03/01/2026
Syracuse mobilized with only hours’ notice to demand: “Stop the war on Iran!” The Trump administration and Israel have launched a massive military escalation against Iran, and the consequences are already devastating. Yesterday, an airstrike hit an elementary school for girls in the city of Minab—over 150 children were killed. This is not a war for “democracy” or ‘human rights.”
The U.S. has spent generations trying to dominate the Middle East for its oil, its waterways, its resources, and its people. For decades, it has surrounded Iran with American military bases, preparing for this war of aggression. Marco Rubio laid it bare at a conference in Germany: they want “a new Western century.” This is a war for empire.
Meanwhile, right here in Syracuse, working-class families are struggling to make rent, put food on the table, or see a doctor. Syracuse has the nation’s worst child poverty among larger U.S. cities. We’re spending nearly $1 trillion a year on the Pentagon’s war machine, when money that should be going to healthcare, education, housing, and meeting our needs.
This war is illegal. Under both the U.S. Constitution and international law, you cannot simply launch a war of aggression on a whim. But Trump and the billionaire class have made it clear: the rule of law is subject to a double standard. They act illegally and with impunity.
The majority of Americans oppose war on Iran. We don’t want our cities to languish in poverty for the sake of the war machine. We don’t want our siblings, children, and neighbors sent overseas to kill and die for corporate profits; and we don’t want the people of Iran to die for them either. We have more in common with the people of Iran than we do with the billionaire warmongers.
No US-Israeli war on Iran!
