26/09 #Italy – Protests continue in support of the Palestinian people and the Global Sumud Flotilla, and against the Italian government’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza.
In Livorno, dockworkers and other groups occupied the port for three consecutive days, preventing the docking of the American ship SLNC Severn, which was carrying vehicles and caterpillars destined for a US military base in Pisa.
In Taranto, dockworkers and other groups prevented the docking of the oil tanker Seasalvia, which was waiting at the port to load 30,000 tons of crude oil destined for the Israeli Air Force.
In Ravenna, dockworkers identified and blocked the loading of containers full of weapons destined for the Israeli army.
In Trieste, dockworkers went on strike against the docking of the MSC Melani III, which was carrying weapons and war material destined for the Israeli army.
In Genoa, dockworkers and other collectives demonstrated outside the city hall against the docking of a ship loaded with steel destined for military use in Israel in the coming days.
In Salerno, dockworkers and unions declared that workers will refuse to handle cargo destined for conflict.
On Saturday, September 27, in Genoa, Italy, several delegations of workers from other European ports will meet to discuss organizing a large, united demonstration against arms trafficking.
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Two Italian naval frigates have been sent to “assist” the 50+ strong Sumud Flotilla now nearing Gaza and aiming to break the starvation Blockade.
However Meloni, head 0f the pro Zionist Italian government says “there’s no need for the flotilla to reach Gaza for Aid to get to Gaza”.
Some Flotilla members express fear that the Italian Navy may even HELP the terrorist Israeli military to block and divert the flotilla… Maybe coercing the flotilla give up, or to unload their token amount of Aid elsewhere, maybe in Cyprus?
One Spanish Navy ship is also on its way, but its stated mission seems to be to assist only Spanish citizens.
The boats heading for Gaza have received warnings of an imminent attack by Israel. While waiting for the ships from Italy and Spain to arrive, which will “take about 3 days”, the ships continue their mission.
The Global Sumud Flotilla organization called an urgent press conference this afternoon to report on the current status of the vessels and the next steps to be taken after receiving reliable information of a possible attack by Israel.
The first thing that has been done is to confirm that after the latest Israeli attack, with drones that dropped objects on the boats and sprayed them with some type of toxic substance, everyone on board is safe and the mission continues.
The flotilla continues its course to Gaza despite threats
Waiting for the ships sent by Spain and Italy to arrive—it is estimated that these vessels will reach the flotilla’s vessels in about three days—this is one of the most critical moments of the mission, which no longer plans to make any further technical stops until reaching the enclave, if that ultimately occurs.
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The Italian Navy frigate has arrived on the horizon.! In the most unexpected news of the day, Italy has sent a Navy ship to escort the Global Summit Flotilla after it was attacked. .. COMMENTS.. The update is accurate, Angelina! I remain a cynical however regarding the reason that they’re going there. Are they going to prevent the flotilla from getting close to Gaza to keep them from danger? Or are they going to prevent them from being attacked.Things are changing..!? … Meloni heads a fascist administration, governing a country with deep ties, to the zionist entity. … https://substack.com/@deaglanomulrooney/note/c-159387215?
Gaza’s Health Ministry has reported that 83 bodies were brought to hospitals throughout the territory in the past 24 hours, along with 216 wounded Palestinians. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
To this end, and following recent events, threats from Israel have intensified considerably. In addition to the three attacks already suffered by some of the vessels, the Netanyahu government has launched a fierce smear campaign against the activists on board, whom it links to Hamas. A pretext that paves the way for justifying whatever its intentions may be regarding the flotilla.
The mission no longer plans to make any further technical stops until reaching Gaza, if that ultimately occurs.
Six civilian ships of the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla were raided by Israel on 31 May 2010in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine of the flotilla passengers were killed during the raid, with 30 wounded (including one who later died of his wounds). [1][2]Wikipedia
Since 2010, attempts from the Freedom Flotilla II in 2011, Freedom Flotilla III in 2015, Women’s Boat to Gaza in 2016, Just Future for Palestine Flotilla in 2018, and flotillas in June and July 2025, have all been intercepted, raided or attacked by Israeli forces. Wikipedia
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Mauricio Morales La Flotilla Global Sumud a su paso por Túnez. Actualmente navega en aguas griegas.
The press conference was intended to alert the international media of an alleged imminent attack by the Israelis. As indicated by the organization, a notification has been received from the Luxembourg government warning of a possible attack. On its social media, the flotilla states that other governments have also issued warnings for their nationals on board.
Regarding the presence of the Italian and Spanish vessels, sent by both governments, German activist Yasemin Acar, another of those on board, stressed that they are not the ones who need protection, “but the Palestinian population,” and that, while “all help is welcome, these governments need to protect Palestine and do so by cutting all ties with Israel.”
