A-Infos (en) UK, ACG: General strike and occupations in Italy on September 22nd (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Monday September 22nd saw over one million taking part in strikes and 
occupations against the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and the 
shipment of arms to Israel. There were mobilisations in 85 locations. 
---- In Milan, tens of thousands took part, in spite of heavy rain. In 
Genoa, again despite heavy rain, more than 600 port workers blocked the 
port, stopping a ship said to be carrying containers to Israel. In 
Bologna tens of thousands marched, before being attacked by water cannon 
and tear gas. Twenty thousand marched in the port town of Marghera. 
Truck drivers put on slowdowns at motorway toll booths, and freight 
trains were halted for 24 hours. In Livorno, dockers and students 
blocked the port.  There were similar actions by dockworkers in La 
Spezia, Ravenna, Trieste and Venice.  In Rome, the Termini railway 
station was blocked, causing the cancellation of many trains.

There were other actions and demonstrations in Palermo, Catania, 
Potenza, Bari, Lecce, Brindisi, Sassari, Cagliari, Bolzano, Pisa, 
Calenzano, and Novara. A blockade of an arms factory took place at Campi 
Bisenzio.

Schools and universities saw blockades and strikes too. The Faculty of 
Letters was occupied in Rome,  as were universities at Florence and La 
Sapienza , whilst students blockaded campuses in Bologna and Torino. In 
Brescia there was a mass walkout by teachers. All ports were shut down, 
90% of public transport and 50% of rail transport.

The demonstrations were huge, with 100,000 in Rome, and 50,000 in both 
Bologna and Genoa.

The strike action was organised by five grassroots unions, 
Confederazione Unitaria di Base (CUB), Unione Sindicale di Base (UB), 
Sindacato Generale di Base (SGB), Associazione Difesa Lavoratrici e 
Lavoratori (ADL Varese) and Unione Sindacale Italiana (USI-CIT), and by 
the Autonomous Collective of Dockworkers (CALP)-under the slogan 
Blocchiamo tutto ("Let's Block Everything"). In addition to the demands 
around Gaza, the base unions attacked increasing military spending, the 
huge increase in precarious jobs,  and the fall in real wages.

The actions were denounced by the far right Prime Minister Giorgia 
Meloni, who called those taking part "hooligans". Her party, Fratelli 
d'Italia, has close links with Netanyahu's Likud party, and she has 
reaffirmed her support for Israel.

For their part, the mainstream unions like CGIL took no part in the 
day's actions, organising symbolic four hour stoppages before the 22nd. 
Right through September 22nd, the CGIL leadership refused to comment 
(Though much of the rank and file of CGIL has great sympathy for the 
actions).

Many young people took part in the September 22nd mobilisations, and 
there were many signs of unity between workers and students.

The mobilisation in Italy, like recent events in France, Serbia, Nepal, 
Indonesia, the Philippines, and Ecuador, points to the redevelopment of 
class consciousness and internationalism, and augurs further struggles. 
It is hardly any surprise that these developments are little reported 
on, or simply ignored, by the establishment media in the West.

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2025/09/27/general-strike-and-occupations-in-italy-on-september-22nd/
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