Big crowds, clashes with police on fourth day of Italian pro-Palestinian protests

Revolutionary communists in Europe and beyond say: “shut it down for Gaza! For a workers’ boycott!”

Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla has sparked an eruption of mass anger across the world and particularly in Europe. In Italy, this has led to not one but two political general strikes for Palestine. This represents the decisive entry onto the scene of the powerful Italian working class. In Spain too, millions were on the streets. Many hundreds of thousands took to the streets of hundreds of cities all over Europe.

Pro-Palestinian Protests Turn Violent—Again

Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets across Spain and Italy over the weekend, with clashes erupting between protesters and police in multiple cities. In Barcelona, eight people were arrested and 20 officers injured after demonstrators vandalised shops they claimed were linked to Israel, according to police. Tens of thousands also protested in Madrid and other Spanish cities, as well as in Rome and Lisbon, in response to Israel stopping…

Landmark pro-Palestine marches sweep Europe over Gaza war

Pro-Palestinian rallies swept major European cities on Saturday in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza and its interception of the Sumud Flotilla, which led to the detention of hundreds of activists. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Barcelona and Madrid waving Palestinian flags, chanting slogans, holding banners which read: "Jews and Palestinians Against Genocide", "All Children Want Peace in Palestine", and "Gaza Is Bl…

Protests sweep Rome, Madrid and Barcelona against Israel’s actions in Gaza

Barcelona: Hundreds of thousands of Italians and Spaniards marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid on Saturday, October 4, against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in a show of growing international anger over the two-year-old war. The protests in almost every major Spanish city had been planned for weeks, while the demonstration in Rome followed widespread anger after the Israeli interception of a humanitarian aid flotilla that had set sail fro…