A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #25-26 - General Strike on October 30 / Demonstrations on October 31. The anarcho-syndicalist international promotes a mobilization against wars. (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The ICL-CIT, an international organization to which the *Unione 
Sindacale Italiana* (USI) belongs, has issued a call for two days of 
mobilization against militarism and all wars. --- USI-CIT supports the 
call from the international organization of which it is a part, sharing 
its concerns regarding the current global situation and the policies of 
the Italian government-policies that fail to oppose ongoing wars and, in 
some cases, legitimize or even facilitate them. --- USI calls a general 
strike for October 30, 2026, covering all public and private sector 
employees for the entire day.

We strike against militarism, against rising military spending and arms 
production; against the war economy and the resulting deterioration of 
working conditions; against arms exports-whether sold or transferred for 
free-particularly to countries involved in conflicts; and against the 
militarization of society.
We strike for the elimination of military spending and the investment of 
the resulting savings into social policies-healthcare, education, public 
housing, and all aspects of the welfare state; for the withdrawal of all 
military deployments abroad; and for the demilitarization of society: no 
more military presence in schools or on the streets!
For firefighters, the strike applies only to the first shift; workers in 
the following sectors are excluded from this strike call: local public 
transport, air transport, rail transport, and maritime transport. We 
invite militant trade unions active in these transport sectors to issue 
a similar call for a general strike on the same day. The international 
organization behind this mobilization-the ICL-CIT (International 
Confederation of Labour)-was established at the International Congress 
of anarcho-syndicalist organizations held in Parma in 2018.
Current CIT members include the trade union organizations USI (USI CIT 
Italy), CNT (Spain), IWW-NARA (North America), IP (Poland), FAU 
(Germany), CNT-F (France), IWW-WISERA (Great Britain), ESE (Greece), and 
FORA (Argentina). FOB (Brazil) and FGWM (Myanmar) have also recently 
applied for membership. The CIT is grounded in the principles of 
anarcho-syndicalism as defined in its statutes, consistent with the 
founding principles of the First International, which held that 
"emancipation will be the work of the workers themselves." Anna Gussetti 
(USI CIT) currently serves as Secretary; her two-year term is now 
drawing to a close in accordance with the principle of rotation, and the 
role of the Secretariat is set to pass to IP (Poland).

We are facing a grave international situation in which the arms industry 
and the arms trade are dictating policies that serve their own profits, 
fueling increasingly dangerous and expanding wars-risking humanitarian 
catastrophe-and causing the progressive impoverishment of the working 
class. Against this backdrop, CIT-affiliated organizations have approved 
a proposal by USI to launch an international mobilization against war.

The CIT's extraordinary congress will take place in Italy-specifically 
in Massenzatico, in the province of Reggio Emilia-from September 25 to 
27. We asked comrade Anna Gussetti-who is concluding her term as CIT 
Secretary representing the USI this September-what she considers to be 
the significant achievements of this period: "During this time, the 
Confederation has focused on providing concrete support-including 
financial aid-for struggles waged at the national level by individual 
CIT unions (and others), and in some instances, we have launched 
mobilizations involving multiple countries. The clear value of these 
initiatives has also helped increase the number of unions affiliated 
with the international." We then asked about expectations for the 
extraordinary CIT Congress taking place at the end of September: "The 
USI called for the extraordinary Congress primarily to resolve certain 
internal organizational issues. The CIT's functioning is rather 
cumbersome-as is to be expected in a federalist, libertarian 
organization-but at times, its mechanisms risk unduly hindering 
initiatives."
We therefore consider it appropriate to streamline certain procedures. 
But expectations go beyond that. We hope the Congress will also serve to 
foster debate among comrades regarding future prospects-both for the 
International itself and concerning our approach to increasingly 
pressing global issues. While no formal resolutions can be adopted on 
these topics-since such matters must be discussed within the individual 
affiliated national unions-we can lay the groundwork for the next 
productive ordinary Congress. It is also important to take stock of the 
preparations for the international anti-war mobilization promoted by the 
CIT, scheduled for two days in late October. Significantly, the 
observers attending the Congress will include a trade union delegation 
from the Palestinian PPSWU; this testifies to USI's commitment to the 
cause and the international interest sparked by our mobilization 
efforts, such as our stance against war. Furthermore, the Massenzatico 
Congress will see the handover of the secretariat from USI to IP 
(Poland); the opportunity to carry out this transition in person is an 
added value to which I attach great importance." We then asked for an 
opinion on the goal of the international anti-war mobilization decided 
by the CIT: "When a dispute begins, the goal is to win it-which in this 
case means wiping war off the face of history! I must admit that is 
rather ambitious... More modestly, we want the world of labor to let 
everyone know that workers oppose war-all wars-which have always 
brought, and continue to bring, death and misery." "Those who have lived 
through a war know this well." We present below the appeal from USI CIT 
Secretary Eotilia Ratta (Lia): "As is well known, warmongering choices 
are becoming increasingly frequent-driven by colonial operations, 
resource appropriation, and other motives that are certainly not noble. 
The CIT has collectively decided to consolidate the anti-militarist 
struggles-which our various sections organize in their respective 
countries-into a single weekend (October 30-31) to ensure greater 
visibility and, consequently, greater effectiveness. We call upon all 
trade unions and social movements committed to opposing war and arms 
production to participate. We do so based on ethical grounds, but also 
because war policies impoverish workers and deprive them of essential 
services-regardless of whether their own country is directly involved in 
a conflict. We want a world free from weapons and armed conflict, and we 
will fight for this, certain that it is an achievable goal! Let us 
remember how many battles were once deemed impossible to win, yet were 
ultimately won through struggle. The greater the participation at both 
national and global levels, the greater our chances of victory!" 
Finally, an invitation is extended to the Antimilitarist Assembly and 
the IFA (International of Anarchist Federations) to support this 
internationalist mobilization against war.

Enrico Moroni

https://umanitanova.org/sciopero-generale-30-ottobre-manifestazioni-31-ottobre-linternazionale-anarcosindacalista-promuove-una-mobilitazione-contro-le-guerre/
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