Rhode Island Anti-War Committee

03/13/2026

Protest US militarism-end the wars now

03/12/2026

PROTEST U.S. WAR ON IRAN. Friday, March 13, 4 PM in Providence
Join with the RI Anti-War Committee to stand against American militarism and call for an end to U.S.-backed wars. Oppose the attack on Iran. End the oil embargo on Cuba. No more aid to Israel and support self-determination for the Palestinians. Call for the U.S. to sign on to the UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM (new summer hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403463251097871/1403463257764537.
Help spread the word.
When will the U.S. war on Iran end? Trump says the war will end soon. Clearly, he does not want a prolonged fight that will push oil prices up even further. The cost of the war is another factor. Eleven billion dollars over just eight days has given jitters all around. The stock market drop of 7% in only a few days is another reason for Trump to want to end this war. However, he may not be the person to make the final decision.
Netanyahu and the Israeli government see this war as a once in a lifetime opportunity to destroy Iran. They’re not simply satisfied with regime change. They are looking at breaking the country apart and want the enriched nuclear material taken out of Iran. Israeli forces, along with the U.S. military, have been training for years to carry out this mission. It would certainly require commando forces to land inside Iran, enter the underground storage areas and package the nuclear material to be airlifted out of the country.
The Iranian government has always pledged to not build a nuclear bomb, but wanted an ability to get one if it would help deter a foreign attack. If the war ends without Israel and the U.S. getting the enriched uranium, then whoever in Iran is left in charge will be tempted to build some sort of nuclear device.

03/10/2026

Speaking at rally against the wars

03/07/2026

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THIS SATURDAY IN RI: STAND UP AGAINST THE WAR ON IRAN!

Saturday, March 7
1PM
Federal Building — 1 Exchange Terrace

Over 1000 people have been killed already by the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran—including over 100 children as they sat in their elementary school.

The people of the U.S. overwhelmingly oppose the war, but that opposition needs to be expressed in the streets so it is impossible to ignore.

Join us in Rhode Island or join a protest in your city at answercoalition.org/iran to make your voice heard!

03/07/2026

03/06/2026

PROTEST U.S. WAR ON IRAN. Friday, March 6, 3 PM in Providence
Join with the RI Anti-War Committee to stand against American militarism and call for an end to U.S.-backed wars. End the oil embargo on Cuba. No more aid to Israel and support self-determination for the Palestinians. Stop the attack on Iran. Call for the U.S. to sign on to the UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 3 PM (winter hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/900244273004025.
Help spread the word.
Is there an end to this madness? Trump is complaining that Israel keeps killing all the Iranian leaders that the U.S. is ready and willing to talk to. A new monstrosity, long in gestation, has been thrust upon the world. Israel is now completely freed of any constraints and is empowered to lash out and destroy any peoples or nations of its choosing. Thank you, Joe Biden, for giving Israel the means to kill 70,000 Palestinians and attack Lebanon, Syria and Iran. Now, Israel, at the height of its power, is willing to pummel Iran, possibly to the point of its dissolution. Israel has taken the lead in expanding target selection in Iran. Not only missiles and their launchers, but internal security targets such as police stations. Already, Israel and the U.S. have carried out over 2,000 strikes against Iran, many with multiple warheads.
What’s the ultimate U.S. goal of this war? Actually, there doesn’t appear to be one. A few weeks ago, it was to eliminate Iran’s nuclear enrichment program and its long-range missiles. Then Trump began to talk about regime change. The target list keeps expanding and estimates indicate that 3,000 Iranians have been killed to date. There is talk of arming Kurdish fighters to invade Iran and eventually break Iran up into ethnic regional enclaves. This will surely lead to prolonged fighting, a mass refugee crisis, and an introduction of external militant groups such as ISIS into the mix.
What can we expect going forward? An emboldened Trump will turn up the pressure on the Cuban government in hopes of destroying it. He has already talked about taking back the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. And Trump has recently landed American troops in Nigeria and Ecuador. Israel, for its part, is ready to renew it war on Gaza, continue to attack Lebanon and annex the West Bank, expelling most of the Palestinians living there.
There is no limit to the level of immorality the Trump administration is capable of. They have already slashed the social safety net and government services that poorer Americans depend on, run roughshod over the undocumented and are now aiming to cut back medical benefits for millions of Americans. The anti-war movement is a good place to start with pushing back against the Trump agenda.