“I ask journalists and the media not to amplify Israel’s narrative and to verify the facts,” said German activist Yasemin Acar.
Acar recalled what happened with the Mavi Marmara in 2010, another flotilla that attempted to reach Gaza and ended with 10 Turkish crew members killed by Israeli forces. The activist recalled the strategies Israel is using, now and in the past, to discredit the flotilla through lies (such as accusing the activists on the boats of terrorism or accusing them of links to Hamas). “Something that is not new,” Yasemin said.
Flotilla anticipates ‘imminent violent Israeli attack’, will hold press conference shortly Al Jazeerea Flotilla organisers say they have received “credible intelligence” that “Israel is likely to escalate violent attacks on the flotilla within the next 48 hours”, potentially with weapons that could scuttle boats or cause fatalities.
Kleoniki Alexopoulou, a Greek national also aboard the flotilla, asked that the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s claims, which insist on the idea that the flotilla has ties to Hamas, not be given credence.
“We only ask for justice for the Palestinian population,” Alexopoulou demanded, convinced that the flotilla’s mission will be successful. She also stressed that now is one of the most critical moments.
Also from aboard the boats, activist Varsha Gandikota demanded that the words condemning the genocide in Gaza be translated into action, referring to the total embargo and all relations with the State of Israel. The meeting also featured a speech.
We are currently four days from the high-risk zone and six days from Gaza. We experienced delays due to the attack last night and the need to assess the damage, but we remain on course.
We are now headed to Greek territorial waters. Tomorrow morning, we will join the Greek fleet and sail forward together.
SAR ship Life Support continues to be a great asset in assisting vessels and participants in need of support.
We’ll be sharing daily updates as we approach the high-risk area inside Palestine’s territorial waters. Those on board are relying on people around the world to keep their eyes on the flotilla. Your witness is their protection. Please share this message far and wide.
Join us. Stop the genocide. Keep your eyes on Gaza.
A statement by Arab-American lawyer Lamis J. Deek.
The organization took the opportunity to express its gratitude for the support received from the public and the media reporting on the mission, and asserted that Israel’s violent intimidation is growing increasingly intense.
“The level of violence and harassment is what we would expect from a state like Israel; it would be surprising if they chose a different response,” said Mandla Mandela, a former member of the South African National Assembly who was aboard one of the flotilla ships.
“We will do everything in our power despite the circumstances, and we will not cease in our efforts until the genocide ends and the Palestinian people are free.”
A Palestinian youth reaches out to touch the hand of a child buried beneath rubble after an Israeli strike hit a building in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. [Eyad Baba/AFP]
100 people killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours
While the fifty boats of the Global Sumud flotilla advance toward Gaza—if nothing goes wrong, they are expected to arrive in the enclave in about four or five days—the State of Israel continues its campaign of terror and genocide in Gaza. In the last 24 hours, about 100 people have been killed.
Flotilla boats to Gaza struck with explosives, chemical agents and communications jamming
By Hassan Massoud Boats with the Global Sumud Flotilla [heading to Gaza] have come under massive attack by at least 15 drones.
Cette nuit, la flottille en route pour Gaza a été la cible d’attaques de drones explosifs en plein cœur des eaux internationales, au large de la Grèce.
by Aurora Báez Boza The pro-Palestinian movement rebels against the arrival of two Zionist ships at the Port of Algeciras The Campo de Gibraltar Platform with Palestine has organized a demonstration on Friday, September 26, against the arrival at the port of two Maersk ships involved in the transfer of arms to Israel.
The port of call of a ship carrying military equipment for Israel in the ports of Valencia, Algeciras, and Barcelona has been denounced in the National Court..
Reuters reported that Italy will deploy a second navy ship to escort the international aid flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza and break “Israel’s” siege on the Strip, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told parliament on Thursday.
Earlier, on Wednesday, September 23, Crosetto announced the deployment of Italy’s multi-purpose frigate Fasan. Shortly after, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez confirmed the deployment of a Spanish military warship to protect the flotilla after it came under drone attacks near Greece.
Abbas AbdulmalikAt the U.N., the President of Colombia has urged the world to assemble their armed forces in a united military defence of the Palestinian people to stop the genocide.
La Flotilla Global Sumud enfrenta sus horas más críticas
Las embarcaciones que se dirigen rumbo a Gaza han recibido la alerta de un ataque inminente por parte de Israel. A la espera de que lleguen los buques desde Italia y España, los barcos continúan con la misión.
At least 91 people are killed, including 76 in Gaza City, as Israel’s military continues to heavily bombard war-battered Gaza.
Nearly half of Gaza City’s population, about 450,000 people, have fled the main urban centre since Israel launched its major assault to seize it in August, the civil defence agency says.
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‘Shocked, devastated’: Israel’s Gaza City assault traumatises residents
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled Gaza City since Israel launched its major assault but many remain trapped, too exhausted or too poor to leave.
