Strike in Italy over Gaza flotilla strands commuters

A general strike in Italy in support of the Gaza aid flotilla disrupted trains and threatened more commuter chaos on Oct 3 in a second day of demonstrations in Rome.

- 

The strike, called by the USB and CGIL unions, follows demonstrations on Oct 2 in several cities across the world, including in Milan and Rome, where some 10,000 people marched from the Colosseum.

Protesters began to amass again on the morning of Oct 3 in Rome to march to the vast plaza outside the central train station of Termini, where services were cancelled or delayed up to 80 minutes.

“The squares will be packed,” the head of the CGIL union, Mr Maurizio Landini, told Radio An-ch’io on Oct 3.

“It shows the humanity and determination of decent people who want to stop genocide and are doing what governments and states have pretended not to see, or are even complicit in,” Mr Landini said.