Journalists at Italy’s public broadcaster Rai on Monday went on strike to protest cuts to budgets and “constant oversight” by politicians. In a statement published on the German-language section of the online news portal RaiNews, the journalists said they would “continue to fight to ensure that citizens receive balanced, reliable and pluralistic information.” The strike follows the disinvitation of writer Antonio Scurati to a Rai programme marking Italy’s liberation from German occupation and fascism on April 25. Scurati had planned to read a text criticizing Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Mel…