{"id":46982,"date":"2026-03-02T18:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=46982"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:25:53","slug":"46982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/46982\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We reject this\u2019: Hundreds in S.F. march against U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/author\/lucy-hodgman\/\">Lucy Hodgman<\/a>, Staff Writer Feb 28, 2026 (SFChronicle.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gift Article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4-225x150.png 225w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jim Martinez, left, and hundreds of other protesters outside the Speaker Nancy&nbsp;Pelosi Federal Building in San Francisco rally Saturday against the attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel.Manuel Orbegozo\/For the S.F. Chronicle<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/feed?app_id=137086563877087&amp;link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfchronicle.com%2Fsf%2Farticle%2Fprotest-iran-attack-us-israel-21947538.php%3Futm_campaign%3DCMS%2520Sharing%2520Tools%2520(Premium)%26utm_source%3Dfacebook.com%26utm_medium%3Dreferral&amp;name=%E2%80%98We%20reject%20this%E2%80%99%3A%20Hundreds%20in%20S.F.%20march%20against%20U.S.-Israeli%20attacks%20on%20Iran&amp;description=The%20San%20Francisco%20protesters%20marched%20from%20the%20federal%20building%20through%20downtown%20Saturday%20in%20the%20wake%20of%20the%20killing%20of%20Iran%E2%80%99s%20supreme%20leader.&amp;picture=https%3A%2F%2Fs.hdnux.com%2Fphotos%2F01%2F63%2F42%2F75%2F30289737%2F3%2FrawImage.jpg&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfchronicle.com%2Fsf%2Farticle%2Fprotest-iran-attack-us-israel-21947538.php%3Futm_campaign%3DCMS%2520Sharing%2520Tools%2520(Premium)%26utm_source%3DUTMSOURCE%26utm_medium%3DUTMMEDIUM\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfchronicle.com%2Fsf%2Farticle%2Fprotest-iran-attack-us-israel-21947538.php%3Futm_campaign%3DCMS%2520Sharing%2520Tools%2520(Premium)%26utm_source%3Dt.co%26utm_medium%3Dreferral&amp;text=%E2%80%98We%20reject%20this%E2%80%99%3A%20Hundreds%20in%20S.F.%20march%20against%20U.S.-Israeli%20attacks%20on%20Iran&amp;via=sfchronicle\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=%E2%80%98We%20reject%20this%E2%80%99%3A%20Hundreds%20in%20S.F.%20march%20against%20U.S.-Israeli%20attacks%20on%20Iran%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfchronicle.com%2Fsf%2Farticle%2Fprotest-iran-attack-us-israel-21947538.php&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfchronicle.com%2Fsf%2Farticle%2Fprotest-iran-attack-us-israel-21947538.php%3Futm_campaign%3DCMS%2520Sharing%2520Tools%2520(Premium)%26utm_source%3Dbsky.app%26utm_medium%3Dreferral\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Your%20friend%20has%20shared%20a%20San%20Francisco%20Chronicle%20link%20with%20you%3A&amp;body=%E2%80%98We%20reject%20this%E2%80%99%3A%20Hundreds%20in%20S.F.%20march%20against%20U.S.-Israeli%20attacks%20on%20Iran%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfchronicle.com%2Fsf%2Farticle%2Fprotest-iran-attack-us-israel-21947538.php%3Futm_campaign%3DCMS%2520Sharing%2520Tools%2520(Premium)%26utm_source%3Dshare-by-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%0A%0AThe%20San%20Francisco%20protesters%20marched%20from%20the%20federal%20building%20through%20downtown%20Saturday%20in%20the%20wake%20of%20the%20killing%20of%20Iran%E2%80%99s%20supreme%20leader.%0A%0AThis%20message%20was%20sent%20via%20San%20Francisco%20Chronicle\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than 24 hours after the United States and Israel launched a wave of missile strikes against Iran, hundreds of protesters blocked off a downtown San Francisco street Saturday to demonstrate against escalation abroad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have risen sharply in recent weeks, culminating in President Donald Trump\u2019s Saturday announcement that the latest attacks had killed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/news\/world\/article\/witnesses-say-they-hear-an-explosion-in-iran-s-21946867.php\" class=\"\">Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a>. Democratic Party leaders, while also sharply critical of Khamenei\u2019s regime, were quick to condemn the intervention as an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/california\/article\/iran-us-israel-attack-reaction-21947284.php\" class=\"\">illegal overstep<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/california\/article\/iran-us-israel-attack-reaction-21947284.php\">California leaders condemn Trump for deadly \u2018war of choice\u2019 against Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian American demonstrator Yasmine Mortazavi said she had been anxiously reading the news morning and night, waiting for \u201csomething like this to happen.