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Organizers put out a statement saying: “Trump’s unprovoked, illegal attack on Iran is an act of war that threatens to cause unthinkable death and destruction. although the individuals of this country reject another endless war and will take to the streets now and make our voices heard.” New York’s DSA-aligned mayor, Zohran Mamdani, stated earlier in the day that the US and Israel strikes on Iran “mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression.
The coalition listed other “emergency protests” on Saturday, including in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and Minneapolis. Others will be held on Sunday in smaller cities, including: Albany, New York; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Decorah, Iowa; Gainesville, Florida; and Springfield, Missouri.
“No president can attack or kidnap or bomb another country without the permission of the Congress,” she stated, although conceded that “it’s irrelevant what Congress thinks because this president goes and does whatever he wants to do to any country.” That sense of fait accompli that accompanies recent Trump administration foreign policy actions, including the capture of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president, permeated the New York gathering of several hundred protesters. Scores of protests were sponsored by a coalition of leftwing groups, including: the Answer Coalition, the National Iranian American Council, 50501, American Muslims for Palestine, the individuals’s Forum, Palestinian Youth Movement, CodePink, Black Alliance for Peace and the Democratic Socialists of America.
“It wasn’t sanctioned by Congress, so what Trump is doing is on his own terms, it’s making him a fascist and it’s making the country into a fascist state,” stated Sue Johnson, a protester. He’s like, ‘Well ICE didn’t work, so let’s go stir things up in the Middle East.
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