“Death is more merciful,” said Mohammed Nassar, 38, of the Tal al-Hawa area, watching a steady stream of neighbours leave.
Families could be seen leaving with their belongings piled on trucks, cars, donkey carts, and their own shoulders.
Nassar, caring for three daughters, said he lacked both the strength and money to move, leaving him trapped in Gaza City. “As for me, my wife and my three daughters, we will wait until the last moment,” he said.
“The occupation wants to forcibly displace everyone so it can destroy Gaza City and turn it into another Beit Hanoon or Rafah – unlivable for the next 100 years,” Nassar said.
Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat area [AFP]
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WATCH: Recognising Palestinian statehood seen as a major shift in British foreign policy
The UK is preparing to recognise the state of Palestine after Israel failed to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and commit to a two-state solution.
It is considered a significant shift in British foreign policy.
Al Jazeera’s Charlie Angela looks back at the United Kingdom’s relationship with Palestine:
02:38Recognising Palestinian statehood: Move seen as a major shift in British foreign policy
How and when did the Magdalena Anarchist Local come about? Tell us why Magdalena and how you are connected to the Lavapiés neighborhood where the Local is located.
The origin of the Local stems from a need to bring together various projects. It was born in a CNT space on Magdalena Street, a space that the union had been using since the 1970s.
In the 1990s and 2000s, they shared it with other groups that met there. There came a time when the union no longer participated in the local, and these other groups continued to use it.
To give you an idea, it was a large apartment with several rooms, so each room was used by different projects. From the Anarchist Youth of many years ago to the Anarchopunk Federation, etc., very different collectives without a common project passed through there..
Then, there came a time when the Klinamen publishing house and the Mundo Muerto distribution company also got involved, and projects began to emerge that gave rise to the library as we understand it today.
In 2003, the library was born under the name Biblioteca Social Enoch, then the bookstore, and later the video library and archive. At some point, all these projects were understood as a common project, which is Local Anarquista Magdalena.
We have never been a project directly linked to the neighborhood, although there have been many stages in which we have been.
Ultimately, we are a libertarian space whose strength is that we are in the center of Madrid and it is a meeting place, whether you have come for a book, an assembly, or an activity. We have projected ourselves more as an infrastructure for the city’s collectives than for the neighborhood.
But for several years, we have participated in assemblies against the gentrification of Lavapiés, such as STOP HOTEL (to stop the construction of the IBIS Hotel in Plaza de Lavapiés) and Paremos Hotel Cabestreros (with the intention of stopping the construction of a hotel in Plaza de Cabestreros).
We have also tried to bring the libertarian and anti-prison discourse to the streets by redefining a crossroads between two streets (Calvario and Ministriles), renaming it Plaza de Xosé Tarrio, where we have hosted screenings, talks, and workshops.
It has also been influential that the Magdalena assembly has never included anyone who lives in the neighborhood; instead, we have been people who have spent many hours in Lavapiés and have felt it is our neighborhood. Since none of us live in Lavapiés, at specific times, such as the COVID lockdown and the day of the blackout, we were unable to offer or use the space as a neighborhood infrastructure.
Also, due to the gentrification of the neighborhood and the expulsion of neighbors, fewer and fewer of our neighbors are using the space.
Despite these difficulties, we want to be a tool and an infrastructure for the Lavapiés neighborhood, something that can be complicated when we’re not there ourselves in their daily lives. But both the library and the space are available and open to the neighborhood.
In fact, we recently established a very nice collaboration with the “Lavapié Dragons,” where kids come every Tuesday to play chess.
On Saturday, September 20, the Anarchist Bookfair will take place in London — one of the main annual events of the anarchist movement in England.
As part of the program, Antti Rautiainen will give a talk titled “Anarchism and Anti-War Resistance in Russia.” Time: 11:00–12:45
Thousands of Russians continue to resist the invasion of Ukraine. In the first month of protests against the war, 15,000 people were detained.
Anarchist hero Ruslan Sadiki got 29 years jail in May 25 for 2 acts of anti Russian Military Sabotage, without anyone getting hurt. He has dual Italian citizenship and ABC Moscow is supporting him. https://t.me/thefreeonline/4106
Small street actions are still taking place sporadically, though they face harsh repression.
More than 300 people have been imprisoned for anti-war activity, including six anarchists and antifascists.
What are the current anti-war initiatives in Rusia? How can the Russian anti-war movement, operating under ever harsher repression, be supported?
Why has the anti-war movement in Russia so far failed to change the course of the war?
Who are today’s imprisoned anarchists and antifascists in Russia, and how can they be supported?
Antti Rautiainen lived in Russia from 1999 to 2012, until he was deported on charges of “endangering the security of the Russian Federation.”
In Russia, he took part in anarchist initiatives supporting prisoners, as well as other projects such as the Avtonom magazine.