\u201d Mortazavi is a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which joined the overnight, multigroup scramble to organize the protest after news of the airstrikes broke.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday is the day the war started,\u201d Mortazavi said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I was completely shocked, but I\u2019ve felt a little bit numb.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters in San Francisco march against the United States and Israel attacks on Iran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters march down Market Street in San Francisco on Saturday in response to the U.S. attacks on Iran.Manuel Orbegozo \/ For the S.F. Chronicle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that the size and diversity of Saturday\u2019s protest was a testament to Americans\u2019 general opposition to war abroad. The protesters outside the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building included young children in strollers, older couples and college students. They waved Palestinian flags and passed out literature for local political candidates, chanting \u201cBombing Iran is a crime\u201d and \u201cNo boots on the ground, no bombs in the air.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dina Saadeh, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, told the Chronicle that organizers selected the federal building as the site of the demonstration so their voices would be better heard by lawmakers, both in Washington, D.C., and at home in the Bay Area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sending a clear message to our elected officials, even the political elite here in S.F.,\u201d Saadeh said. \u201cWe reject the rampant imperialism that they serve to gain from. \u2026 People here are engineering a better world simply by showing up and saying, \u2018We reject this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A broadly anti-Trump sentiment loomed over the event: Many protesters carried \u201cICE out\u201d signs, and one man wore an oversize Trump mask and carried a sign reading \u201cWar is peace.\u201d But demonstrators were also wary of Democratic leaders, who they said had failed to condemn the Israeli government more strongly amid its ongoing conflict in Gaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>As they marched from the federal building down Market Street, protesters stopped to boo and chant \u201cshame\u201d outside the Golden Gate Theater, where California Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared that night for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/newsom-memoir-event-21943352.php\" class=\"\">discussion of his new memoir<\/a>. Newsom, who has long been floated as a likely 2028 presidential candidate, condemned the airstrikes and said in a statement that Trump is \u201cputting Americans at risk abroad because he is unpopular at home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edward Hasbrouck, 66, attended Saturday\u2019s demonstration with the same \u201cDon\u2019t invade Iran\u201d poster he took to protests in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, in which the U.S.-back shah was overthrown and replaced with an Islamic ayatollah. The marker-drawn poster has been in Hasbrouck\u2019s basement for decades, he said&nbsp;\u2014 and the fact that he\u2019s had to break it out regularly over the years proves to him that the issue goes beyond either major political party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGetting rid of Trump isn\u2019t going to be enough,\u201d Hasbrouck said. \u201cWe\u2019re still going to need a peace movement, and we still need to be here to get the Democrats to recognize that war is not popular. Part of their opposition should be taking a stand for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb 28, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/author\/lucy-hodgman\/\">Lucy Hodgman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucy Hodgman is a Hearst Fellow on the Climate Team at the San Francisco Chronicle, covering seismic building issues, homeowners insurance and breaking energy and environment news. She previously covered politics for the Times Union, in Albany, New York, and breaking news for Politico and the Sacramento Bee.&nbsp;<br><br>Originally from Brooklyn, Lucy graduated from Yale University with a degree in English. Reach her at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Lucy.Hodgman@hearst.com\">lucy.hodgman@hearst.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Lucy Hodgman, Staff Writer Feb 28, 2026 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article Jim Martinez, left, and hundreds of other protesters outside the Speaker Nancy&nbsp;Pelosi Federal Building in San Francisco rally Saturday against the attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel.Manuel Orbegozo\/For the S.F. 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