Flotilla

Pro-Pal protests in several Italian cities

Termini station in Rome was sealed off. In Naples, protesters and students from the university self-organised collective occupied the platforms of Naples' central station, causing a blockade of rail traffic

by Rome Editorial Staff

1 October 2025

Manifestanti della rete Pro Pal e studenti del Collettivo autorganizzato universitario hanno occupato i binari della stazione Centrale di Napoli causando il blocco del traffico ferroviario in arrivo e in partenza. Forti i disagi per tutti i treni, dai Frecciarossa ai regionali. "La circolazione a Napoli Centrale è sospesa", comunica Trenitalia. ///// Protesters from the Pro Pal network and students from the Self-Organized University Collective occupied the platforms of Naples Central Station, blocking incoming and outgoing train traffic, Italy, 01 October 2025. All trains were severely disrupted. ANSA

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Processions, spontaneous demonstrations, occupations, agitations in ports and a general strike on Friday. Maximum attention is being paid to the pro-Flotilla mobilisations in Italian cities. Protests that were 'ignited' immediately after Israel began boarding the boats of the humanitarian mission that were getting closer and closer to the Strip. In Naples, activists of the Pro Pal network and students of the self-organised collective occupied the platforms of the Naples Central station, causing a temporary blockade of incoming and outgoing train traffic. The permanent garrison in Rome's Termini station blocked the streets in front of the station in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla. A procession has reached Via del Tritone where there is a police barricade deployed in riot gear. The demonstrators are demanding to get to Palazzo Chigi.

Porta Nuova station entrance closed in Turin. Procession under RAI headquarters

The central entrance to the Porta Nuova railway station in Turin has been closed, in an attempt to avoid possible blockades by pro-Palestine demonstrators, who are protesting in the city against the blockade of the Flotilla bound for Gaza. The underground entrances to the same station were also closed. The procession of protesters, which started from piazza Palazzo di Città, in Turin, arrived under the Turin headquarters of RAI, where they shouted 'we will block everything'. The demonstrators lit some red smoke bombs and then marched in the direction of Palazzo Nuovo, which had been occupied earlier.

Crowd in Milan: "Government and Mattarella do not represent us". Cadorna station occupied

"Not only does this infamous government not represent us, but also our President of the Republic, who shows us how institutions are complicit in genocide". This was said by pro-Pal activists from the megaphone during the procession in Milan in solidarity with Global Sumut Flotillia. "It is our institutions that prevented the Flotillia from breaking the illegal blockade. They do not represent us. Let's send them this message not only with words but also with deeds: we will re-block everything on 3 October,' the protesters concluded.

Milan pro-Palestine protesters occupied the Cadorna station. The procession, attended by over a thousand people, entered the station without tensions with the police.

Protests also in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna

Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, was filled with people to answer the call of the various acronyms animating the protest for Gaza, after the blockade of the Global Sumud Flotilla. In the square, Palestine flags and slogans of solidarity with the humanitarian mission. Tents were also erected on the square with the intention of prolonging the occupation. From the university area and from some social spaces improvised processions were directed to Piazza Maggiore.

Cagliari blocks Piazza Costituzione

The protest against the flotilla blockade also reached Cagliari. A quick word of mouth brought the demonstrators together in Piazza Costituzione, under the Bastion. Chanting 'Free Palestine' and 'Free Palestine', the crowd occupied the roundabout, blocking the traffic. The forces of order were not taken by surprise, they had been deployed in the centre for hours, and were managing the consequences on the city traffic.

Genova, bonfire at the harbour

Protesters who gathered in the port of Genoa near the headquarters of the non-profit organisation Music for Peace lit a bonfire using some tyres and wooden planks. Hundreds of people attended the demonstration, including students who left from the occupied rectory in Via Balbi.

A ferry in Livorno blocked for a few tens of minutes

After the boarding of the Global Sumid flotilla in Livorno, the Usb, via Facebook, called for people to go to the maritime station. A few hundred people gathered at the port and the protesters then blocked a ferry bound for Olbia that was supposed to leave at 10pm. The departure of the ship to Sardinia was rescheduled for 10.50 p.m.

The Security Machine

'We are ready to take to the streets, to block everything,' assured the Global Movement to Gaza itself. And in the last few hours the tam tam had started on the net. In the light of the protests that could have arisen, raising the tension in the squares, the 'hottest' circles, starting with the student and antagonist movements, have come under the lens in the last few hours. Also scrutinised are the social channels where the various groups are calling for new protests, in view of Saturday's national procession that will parade through the streets of the capital's centre: from Porta San Paolo to San Giovanni. The security machine is already at work. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi summoned prefects and quaestors from Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence and Bologna to the Viminale yesterday to take stock of the situation. The indications are to increase the info-investigative effort to prevent disturbances, to talk as much as possible with the organisers to isolate the violent ones, to guard sensitive targets, starting with the Israeli and Jewish ones. In order to fine-tune the measures to be deployed on Saturday in Rome, there has already been a meeting of the Provincial Committee for Order and Security in the Prefecture and a technical round table is scheduled at the Questura on Friday.

The trade unions for the lockout

Meanwhile, the trade unions are also taking the side of the humanitarian mission by launching a general strike on Friday 3 October. 'The aggression against civilian ships carrying Italian citizens represents a fact of extreme gravity,' thundered the CGIL. "Israel attacks international law. Now is the time to block everything,' stressed the Usb. And already this morning CGIL secretary Maurizio Landini had announced that 'faced with a possible blockade, kidnappings, arrests' they would be 'ready to proclaim, in a timely manner, a general strike', stressing that 'an act of that nature in international waters is an act of war against those who want to carry out a mission to reaffirm peace'. But Transport Minister Matteo Salvini warns: 'We will not allow CGIL and left-wing extremists to bring chaos to Italy. We will not tolerate any 'sudden general strike',' he assures. Unrest in universities and schools from north to south. The faculty of Political Science at the Sapienza University and some high schools in various Italian cities are occupied. "We are the land crew of the Flotilla ready to support our comrades at sea with protest initiatives," the students chanted at a press conference in the premises of the occupied Orientale and Federico II universities in Naples.

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