plans to camp outside the Colosseum, with riot police aggressively breaking up crowds attempting to march on parliament. Meanwhile, in Genoa, a massive 15,000-strong protest has blockaded the commercial port to stop the shipment of arms to conflict zones. Watch live as this massive wave of civil unrest and generational rage paralyses one of Europe's largest economies!
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