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Students march behind a banner reading "Let's take back the future" during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending in Milan, Italy, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. | Photo: AP/Luca Bruno
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Performers lie on the ground in front of demonstrators holding a banner reading "We produce the wealth, you steal our future" during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending in Rome, Italy, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. | Photo: AP/Alessandra Tarantino
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Workers, students and activists with a Palestinian flag demonstrate during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in Milan. | Photo: AP/Antonio Calanni
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Workers, students and activists demonstrate during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in Milan. | Photo: AP/Antonio Calanni
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Workers, students and activists carrying a Palestinian flag demonstrate during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in Milan. | Photo: AP/Luca Bruno
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A demonstrator holds a placard depicting Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and U.S. President Donald Trump reading "They preach Christian love, they practice hatred" during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending in Rome, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. | Photo: AP/Alessandra Tarantino
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Workers, students and activists gather near a statue of late pope St. John Paul II, during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in Rome. | Photo: AP/Gregorio Borgia
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Workers, students and activists demonstrate during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in Milan. | Photo: AP/Antonio Calanni
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Students hold placards reading "Let's fund minds, not weapons" and "Under the state, people die," during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in Milan. | Photo: AP/Luca Bruno
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Workers, students and activists demonstrate during a nationwide general strike called by grassroots unions to protest rising living costs, low wages and military spending, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in Milan. Placard in Italian reads "Better to march than to rot". | Photo: AP/Luca Bruno