Venue in London: Stage (26 Leake Street)
The next day, on Sunday, September 21, the same talk will take place at the Cowley Club Library in Brighton (address: 12 London Road). Time: 12:30–14:30
Running Down the Walls (RDTW) is an annual 5Km run/jog/walk in Nth America organized by the Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF). This powerful community-driven event promotes awareness about political prisoners and prisoners of war in the United States, and fundraises for their essential needs.
In 2025, RDTW is scheduled for September 21st. Confirmed participating cities include Eugene, Portland (OR), Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Miami.
RDTW is deeply rooted in solidarity: while community members take part outside, prisoners participate from within correctional facilities. Onlookers gather to cheer-on the self-described “non-competitive 5K run/jog/walk/roll.”
..https://cldc.org/Activist Defense The CLDC represents activists that, in the course of fighting for a better world, are arrested and criminally charged. We believe their courage deserves the best possible defense that can incorporate the political, social, and philosophical motivations of these activists.
The first RDTW took place in 1999. Since then, it has blossomed into an established tradition occurring annually in multiple cities across the country. Funds raised through the event are directed to vital initiatives supporting incarcerated persons – primarily ABCF Warchest, a program founded in 1994 to aid political prisoners.
From September 21st will see the 26th annual Running Down the Walls events happening all over. So far, events have been confirmed in New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Eugene, OR, Chicago, IL, Bloomington, IL, Lowell, MA, Portland, OR, and Miami, FL. A Pushing Down the Walls event (burpee contest) will also be taking place on November 8th in Southern California.
Since 1999, prisoners and supporters throughout North America have participated in the annual event known as Running Down the Walls (RDTW) often running or walking simultaneously in many cities and prisons at once. Many places will be hosting the 26th annual RDTW on or around Sunday, September 21th, 2025 – stay tuned to our blog for more details from all of the locations participating this year!
This is a non-competitive 5K run/jog/walk/roll to raise awareness and funds for political prisoners. Over the years, we have raised thousands of dollars and lots of awareness around the struggle to free political prisoners.
List of Running Down the Walls 2025 events
Bloomington, Indiana September 21st Bryant Park Southside 1pm registration Running Down the Walls is an annual event that happens in many cities across North America. It is an anti-competitive 5K (run, walk, roll, or just hang out) to raise money for political prisoners. In 2024, BABC had our second ever RDTW and it was a huge success! https://bloomingtonabc.noblogs.org/rdtw25/
Of course Antifa is not an organisation as such but an idea, or an inspiring morality based on direct action.
Because fascists don’t listen to reason. In fact historically they seek to abolish our access to reason by seizing dictatorial power under the guise of irrational rightwing public hysteria..
Trump’s style of populist bullying of minorities and non citizens constantly needs hate victims to rally support, just as Hitler got power abusing gays, foreigners and Jews. (-Only now the Jewish Regime is on the side of Trump).
By now the US police are highly militarized, linked into the arms economy and directed by a paranoic Deep State obsessed with controlling the population, as well as stealing dwindling resources and maintaining its privileges worldwide.
Antifascism for us is a moral human duty. They cannot really ban Antifa because it isnt a Party or Union. But they can jail, repress, deport or just kill us, along with trans kids, and rebellious blacks and women and…you.
They can select or invent a single crime by one of us, cover it 24/7, and watch their shares in the bought media grow.
They have cemented their grip on power by lighting up firestorms of hysterical hatred by labelling single actions by an ‘antifa’ a trans’ or any ‘woke’ as a hate crime. Even if its one in a million¡.
“It’s still worth noting: a man they touted as a champion of free speech was assassinated and their response is the suppression of free speech at levels we haven’t seen since the various red scares of the 20th century… ” Margaret Killjoy Sep 17 2025
But what the US zionist rulers also really want is to outlaw and demonise resistance to Israeli Genocide in Palestine.
Militarised victimisation and illegalisation of antifascists, immigrants, etc is an obvious step towards outlawing all criticism of Israel
Despite new laws supporting Israel and a blind eye to Israeli bribery and political blackmail. Despite countless billions of public money given in gifted armaments, the resistance to the mass slaughter of innocents and children still increases.
“Some have gone as far as to warn of the connection with Trump’s recent deployment of National Guard troops to US cities, under the aegis of fighting crime and abetting ICE in their harvest of illegals. They have tied the initiatives into a broader ‘Project Esther’-style commitment to “fight antisemitism” by shielding Israel from any possible criticisms in order to whitewash Israel’s now-indisputable crimes.
For those that don’t know, Project Esther—named after a figure in the Hebrew bible—comes by way of the Heritage Foundation and aims to “dismantle the Hamas network” in the US by labeling anyone criticizing Israel or supporting Palestine as potential ‘terrorists’ and being tied to Hamas.
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