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Join a March 17th Movement Call for Self-Determination and Freedom

Liberation Road Mar 12

Tehran—Fourth Day of War. Avash Media, CC 4.0 International License

Join Liberation Road and Rising Majority for a webinar and panel discussion on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, moderated by Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Stop the War: A Movement Call for Self-Determination and Freedom

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM CT / 5:00 PM PT

Register: https://actionnetwork.org/events/stop-the-war-a-movement-call-for-self-determination-and-freedom-2/?source=liberationroad

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are waging a catastrophic war on Iran. Their governments’ escalating attacks are already bringing devastating consequences: civilian deaths, expanding regional conflict, and the real risk of another endless war that will cost countless lives.

This latest assault on Iran grows directly out of the ongoing war and genocide in Gaza and a decades-long US and Israeli imperialist project to reshape the Middle East. From Gaza to Lebanon to Iran, the same logic is at work: expanding US-Israeli military dominance while closing off the political space for democratic and emancipatory movements across the region.

For the Iranian people, the suffering did not begin with these bombings. Earlier this year, the Iranian regime brutally suppressed a wave of popular uprisings, adding to a long history of repression. The people of Iran have endured violence both from their own rulers and from decades of US-led sanctions, threats, and military intervention.

Rising authoritarianism inside Iran, Israel, and the United States both feeds and is intensified by this war between them. There is a deep connection between internal repression and external war: the same forces driving this imperialist war of aggression are escalating repression, racism, and attacks on democratic rights inside the United States.

That’s why we’re co-hosting a webinar with Rising Majority to discuss the war, what it means, and our movements’ response. Speakers include:

• Puya Gerami, Iranian-Americans for Peace and Democracy

• Sara Haghdoosti, MoveOn

• Samer Araabi, Arab Resource & Organizing Center

• Eran Efrati, Jewish Voice for Peace

• Bill Fletcher (Moderator), Standing for Democracy

Each of these speakers will offer a unique and much-needed perspective on the long history of Iranian people’s struggle against both domestic authoritarianism and foreign intervention; the regional implications of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, including the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza; and the entwinement of the U.S. imperialist agenda and Israel’s Zionist project.

As our movements mobilize to the streets to resist this war, pressure Congress to course correct on this reckless decision by the Trump and Netanyahu regimes, and get organized to save as many lives as possible, our hope is that this discussion can help strengthen our understanding of what’s at stake and what’s to be done.

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PS - You can also take action today by signing an open letter from Iranian-Americans for Peace and Democracy (IAPD), a new grassroots network. Formed in response to both pro-war voices in parts of the Iranian diaspora and apologism for the regime in some anti-war spaces, IAPD advances a clear alternative: reject both US bombs and the Iranian regime’s tyranny while standing with the Iranian people’s struggle for democracy.

 Read and sign the letter at https://iapd.net/