Istituto Cena, Ivrea
The Istituto superiore "G. Cena" is an upper secondary school based in Ivrea. In November 2026, the school was at the centre of an incident linked to a city march, with accusations that some students hurled insults and displayed nostalgia for fascism at demonstrators from the school building's windows.
The march of 6 November 2026
On Friday 6 November 2026, a march against the cost of living and rearmament was held in Ivrea, organised by Comitato Palestina Ivrea, Studenti in Lotta, Collettivo Moro Autogestito, MUC (Martinetti Ubertini Collettivo) and Potere al Popolo Ivrea-Canavese [2]. According to the march's organisers, as the procession passed in front of the Istituto Cena, some students allegedly opened the windows and shouted phrases such as "kill yourselves", "communist scum" and "long live the Duce", as well as raising an arm in a gesture likened to the Roman salute [2]. Still according to the demonstrators, some students later came out of the school entrance together with teachers, continuing to shout insults without any staff intervening [2].
The march's organisers described the episode as an expression of fascist political hatred, criticising what they called a passive attitude on the part of the school's teaching staff and leadership [2].
Reactions
The Ivrea branch of the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (Communist Refoundation Party) expressed solidarity with the students and collectives behind the march, calling what happened an "unequivocal glorification of fascism" and calling for cultural and institutional vigilance from the school's leadership and local institutions [1][2].
Ivrea's branch of ANPI (National Association of Italian Partisans) expressed solidarity with the demonstrators, while noting that it had known the Istituto Cena as "a different reality, made up of anti-fascism and respect for the Constitution", recalling its annual collaborations with teachers on testimonies about the Resistance and visits to sites of the partisan struggle. The association nonetheless said it had previously had the impression that not all students shared those testimonies, although it described these as marginal cases, and announced its intention to contact the relevant teachers to look into what had happened [2].
Timeline
- — During a march against the cost of living and rearmament held on 6 November 2026 in Ivrea, some students of the Istituto Cena shout insults and chants nostalgic for fascism at demonstrators from the school's windows, according to the march's organisers. → Prima il Canavese La Stampa
Sources
- Prima il Canavese — 9 November 2026
- La Stampa — 9 November 2026