03/01/2026

RI Antiwar Committee was with PSL, RI DSA, JVP, and Brown U students to protest the US/Israeli terror war on Iran. Over 100 school girls were murdered yesterday when the US/Israel dropped bombs on their schools in Minab, and the outskirts of Tehran. The US/Israel are terror states and their leaders belong in The Hague on trial for war crimes.

02/27/2026

NO TO WAR ON IRAN. Friday, February 27, 3 PM in Providence
Join with the RI Anti-War Committee to stand against American militarism and call for an end to U.S.-backed wars. End the oil embargo on Cuba. No more aid to Israel and support self-determination for the Palestinians. No attacks on Iran or any other country. Call for the U.S. to sign on to the UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 3 PM (winter hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Note that there is FREE parking for the first two hours at the PPM garage. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1582103249601933/1582103279601930.
Help spread the word.
Lies, Bombs and Destruction. In interviews, Trump administration officials expressed surprise that Iran hasn’t already backed down and accepted U.S. demands in order to avoid an American attack. U.S. officials disregard the fact that Iran has already been assaulted many times by the U.S., Israel and their allies. In Iran’s view, backing down won’t end the attacks on their country. Iran has already been subjected to the 1952 C.I.A.-assisted coup against their democratically elected president. Iran had to fight an 8-year war to defend itself against the 1980 Iraqi invasion that was supported by the U.S. and killed one million of its people. They’ve seen the U.S. assassinate their top military leader in 2020. Israel’s terrorist attacks killed dozens of Iran’s top scientists, military leaders and government officials. Then, last summer, Israel and the U.S. teamed up to bomb Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities and kill dozens more Iranians.
Now, in addition to giving up nuclear enrichment, the Trump administration is demanding that Iran give up its long-range missiles that could reach Israel and U.S. bases in the region. In other words, Iran is being told to leave itself defenseless against two of the world’s most aggressive military powers. What would any country do against this existential threat?
World domination, both economic and military, is the goal of the Trump administration. It is natural that there will be pushback from nations that don’t want to submit to the helter-skelter leadership of the United States. This endless string of wars imposed on the world by the U.S. is the true threat against humanity. Wars have unintended consequences. No one foresaw the rise of ISIS and the migrant crisis in Europe resulting from the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Americans cannot remain complacent. U.S. foreign policy is not being formulated in their interests.

02/23/2026

NO WAR ON IRAN. Tuesday, February 24, 3 PM in Providence
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the current CEASEFIRE holds in Israel’s assault on Gaza. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Let Cuba Live. End the oil embargo. No war on Iran. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 3 PM (winter hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1171323868324013/1171323891657344. Help spread the word.
Compensation. The aim of the Trump administration’s policy towards Cuba is not just to overthrow its government, but to reestablish American ownership and control over key parts of its economy. The U.S. Supreme Court already has cases on its docket that seek compensation for American-owned assets that were taken by Cuban revolutionaries. The Cuban people will be free to live impoverished lives as exploited workers under an American dominated ownership class.
However, compensation can cut both ways. Just as Zionists cling to October 7, 2023 as the start of history in Palestine, right-wing Americans don’t dare to consider any history of the U.S. relevant before a date convenient to their aims; in Cuba’s case 1959. If justice is ever to prevail, compensation must be provided to the descendants of slaves who had their labor and liberty stolen during a 250-year period. In addition, compensation must be provided to the indigenous people of the Americas who had their land and lives stolen by European colonizers.
Free land and free labor got the American ownership class off to a rousing start that has them at the top of the heap that is making life miserable for many in the rest of the world.