Protest movements succeed or fail entirely upon whether or not enough people show up to call out and rail against injustice, which is why the organizers of A2 Against Ice looked a bit nervous in the minutes leading up to their March 15 protest against the war in Iran. It was overcast and windless, Sunday; the sort of weather that would turn you rock solid with cold in the spring, but after a whole winter, feels pleasantly warm. And it was quiet.
Then dozens and dozens of people showed up in front of the Ann Arbor Federal Building. And they got really, really loud.
“It’s really good to see college kids organizing. It gives you a lot of hope,” Sarah Steele, an Ann Arbor resident, said once the protest turned into a march. She estimates that she has been to about 20 protests so far this administration. “I don’t have any words right now about what we’ve done in Iran. I feel like every time I close my eyes, I see that photo of the graves in Minab, so I thought that would be powerful enough message.”
The United States military succeeded in destroying most of the leadership in Iran with the strikes launched with Israel. They also blew up a grade school. According to the New York Times, about 175 people were killed…