Rome, Italy (AHN) – To protest against the Berlusconi administration’s education reform plans, which will see a cut of $12 billion and loss of 130,000 education-related jobs, Italian students on Thursday protested on the top of two major tourist attractions, forcing authorities to evacuate tourists from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Colosseum.
Some protesters hung a banner reading “No Cuts, No Profit!” from the medieval tower’s top tier, while hundreds of students jumped over turnstiles to protest inside the ancient amphitheater.
Nearly 2,000 students formed a human chain in Pisa around the tower and prevented tourists from entering it.
They also marched across the city. The Italian Parliament is scheduled to vote on the reforms next Tuesday.
Before leaving the sites, the students also lit red smoke flares and shouted anti-reform slogans.
There were also reports of student protests in other Italian cities and reports of student-police clashes in Florence and Milan.
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November 27th, 2010
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