NEWS – Italy, Gaza, General StrikeWorkers and students across Italy joined an unprecedented general strike and mass demonstrations on Monday to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and to cut ties with Israel. On Monday, September 22, Italy will witness an unprecedented general strike and wave of demonstrations in support of Palestine and Gaza. “Blocchiamo tutto” (“Let’s block everything”), the USB declared in a statement. The strike involves workers from both public and private sectors, including essential services such as transport, education, waste management, and public administration. The demands are clear: to break ties with the Israeli state, to defend Gaza, to stop the genocide, to reject militarisation and the arms race, and to stand with the Global Sumud Flotilla currently sailing toward Gaza.