Prominent American personalities have announced their opposition to a war on Iran by signing a petition.
A petition has been signed by a growing number of people in
support of a rally against the war on Iran. This list contains the name of some
prominent signatories who have announced
their endorsement toward this rally including authors David Swanson, "When the
World Outlawed War,” and Phil Wilayto, "In Defense of Iran: Notes from a U.S.
Peace Delegation’s Journey through the Islamic Republic”; and U.N. Human Rights
Award winner Ramsey Clark, a former U.S. attorney general.
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Founding President, Pax Christi*
Michael Parenti, author
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Howard Zinn, author, historian
George Galloway, MP, Britain
Tony Benn, MP, Britain
The Most Rev. Filipe C Teixeira, OFSJC
Denis J. Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary-General
Harold Pinter, 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature
Margarita Papandreou, former First Lady of Greece
Ardeshir Ommani, American-Iranian Friendship Committee (AIFC)
Prof. Ervand Abrahamian, Author, Between Two Revolutions
David N. Rahni, Professor and scholar, NY
David Sole, President UAW, Local 2334*, Detroit
Steve Gillis, President, USWA Local 8751*
Hani Y. Awadallah, President, Arab American Civic Organization
Larry Holmes, Troops Out Now Coalition
Dr. Barbara Nimri Aziz, Executive producer of RadioTahrir-WBAI-NY
Brian Barraza, AMAT, Association of Mexican American Workers
Sharon Black, All Peoples Congress
Leslie Feinberg, Lgbt Caucus Co-chair, Nat’l Writers' Union/UAW*,
Jesse Lokahi Heiwa, QueerJustice.org
Imani Henry, Playwright/Performer
Nellie Hester Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council
Fellowship of Reconciliation, Nyack, N,
John Bellamy Foster, Editor, Monthly Review*
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, First Voices Indigenous Radio
Samia Halaby, Defend Palestine, NYC
Connie Hogarth, Director, Center For Social Action, Purchase, NY
Nada Khader, Director of WESPAC* Foundation
New England Human Rights for Haiti
Rostam Pourzal, Iranian Cultural Association*, Washington DC
Brenda Stokely, New York City Labor Against the War
Tony Van Der Meer, Prof. Univ. of Massachusetts*
Michael Tarif Warren, Attorney
Dave Welsh, Delegate, San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO*