25-05-2025
Bronx Anti-War Coalition - Which Endorsed D.C. Shooter Elias Rodriguez - Holds 'Glory to the Resistance Axis' Rally on May 3: They Taught Us What We Need to Do; Liberation Is Carried out Through Armed
This clip is from the May 3, 2025 'Glory to the Resistance' march and rally in support of the Iran-led Resistance Axis, held in Queens and organized by the Bronx Anti-War Coalition — a group that has celebrated Elias Rodriguez's May 21 attack at the D.C. Capital Jewish Museum, where he murdered two staffers at the Israeli embassy.
A masked speaker, wearing a shirt featuring Houthi leader Abdul-Malik Badreddine Al-Houthi, urged attendees to follow the example of armed struggle led by 'resistance groups' in West Asia — the term used by Iran for the Middle East. He stated:
'They taught us what we need to do […], they are teaching us how liberation is actually carried out in real time - it is through armed struggle, OK.'
He also declared:
'We need to have a revolution right here, right now, to save ourselves from death from the U.S. war machine.'
The speaker criticized what he called superficial opposition to Zionism, stating:
'Anti-Zionism is not just criticism of Israel's policy, no, no, no.'
The video then cuts off.
Participants in the rally carried a large banner featuring images of U.S.-designated terrorist leaders: Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah; Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyah; Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Ubaida; IRGC Qods Force commander Qasem Soleimani; Houthi leader Abdul-Malik Badreddine Al-Houthi; and Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Marchers also waved flags of Hizbullah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) military wing Al-Quds Brigades, the Houthi Ansar Allah movement, and Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades.
The video was posted by the World Workers Party on Instagram, which also issued a statement expressing understanding for Rodriguez's attack, declaring:
'Acts of resistance, even individual acts, are inevitable and deserve support and defense.'
The group also shared Rodriguez's manifesto outlining his justification for the attack.
On April 27, 2025, the Bronx Anti-War Coalition co-hosted a panel with the Workers World Party, The New School Alumni for Palestine, the United National Anti-War Coalition, and Black Intifada.
