Global Sumud Flotilla 2026: I Navigation began
On Sunday 12 April the international delegations of the Global Sumud Flotilla 2026 They began their journey with humanitarian and political objectives, in a scenario marked by changes compared to the previous year and a growing escalation of conflicts in the Middle East. The International Socialist League (LIS) returns to actively participate in the mission to Gaza.
Navigation began, with an exciting farewell
Ships with delegations 52 Countries anchored in the Moll de la Fusta began sailing from Barcelona without yet entering international waters. As announced “…we will have to wait for the storm that comes from Menorca to pass.”, All our ships are ready to continue towards Italy…where more ships will join the fleet”.
The final act synthesized the feeling of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, with two days of workshops, music and art. The activities complemented the profile of the participants from different countries who during the previous days were thoroughly trained and prepared for the game.. The starting message was very clear, with humanitarian objectives, for the Palestinian cause and appealing for the mobilization on land to be expressed with force again, both for Palestine and in support of the GSF.
A different situation
Just like during last year's Flotilla, The crews must subject the pace of the route to the weather conditions, maritime conditions and the state of the small ships that board. Equally, the determining factor is the changes in the political situation.
La GSF 2025 It occurred within the framework of a massive and widespread mobilization process in support of the Palestinian people., in particular gazati. When the genocide and ethnic cleansing carried out by the State of Israel intensified, millions of people, mainly young people, students and women, they occupied universities, They boycotted Zionist interests and mobilized. Sectors of the working class, with port workers at the forefront, They carried out important strikes that marked a very worrying path for the power.
This reality challenged governments and was key to stopping the bombings., but in no way did it solve the historical or present problems of Zionist colonization and caused confusion about the need to continue and deepen the ongoing actions..
Confusions to overcome
Solidarity with Palestine has not disappeared and will surely be expressed again as strongly as throughout history. Nevertheless, the cheating Israel-USA pact. THE. and Hamas legalized genocide, ethnic cleansing, territorial occupation and served as a basis for advancing with the annexation of the West Bank, the invasion of southern Lebanon and the attacks on Iran. As a result, current actions do not have the same magnitude on which the GSF sailed.
Away from bourgeois expressions, a determining factor
Another fundamental element, It is the escalation of war, that directly involves US imperialism. THE. and its gendarme State of Israel, attacking Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen and other countries. These are facts that were not present in the previous Flotilla and that require that each stopover be accompanied by precise evaluations., democratic consultations and conscientious decisions on mission security, both in relation to their partial destinations and the final.
Mobilize for Palestine, the attacked countries and the Flotilla
These facts, force us to respond with determination to the call of the GSF to promote mobilizations and actions, both to protect it and to demand that governments take sides in its favor. Last year's process combined a mutual feeding: The GSF was created from the mobilizations that, at the same time fed, in a political symbiosis of great global impact that needs to be recreated.
The LIS returns to actively participate
The LIS is once again part of the Flotilla, this time with fellow deputy Cele Fierro and fellow doctor Raúl Laguna, both from MST-Argentina. With the support on land of Socialism and Freedom (SOL), Workers Power (Germany) and Alejandro Bodart, LIS coordinator, at the farewell to Barcelona, with the Communist Workers Party (Italy) and with all the organizations that make up the LIS on the five continents.
We sail to bring hope to land and organize solidarity in everyday life. As socialists in the Flotilla, we call to promote mobilizations, blockades and strikes, Only in this way can we protect the ships and put pressure on the governments. As with the previous Flotilla, We will report on all events until the end of the mission.
Free Palestine and Middle East
With complete success, Flotilla participants put the body to the mission, without losing sight of what is happening in Gaza and the Middle East. In this regard, There will not be a sea mile without Cele and Raúl stopping denouncing imperialism and Zionism for their atrocities in Gaza, West Bank and all of Palestine, without raising: Israel out of Lebanon and Zionism must be defeated as a cause of humanity that requires active solidarity and unity of action, demanding governments break relations with the State of Israel, on the path of a fundamental exit that passes through the Socialist Revolution in the Middle East, so that the workers govern and open the way to a single Palestine, secular, Democratic, non racist and socialist.
You may also interest you: “LIS Declaration: Israel out of Lebanon. Defeating the Zionist monster is a cause of all humanity. “Active solidarity with the Lebanese people”.
