there should have been a rally in rochester as well. a war on iran will not only decimate what’s left of the middle east, it will also escalate violence here at home. CAIR has released information that iranians and iranian-americans are already being detained at the border by US customs and border protection. war-related hate and paranoia will intensify racism, islamophobia, xenophobia and hate crimes against a widening circle of minorities and people already at risk. the state apparatus will go into overdrive with more policing, surveillance, detentions and curtailment of rights. this will affect all of us. the time to resist is now. more here.