March 2nd - Content to Amplify
Trump bombs Iran, 148+ little Iranian girls murdered, Americans don’t want war
TL/DR; Amplify these narratives (content below):
From Iran to ICE concentration camps to Epstein Island, the Trump regime continues to destroy the lives of children and families here and abroad.
Americans want peace and to be able to afford our healthcare and groceries, not endless wars.
This war is another sign of Trump’s weakness and desperation to appear strong.
The Trump regime and the Epstein class will profit from war with Iran.
Calls to Action
TONIGHT 7pm ET: Mass Call - Stop Trump’s War on Iran: Join MoveOn, 50501 and Win Without War for an emergency mass call.
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Weekend of Action March 7-9th: Weekend of Action for International Women’s Day organized by Women’s March to demand: stop the wars, free the files, abolish ICE
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Trump has bombed his 7th country since taking office in 2025. Over the weekend:
The Trump and Netanyahu regimes began dropping bombs on Iran.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the strikes, and Iranians are celebrating the end of their oppressor’s 36-year rule.
The Trump and Netanyahu regimes are already committing war crimes. On Saturday, they bombed a girls’ school, killing 148 children mostly between the ages of 7 and 12. On Sunday they bombed a hospital in Tehran. The overall death toll so far has reached at least 555.
The conflict is already escalating across the Middle East. Iran is striking back at U.S. military bases in the region, with three U.S. troops killed so far and Trump saying more will die.
Trump and Netanyahu’s rogue initiation of war on Iran has already killed innocent civilians and children and put the entire world in danger. While it is understandable that Iranians, who have been suffering under their regime’s violent oppression, are celebrating the death of Khamenei, we also know that American intervention in the Middle East has always been about power, oil, and profits, and not about liberating oppressed people. And we know this move is straight out of the authoritarian playbook: an attempt to distract from Trump’s growing list of crimes and failures and create foreign conflict in order to consolidate more power at home. War is deeply unpopular with a majority of Americans; only 1 in 4 Americans support Trump’s attack on Iran. Americans don’t want to bomb a little girls’ elementary school. They want to get out of medical debt, feed their kids, make a decent wage, pay their rent, send their kids to college, retire in dignity. They want ICE out of their neighborhoods and to hold the Epstein child abusers accountable. The list goes on.
We won’t be distracted. And we can’t allow a couple of war criminals to bomb innocent Iranians – and endanger the whole world in the process – in our name. Please also beware of the Islamaphobia that is sure to sweep through the MAGA narratives. For those of us that remember 9/11 and Iraq, we must avoid falling into the same traps. When we talk about the war on Iran, our narratives should focus on:
the human toll and impact, with real, emotionally-resonant footage;
the fact that Americans do not want this war / what we want instead;
Trump’s weakness and fascism;
the corrupt motives for this war (desperation to distract from the Epstein files + his failures, oil, and money to name a few); and
Americans’ demands to end the war.
Check out talking points from Win Without War, Do’s and Don’ts from ASO, and more guidance and content below.
TOP THREE THINGS TO AMPLIFY
1. From Iran to ICE concentration camps to Epstein Island, the Trump regime continues to destroy the lives of children and families here and abroad.
It’s important that we tie topics together to create one cohesive story in our commentary. For example: the Trump regime is committing crimes against humanity and destroying the lives of children and families. The Trump regime has bombed children, teachers, patients, doctors, and civilians in Iran. This is after he sexually abused children on Epstein island, and while he continues to traumatize children in ICE concentration camps. It’s also critical that we center stories revealing the tangible human impact on the ground in Iran. Learning from the stories of ICE and Gaza, be sure to share first-hand footage that makes the human cost of war clear.
Iran
165+ little girls were murdered by airstrikes on an elementary school in Iran – the latest example of Trump’s war on children
The Trump and Netanyahu regimes bombed a hospital in Tehran, and a newborn baby in an incubator was among those evacuating
Trump’s statement on “lives will be lost” in Iran draws comparisons to Lord Farquad in Shrek
Epstein
DOJ is hiding 53 pages of FBI interviews with allegations of Trump sexually abusing a 13 year old
“Epstein Walk of Shame” installed in DC with men listed in the files
DOJ has been removing files from public Epstein file database
Highway signs across the US go up in protest: “The files aren’t in Tehran”
ICE
911 calls from Dilley show kids with fever struggling to breathe in detention
Trump admin is already at war with citizens at home in MN
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2. Americans want peace and to be able to afford our healthcare and groceries, not endless wars.
Americans want pretty simple things, and murdering Iranian children or bombing civilian hospitals are not on the list. We want to be able to keep food on the table, pay our rent, afford our medications, give our kids a good life, get out of debt, make a decent living with what we’re paid for our work. The Trump regime is failing at all of these things.
Americans don’t want war, we want better lives
Only 1 in 4 Americans support the war on Iran
U.S. gas prices to rise as a result of war with Iran
Emergency protests took place nationwide as Americans call for “No was with Iran”
Prominent GOP figures criticize the Trump administration for Iran war
3. This war is another sign of Trump’s weakness and desperation to appear strong.
War is a big part of the authoritarian playbook. Why? Authoritarians start foreign wars in order to assert and consolidate power at home. This war comes on the heels of news that the SAVE Act is dead in the Senate and Trump is contemplating how to evoke emergency powers in order to seize control of our elections. As Trump spirals through more and more failures, he desperately wants to hold on to power – to be seen as strong. We won’t grant him that.
Authoritarians want war to consolidate power
Trump is losing and is creating distraction
Trump is trying to manufacture an emergency with war to seize control of elections
MAGA using war to try to get Democrats to cave on DHS funding
BONUS: The Trump regime and the Epstein class will profit from war with Iran.
We know who will ultimately profit from war with Iran: Trump and the same Epstein class of greedy billionaires.
Reports show people placing bets on airstrikes in Iran hours before they took place
Mar-a-Lago is profiting from hosting the US war room for Iran operations
Iran ranks #3 for most oil reserves
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MORE CONTENT + CLIPS
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(showcase the movement to fight back from everyday people to institutions to build social proof)
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Radiohead tells DHS to “Go f*ck themselves” for using their song in pro-ICE ad
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Veteran CBS producer Mary Walsh leaves, citing politicized newsroom
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200+ staffers at Google and Open AI sign letter to protest AI in domestic surveillance and autonomous warfare
MN neighborhood uses whistles to chase off ICE agents and mocks them: “You can’t run for shit!”
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ICE / Military Escalation
(show the reality of fascism and widespread impact on communities)
Sheriff’s department and ICE attack and arrest peaceful protesters outside Whipple detention center
Brooklyn residents peppersprayed and arrested by ICE, while trying to prevent man from being kidnapped
ICE is moving vehicles from Minneapolis, MN to Williamsport, MD for MD operations
Fascism + Corruption
(showcase corruption and rising fascism in U.S. government)
Banner with Charlie Kirk on DOE next to phrase: “Empowering our states to tell the stories of our heroes in American education”
DOJ removed a photo of U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick from Epstein files, raising questions about Lutnick’s connection with Epstein
Trump is losing and keeps talking about nationalizing elections
Corporate Capitulation
(highlight corporate entities that are benefiting from or complying with authoritarianism)
OpenAI signs deal with Department of War after Anthropic is cut
Lyft campaign to support trans people in Kansas receives backlash, only offering up to $10 off rides one time
Personal Impacts
(showcase the real world day-to-day impacts on everyday people)
65-year-old blind disabled woman shares how she is starving under the Trump regime
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People have less spending power now compared to 20 years ago
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