"People march during the General Strike For Palestine on September 22, 2025, in Turin, Italy. Stefano Guidi / Getty Images As boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to set sail toward Gaza from the coasts of Italy, Spain, and Tunisia, a representative of Genoa's Dockworkers' Union (CALP), now part of Unione Sindacale di Base, declared that if anything happened to the flotilla, workers would " block everything.""
""Our young women and men must come back without a scratch," the worker said at the port, before the flotilla ships departed. "And all this cargo, which belongs to the people and is going to the people, must reach its destination, down to the very last box." So when the flotilla was attacked on the night of September 8 while in Tunisian waters, the reaction was swift: Italian labor unions, led by Unione Sindacale di Base, called for a 24-hour general strike on September 22."
Boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to sail toward Gaza from Italy, Spain, and Tunisia carrying humanitarian aid. Genoa dockworkers warned they would block operations if the flotilla were harmed and demanded safe return of crew and delivery of all cargo. The flotilla was attacked in Tunisian waters on September 8, prompting Italian labor unions, led by Unione Sindacale di Base, to call a 24-hour general strike on September 22. The strike drew support from multiple organizations and shut down sectors across more than 80 cities, producing mass protests with tens of thousands of participants in Bologna and beyond.
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