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Italy On Strike Again For Palestine

May 20, 2026 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. , , , , , , ,
Thousands of workers across Italy joined a new general strike on May 18, demanding complete severance of ties with Israel, an end to armament policies, and protection for the new civilian flotilla to Gaza – which was attacked again by Israeli forces on the very day of the strike. “We launched today’s general strike with the same strength and spirit as on September 22, 2025: ‘Let’s block everything’ has been and remains the watchword in our struggle against war, against complicity with the genocidal state of Israel, and against rearmament,” the grassroots trade union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) wrote.

Italian Port Authorities Halt Israel-Bound Shipments Of ‘Military-Grade Steel’

May 19, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , , , ,
Italian authorities are holding three shipments suspected of carrying military-grade steel from India to Israel after activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and No Harbour for Genocide (NHB) exposed their contents, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported on 18 May. According to the activists, the shipments amount to roughly 806 tonnes of military-grade steel and could be used to manufacture up to 17,458 artillery shells for the Israeli army. They said the cargo originated from R L Steels & Energy Limited in Aurangabad and was destined for IMI Systems, now known as Elbit Systems Land, in Ramat Hasharon.

Students And Teachers Strike Against Right-Wing Reforms, Militarization

May 10, 2026 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. , , ,
Students and teachers in over 60 localities across Italy striked on May 7 to protest education reforms presented by the Meloni government that seek to subordinate the education sector to industry interests and militarization. The measures include aligning technical and professional courses with employer needs and removing critical content from curricula, while keeping thousands of education workers in precarious positions. The day of mobilization was preceded by an additional sectoral strike day on May 6, and coincided with a new wave of dockworkers’ protests for better working conditions and against arms transfers.

Italian Dockworkers Call For A Strike on May 18

May 9, 2026 Axel Justo, Left Voice. , , , , ,
With a video published on Thursday, May 7 and a a press release on Friday, May 8, the Grassroots Trade Union (Unione Sindacale di Base, USB) and the Italian Port Workers Collective (Collettivo Autonomo Lavoratori Portuali, CALP) which organizes dockworkers in the port of Genoa, among others, called for a general strike on May 18 to demand the release of Global Sumud Flotilla co-organizers Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila, and to denounce the complicity of the Italian government in their abduction and in the genocide in Gaza.

Global Sumud Flotilla Expands By 50% In Italy

April 23, 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla. , , , , ,
Siracusa, Italy – On Thursday, April 23, 2026, the Global Sumud Flotilla enters a new phase of escalation as vessels from Barcelona and across Italy converge at Marina di Siracusa, forming a significantly expanded unified fleet preparing to continue its journey toward Gaza. With 25 additional boats joining in Italy, the flotilla now exceeds the size of last year’s entire mission, signaling growing international participation and intensifying civilian pressure to challenge Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza. With two additional ports still ahead, the mission continues to build in scale, coordination, and global visibility.

No Kings In America, Real Resistance In Rome

April 6, 2026 Michael Leonardi, Counter Punch. , , , , ,
The “No Kings” slogan sounded promising when it exploded across the United States in 2025: a mass rejection of authoritarianism, unchecked executive power, and the cult of the strongman. But like so many liberal-led mobilizations in the Trump era, the U.S. version has revealed itself as carefully managed theater — heavy on performative outrage, light on principle, and deliberately blind to two of the greatest crimes of our time: Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the illegal U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The contrast with the Italian “No Kings and Their Wars” mobilization in Rome could not be starker.

Poland Rejects ‘Unofficial’ US Request To Redeploy Patriot Batteries To West Asia

March 31, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , ,
Poland has rejected an “unofficial” US request to deploy one of its Patriot air defense systems to West Asia, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced on 31 March, following reports by Polish daily Rzeczpospolita that Washington had informally approached Warsaw amid rising regional tensions. “Our Patriot batteries and their armaments are used to protect Polish airspace and NATO’s eastern flank. Nothing is changing in this regard and we are not planning to move them anywhere!” Kosiniak-Kamysz stated. He added, “Our allies are well aware of and understand how important our tasks are here. Poland’s security is an absolute priority.”

Millions Defeat Meloni’s Judiciary Reform Plans

March 25, 2026 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. , , , ,
More than 15 million people defeated Giorgia Meloni’s intention to reform the judiciary and erode the separation of powers by voting “NO” at a referendum on March 22-23. With almost 60% of eligible voters participating, the outcome has sent waves across the political landscape – and marked an enormous victory for social movements, trade unions, and youth associations that have built resistance to Meloni’s repressive agenda over the past years. The far-right administration wanted to introduce constitutional changes that would increase government control over the judiciary, under the pretext of an inefficient magistrature slowing down legal processes. The entire state apparatus, including Italy’s biggest media houses, was mobilized to ensure the reform would pass – and failed.

