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Spain’s Students Stage Nationwide Walkout Over Gaza, Urge General Strike

The action followed the flotilla’s interception, with unions preparing only two-hour stoppages on Oct. 15.

Estudiantes salen a las calles para mostrar su rechazo contra el genocidio en Gaza y los detenidos en las flotillas
Manifestación a favor del pueblo palestino, en Barcelona, en ocubre de 2024.
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Overview

  • Student union Sindicato de Estudiantes led a full-day academic strike on Oct. 2 with coordinated noon marches in roughly 38–40 cities across Spain.
  • Local turnout was sizable in several hubs, including about 1,200 in A Coruña per local police and more than 6,500 in Barcelona according to the Guardia Urbana.
  • High absenteeism was reported at some schools, such as roughly 80% at Instituto Sanje in Alcantarilla, Murcia, with additional protests in cities like Santander, Gijón and Oviedo.
  • Organizers denounced what they call genocide in Gaza, backed the Global Sumud Flotilla and demanded that Spain sever ties with Israel and escalate Oct. 15 actions into a general strike.
  • CCOO and UGT in Castilla-La Mancha have officially registered two-hour work stoppages for Oct. 15 in three shifts, while Israel said flotilla passengers are safe and are being moved for deportation to Europe.