Today, September 22, 2025, in Italy a 24 -hour general strike has been called in support of Palestine and against what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The national protest, organized by USB and the basic unions (CUB, ADL, SGB), has a clear objective: protest “against the genocide in Palestine and the supply of weapons in Israel” but also against “the war economy and the increase in military spending”.
The school sectors, education and research joined the strike, so the public, railway and maritime transport sector (excluding only air): Trenord, Trenitalia, ATAC and ATM will strike for 24 hours, with guarantee bands that vary from region to region. Firefighters, administrative and healthcare sector will also be attended by mobilization.
At the moment there are parades in 80 Italian squares, with the demonstrators who are already filling the roads at the urlo of “we block everything”. In Milan, thousands of people found themselves in Piazzale Cadorna starting at 10, while in Naples in the afternoon there is a procession near the former NATO base of Bagnoli, not far from the school where the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella will inaugurate the school year. In Calenzano, near Florence, the procession blocked the A1 motorway exit, which has been closed incoming and outgoing.
Over 20 thousand people have already gathered in Rome, while in Genoa, Trieste and Livorno the port workers blocked some port gates, where ships were expected then directed to Israel. The mobilization in favor of Gaza have even joined some Vatican secular employees, announcing their presence at the march of the “priests against the genocide” to be held tonight.
The strike then extended informally also on social media, with numerous creators, public characters and online newspapers that have decided to silence their profiles to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people and denounce the genocide that is taking place in Palestine and which has been confirmed by a very recent report by the United Nations Special Investigation Commission.
