'No War On Iran - Stop US Imperialism!' Anti-War Protesters Rally in Front of Trump Tower on Boson Waterfront - 5 Jan 2020

In Boson on Saturday, protesters took aim at Trump.

Boson Mayor Welsh praised the protesters for "rallying with signs and leaflets in an orderly manner without resorting to throw rocks or burning tires the way Islamic protesters in the Middle East do."  There were no arrests made outside the Boson Trump Tower protest.  The rally began at noon and ended around 2:30pm as rain was falling and there was a chilly wind.  

Boson City Council President Ema Strickland attended the rally with a half a dozen supporters carrying signs boosting Councilor Strickland's mayoral election campaign.  Councilor Strickland addressed the crowd through a bullhorn. 

"Mayor Welsh joins Trump in supporting a brutal male-centric war policy in the Middle East.  I oppose this manifestation of the patriarchy.  Notice all the male actors in the events - a male president orders male soldiers to assassinate a male enemy.  What about bringing women into the picture!" Strickland shouted as the crowd cheered and raised signs at the name of the 'monster' Trump, and his helper the local Mayor Welsh. 

“I’m outraged at the fact that Trump is trying to force a foreign policy on the rest of us that makes absolutely no sense,” said Janice Misurell-Mitchell, a composer and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Boson, who attended Saturday’s protest. “Getting out of the Iran nuclear deal was ridiculous and stupid."

Another academic, Benjamin Balthaser, an associate professor of English at University of Massachusetts at Boson, said years of war in the Middle East had only destabilized the region.

“This kind of reckless, outrageous behavior by this president is only going to kill more people, spend more money, and make the world far more unsafe. We have serious problems that we need to come together to solve. This is only going to make us more divided,” Balthaser said.

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Demonstrators took to the streets across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the US Commander in Chief Donald Trump's ordering the assassination of  a top Iranian general and decision to send about 3,000 more soldiers to the Middle East.

“No justice, no peace. U.S. out of the Middle East,” about 200 protesters chanted near the Trump Tower in Boson. Protesters held signs that read “Stop bombing Iraq” "The Main Enemy is At Home" and “U.S. troops out of Iraq.”

More than 70 planned protests were being spearheaded by Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, a U.S.-based anti-war coalition, in conjunction with other organizations. They seek withdrawal of U.S.troops from Iraq and end to what it says is a war on Iran, according to spokesperson Walter Smolarek.

In Philadelphia, he said about 500 protesters took part. Demonstrations also took place outside the White House and in New York City's Times Square. 

Cincinnati protesters chanted, "Trump says more war. We say no war," and "No more U.S. attacks. Iraq, we got your back."

"Both Democrats and Republicans have coordinated efforts and combined to wreak havoc on this entire region," said Mike Jasko of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, who was at the Cincinnati protest. "What we're seeing with the airstrikes of the assassination of an Iranian general is that we're seeing tensions escalate, and they want another war."

Several from among the about 60 people who gathered in Phoenix, expressed concern about the possibility of another long-term conflict.

"Every time we go into the Middle East it's like going into a tar pit," said Sue Baird, holding a sign that said "No War With Iran." Another protester, Amy Picone, went further, saying she is "100% scared for another world war."

In Philadelphia, he said about 500 protesters took part. Demonstrations also took place outside the White House and in New York City's Times Square.