Resistance101: Forging A New Movement For Palestine In Italy

February 22, 2026 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. , , ,
With little sign that the genocide in Gaza is abating, dockworkers in Italy’s major port cities have taken matters into their own hands. Organizing strikes and mass demonstrations, they are moving to block the shipment of arms to Israel — a direct rebuke to the paralysis and complicity of governments and international institutions that have failed to confront the slaughter. While the devastation continues, these workers are offering something rare: material resistance. By leveraging their strategic position in the global supply chain, they are demonstrating how labor power can be wielded against war and occupation.

Global Palestine Rises To Defeat Global Israel

February 9, 2026 Adrienne Pine, Popular Resistance. , , , , , , ,
The key to developing a good strategy is knowing your enemy. Friday’s actions were important precisely that because they stem from a clear understanding of how Zionist imperialism works. Some years ago Palestinian scholar Magid Shihade introduced the concept of Global Israel. One key element of his multifaceted theory is that that in order to maintain its genocidal project in Palestine, Israel has infringed on the basic human rights of people everywhere, and has worked to prevent nations from exercising their own sovereignty through replicating its settler colonial governance techniques and technologies around the world.

International Opposition To Trump, ICE Shapes Milan Olympics Opening

February 9, 2026 Alex Lantier, WSWS.org. , , , , , ,
The 2026 Winter Olympics has seen an outpouring of opposition to Trump and the presence in Milan of agents of his murderous Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Italy’s fascist prime minister, Georgia Meloni, welcomed US Vice President JD Vance to Milan and placed the city on lockdown. Nearly 6,000 heavily-armed Italian police and military officers are patrolling the streets. Snipers are deployed on the rooftops, no-fly zones have been established across the city and a special decree allows police to jail people in Milan for 12 hours on the flimsy grounds that police suspect they might engage in violent protest.

Mediterranean Dockworkers Launch Historic International Strike

February 8, 2026 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. , , , , , , , ,
Dockworkers in more than 20 ports across the Mediterranean marked a historic moment today as they launched an international day of strike and protest against war and rearmament. Dockers also protested the privatization and militarization of port infrastructure. Unionists involved in preparing the action described it as the result of a long and complex process, built on dockworkers’ solidarity with Palestine and their struggles for dignified working conditions at home. The impact of the strike was felt even before it fully unfolded on February 6, as reports emerged of ships – vessels that regularly transport military cargo to Israel – disrupting their itineraries due to the actions.

Partisan Turin Rises Against Militarization And Repression

February 3, 2026 People's Dispatch. , , ,
On January 31, around 50,000 people mobilized in Turin against the forced closure of the social center Askatasuna and the increasingly repressive policies of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government. Authorities deployed hundreds of police officers, who used tear gas and physical force against demonstrators during the march. The following day, mainstream media and official accounts attempted to shift attention away from the scale of the mobilization and the violence used by the authorities, instead focusing on injuries apparently sustained by a police officer.

Dockworkers In Mediterranean Ports Announce Coordinated Antiwar Action

January 30, 2026 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. , , ,
Workers in more than 20 Mediterranean ports are preparing for an international day of action on February 6 to oppose the growing militarization of transport infrastructure, as well as port management’s and governments’ complicity in the genocide in Gaza. “If we don’t take this step, all our other demands will be crushed under war,” Francesco Staccioli of the Italian union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) warned during a launch event on Tuesday. The mobilization aims to prevent arms shipments, reject rearmament, and oppose the impact of a war economy on workers’ rights and social security systems. Notably, the day of action is being launched to “ensure that European and Mediterranean ports are places of peace, free from any involvement in war,” according to an earlier announcement.

‘Not Welcome’: Italy Rejects ICE Role At Winter Olympics

January 29, 2026 Sharon Black, Struggle - La Lucha. , , ,
The Trump administration’s plan to embed agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the security detail for the U.S. delegation at next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy has triggered international outrage, uniting officials, activists, and ordinary Italians in protest. The scandal broke after the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano reported that ICE agents would operate alongside the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service at the Milan-Cortina Games, supposedly “to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organizations,” according to a Department of Homeland Security statement.
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