Friday’s general strike in Italy was the biggest pro-Palestinian mobilization in any Western country yet. It expressed moral indignation but also resulted from years of movement building.

An endless tide. “I haven’t seen a march like this in twenty years.” “Maybe against the war in Iraq, but I’m not sure. Maybe since the 1970s.” Comments like these are being heard in towns and cities across Italy, after the incredible wave of participation in Friday’s general strike for Gaza.

The first signs came already with strikes on September 19 and especially September 22, when massive marches took place in many cities in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla. The Israeli armed forces’ attack on the flotilla, starting around 7 p.m. this past Wednesday, prompted even stronger reactions. Under the

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