The Answer Coalition posted a call online on Feb. 28 for support of their Day of Protest on March 2 at 39 locations across the country against the US. and Israel war against Iran.     

“Initial co-sponsors of this day of protest include: ANSWER Coalition, The People’s Forum, National Iranian-American Council, Democratic Socialists of America, Palestinian Youth Movement, American Muslims for Palestine, Black Alliance for Peace, CODEPINK, Center on Conscience and War, About Face.”

One location is in Richmond, Virginia.

Donations are being collected online by Progress Unity Fund PUF/Answer Coalition.

On Saturday, Feb. 28, Columbia University’s largest anti-Israel group, “CUAD (Columbia University’s Apartheid Divest) held a gathering with signs in Persian saying,” Death to America,” according to a NY POST report online on Mar. 1. The group was forced to remove the phrase from X or face removal of the page.

— Carol Bova