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Organizzare una manifestazione è un diritto di tutti.

Organizzare una manifestazione è un diritto di tutti.
Organizing a demonstration is everyone's right.
From Lesson 271:Causal conjunctions (dato che, visto che)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Organizzare una manifestazione è un diritto di tutti.

Why is manifestazione translated as "demonstration" instead of "manifestation"?
In Italian, una manifestazione is the standard word for a public demonstration, rally, or protest. While it can mean "manifestation" in a broader sense, in civic and political contexts it almost always refers to a protest or march.
Why is the infinitive Organizzare used instead of a gerund for "Organizing"?
When an action is the subject of a sentence, Italian always uses the infinitive (dictionary) form of the verb. You cannot use the gerund (like organizzando) as a noun the way English uses "-ing" words.
How does di tutti work to mean "everyone's"?
Italian doesn't have an equivalent to the English apostrophe-s for possession. Instead, it uses di (of) followed by the owner. So "everyone's right" literally translates to "a right of everyone" (un diritto di tutti).
If I wanted to use a phrase from this lesson to say "Since organizing a demonstration is everyone's right," how would I do it?
You can put either phrase right at the start: Visto che organizzare una manifestazione è un diritto di tutti... Both dato che and visto che are very flexible and are perfectly suited for starting a sentence with a known fact, unlike perché, which usually connects clauses in the middle of a sentence.

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