A pathetically small crowd turned out to protest against American and Israeli strikes in Iran and show solidarity with Iran’s murderous regime Saturday.
A laughably small crowd gathered Saturday to protest against the American and Israeli airstrikes Saturday that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and many of his top aides and other Iranian political and military figures.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel estimated the crowd at “more than 50,” but pictures the newspaper posted online reveal attendance to be much smaller. Many in the crowd were noticeably elderly.
“We are enraged for the Iranians being killed and injured. We are enraged for Palestinians who are still facing genocide and starvation at the hands of Israel and the U.S. And we say, shame,” the Journal Sentinel quoted protest organizer Sara Onitsuka as telling the small crowd at Zeidler Union Square.
A separate, also sparsely-attended demonstration by the Party for Socialism and Liberation took place at Cathedral Square.. Combined, the events attracted only a small fraction of the crowds seen in prior Milwaukee protests on domestic issues such as policing over the past decade.
Despite cold temperatures and falling snow, attendees huddled around the gazebo, holding signs and chanting calls for peace, an end to what they described as aggression, and a redirection of resources to U.S. domestic priorities like education and healthcare.
