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UNITED STATES The following interview with Ajamu Baraka, national organizer of Black Alliance for Peace, was conducted on January 26, by Alan Benjamin, editorial board member of The Organizer newspaper.

8 février 2020

Question: Could you tell us about the Global Day of Action yesterday [January 25] and why Black Alliance for Peace not only participated but played a leadership role in building this antiwar protest?
Ajamu Baraka: It was a positive development to see that people came out across the United States in the tens of thousands to express their opposition to the war on Iran by the Republican Party, led by Donald Trump, and by the Democrats, who, though they expressed concerns about some of Trump's recent actions against Iran, have been stalwart supporters of U.S. imperialism's permanent war agenda all along.
Across the country, people came out to say "NO U.S. War on Iran!" — including NO to the U.S. sanctions against Iran that are killing Iranian women and children daily — and to demand that [...]