International Day of Action
Stop The Wars With A General Strike
Anniversary of Ukraine War & Opposition To Wars on Cuba, Venezuela & Against US-Israel Attack on Iran & Palestine & People of Middle East
Saturday, February 28, 2026 – 12:00 Noon
San Francisco US federal Building 90-7th St., SF
On the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine, the US and Israel are poised to launch a bombing campaign against Iran, which could lead to a catastrophic regional war in the Middle East. The US, which instigated the war in Ukraine by backing the overthrow of the Ukrainian government in 2014, has used the conflict as a means to weaken its rival Russia—with the strategic aim of subordinating or even fragmenting it as a competing power. Washington speaks endlessly of “democracy” and the defense of Ukrainians against Russian aggression, but in practice it has shown utter indifference to the two million civilians and soldiers who have been killed. Hundreds of thousands of working-class Russians have also died needlessly in this war. Neither the Russian nor the US imperialists are acting in the interests of their populations. Only the war profiteers and the elites who depend on permanent militarization are benefiting. We oppose all military intervention and call on Russian and Ukrainian soldiers to turn their guns against their own ruling classes and oligarchs.
The US has used this war to push for massive increases in military spending in Europe, decreasing the living standards of European workers, whose capitalist governments are shifting billion more to their own war budgets. This rearmament is financed through cuts to social programs, wage cuts, and the further transfer of public wealth into the hands of the military-industrial complex.
The central target of this strategy is China. As China increasingly outstrips the US in technology and production, the US is turning to trade war and militarism. The US seeks dominance over the Middle East and key energy routes in order to control the oil and raw materials vital to China’s economy, in preparation for a potential military confrontation between the two powers.
US imperialism now has its sights on Iran, which it has long sought to overthrow as the primary obstacle to its dominance over the Middle East. This is a bipartisan agenda of both the Democrats and Republicans who just voted for a trillion-dollar war budget, giving Israel 3.8 billion dollars per year to prosecute their genocide against the Palestinians, while cutting healthcare, housing and education.
The AFL-CIO trade union bureaucracy is also complicit in these imperialist wars. It recently received $70 million from the fascist Trump government for their so-called “Solidarity Center,” which operates as an arm of US imperialism. It was involved in the past attempted overthrow of Venezuela, the coups in Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala and many other countries. It has received over $1 billion for its international operations. The AFL-CIO continues to support the US’s trillion-dollar military budget and openly supports US imperialism. Workers must demand that the AFL-CIO break all relations with the US government and stop government funding of the Solidarity Center. The rise of fascism in the US and internationally are directly connected to the decline of US and world capitalism. The events in Minneapolis—above all the near general strike of January 23 and the solidarity it received from workers across the country—demonstrate the power of mass working-class action. This mobilization forced a retreat by the Trump administration and showed that when workers move collectively, they can block the agenda of the ruling class.
But the danger is far from over. There is a growing threat of a fascistic imposition of martial law by Trump’s government. The attempted occupation of Minneapolis, backed by a $75 billion security apparatus, sets a precedent for similar deployments in cities across the United States. What is required is a general strike of the entire working class, uniting workers across indus- tries and regions to defeat authoritarian measures and the drive toward dictatorship.
Organizing a united front is the immediate task in front of us. The working class needs its own mass working class political party. Our union leaderships continue to support the Demo- crats, despite their support for massive budget cuts in healthcare, education and public services in California. While there are 200 billionaires in California and 70 in San Francisco alone, teachers are facing school closures and layoffs, while healthcare workers at Kaiser and the University of California are fighting against massive layoffs and striking for a living wage.
Join us in this action opposing the war in Ukraine, the US attack on Iran and the people of the Middle East, and the US blockade of Cuba.
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