2025 Italian general strikes and protests for Gaza
| General strikes for Gaza | ||||
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| 22 September 2025 Italian general strike 3 October 2025 Italian general strike 28 November 2025 Italian general strike Part of the Gaza war protests and Gen Z protests | ||||
Top to bottom: Giovani Comunisti/e (Young Communists) at the general strike for Gaza in Ancona, Marche; Piazza Duca d'Aosta in Milan, facing Milano Centrale railway station, crowded with people before the riots (credits: Chronocol Media); protesters climb the metro escalators to enter the main hall of Milano Centrale station, where police officers await them at the top (credits: Chronocol Media) | ||||
| Date | 19 September 2025 – 29 November 2025 | |||
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| Caused by | Gaza genocide, famine and Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip | |||
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| Methods | Strike actions | |||
| Status | Ongoing | |||
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| Casualties | ||||
| Injuries | at least 187 (including 60 in Milan) | |||
| Arrested | at least 49 (in Milan, Bologna and Udine) | |||
On 22 September 2025, a 24-hour general strike called by grassroots unions Unione Sindacale di Base (USB), Confederazione Unitaria di Base (CUB), Sindacato Generale di Base (SGB), Associazione Difesa Lavoratrici e Lavoratori (ADL) and Italian Syndicalist Union (USI) was held across Italy to protest the country's complicity in the Gaza war, and saw the participation of hundreds of thousands of citizens. Protests also took place in San Marino and Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland, and continued in Italy for the next days, fuelled by Israel's attacks on and boarding of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), with a second strike proclaimed on 3 October. The events have been identified as part of the wider Gen Z protests phenomenon.