On Monday, this mass opposition erupted following a call by Italian trade unions and pro-Palestinian groups for a one-day strike to force the Italian government to ‘choose whose side it is on’. The strike demand was issued by the Autonomous Dockworkers Collective (CALP) and the Basic Union (USB) national grassroots trade union confederation. Trains and buses were cancelled, schools and universities closed as transport workers, teachers and students came out on strike. In early August, dockworkers in Genoa prevented a Saudi-owned vessel from being loaded with Italian-made weapons destined for Israel. The dockworkers and trade unions in Italy have demonstrated the enormous power of the working class.