Organizers are hoping that Madisonians come out in force for a rally titled “US Out of Iraq! No War with Iran!” that will take place Saturday, Jan. 4, noon-2 p.m. at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The rally is being organized to protest the United States’ escalation toward war with Iran with the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the top military leader of that country.
The Madison branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation is hosting the rally that will be co-sponsored by the Democratic Socialists of America – Madison, Socialist Rifle Association of Madison, Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement and Neighborhood Organizing Institute.
“If Iran openly assassinated a top U.S. general and bragged about it, there is no question that the United States would initiate full-scale war,” the group said on its Facebook page. “Trump and the Pentagon have acted illegally, in violation of the Constitution, the War Powers Act and international law.
“The targeted assassination and murder of a central leader of Iran is designed to initiate a new war. Unless the people of the United States rise up and stop it, this war will engulf the whole region and could quickly turn into a global conflict of unpredictable scope and potentially the gravest consequences,” they added.
