A number of U.S.-based activist organizations, including anti-Israel and extremist groups, are calling on supporters to mobilize in the wake of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, urging demonstrations and, in some cases, direct action aimed at disrupting the �Zionist war machine.�
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network issued a public statement condemning the military action against Iran and calling for �the broadest mobilizations everywhere to not only protest but to shut down the war machine with action.�
The group urged supporters to organize emergency demonstrations in �cities, communities, and campuses around the world,� particularly in Western countries, and to move beyond symbolic protest. �This is the time for action, awareness, and confrontation,� the statement read.
National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) similarly called on campus chapters to mobilize in defense of Iran�s �sovereignty.� In a statement, the organization described itself as a leading �anti-imperialist force on campus� and framed opposition to U.S. policy as a central test of that role.
�We have a duty to halt the war machine and defend the sovereignty of a country which U.S. Zionist forces seek to dismantle,� the statement said.
A Chicago chapter affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine drew additional scrutiny after posting messages appearing to celebrate an Iranian missile strike on a U.S. Navy base in Bahrain.
Meanwhile, a coalition describing itself as �black and brown-led NYC community organizations� � including the Bronx Anti-War Coalition and Crown Heights Bites Back � released a joint statement expressing solidarity with Iran�s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and what it termed the �resistance axis.�
The rhetoric extends beyond left-wing activist circles. The Aryan Freedom Network, a white nationalist organization, issued its own call for mobilization, urging supporters to prepare and organize in response to what it characterized as a �Zionist system.� The group�s statement included antisemitic conspiracy claims and inflammatory language targeting Jews and political figures.
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