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Jacksonville, FL \u2013 On Sunday, March 15, in response to the U.S. and Israel aggression on Iran and Lebanon, the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network (JPSN) took to the streets, and a coalition of organizations joined them to protest the unjust war.<\/p>\n
This mobilization of about 80 people to downtown Jacksonville came hot off the heels of the rally JPSN organized on February 28, the day of the first strike on Iran.<\/p>\n
Shayne Tremblay, a member of JPSN, addressed the crowd, \u201cAgainst the will of the American people, Donald Trump has started a war. A war that has already displaced millions of Iranians. A war that has killed thousands of people in Iran and Lebanon. A war that has killed hundreds of children.\u201d The crowd yelled back in response, \u201cShame!\u201d<\/p>\n
Banners reading \u201cHands off Iran\u201d waved in the wind beside signs reading \u201cEnd aid to Israel,\u201d as well as Palestinian flags. Many people at the rally spoke on the relationship of this war to the genocide in Palestine, and chants of \u201cFree, free, Palestine\u201d echoed throughout the downtown.<\/p>\n
Organizations from a variety of movements were in attendance, including The Jacksonville Immigrant Rights Alliance, and Take Em\u2019 Down Jax, Students for a Democratic Society, Democratic Socialists of America, the Jacksonville Community Action Committee, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and more.<\/p>\n
There was some rain, but the crowd held strong. People walking past the rally stopped to listen to the speakers. A member of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression stated, \u201cThe aggression we see from the U.S. in Iran, and from Israel in Palestine, is an extension of the aggression we face here at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was a contingent of proud union members in the crowd, and a general sentiment of the importance of the working class in opposing these wars.<\/p>\n
Wells Todd, a veteran activist with Take Em\u2019 Down Jax, spoke on the need to transform our unions into fighting organizations. A rank-and-file Teamster asked the crowd, \u201cDo we, workers, want this war? Does this war benefit us?\u201d The crowd shouted back: \u201cNo!\u201d<\/p>\n
A team of marshals stayed on the lookout for any counter-protesters; they also passed out water to the attendees.<\/p>\n
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