‘I Refuse to Be Complicit’: Man Scales 168-Foot Bridge in DC Demanding End to Iran War; “I’m at the top of this bridge,” says Guido Reichstadter, “because the government of the United States is engaged in acts of mass murder in my name.”
Source: FancyNewMe
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**In Brief:**
* Forty-five year old social justice activist named Guido Reichstadter on Saturday morning is still perched atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, DC after first scaling the structure Friday afternoon in protest against President Donald Trump’s disastrous war against Iran, now in its third month.
* As Reichstadter, who described himself as the father of two children with masters degrees in both math and physics, said in a video posted to social media on Friday: “Hi my name is Guido Reichstadter and I’m currently occupying the top of the Frederick Douglass memorial bridge in Washington, DC.”
* “I’m calling on the people of the United States,” he continued, “to bring an immediate end to the Trump regime’s illegal war on Iran and the removal of the regime power through mass nonviolent direct action and non-cooperation.”
* “I mean, it’s an atrocity, right?” he said, when asked what motivated him. “I woke up on February 28th and I found that hundreds of schools children had been blown apart. I think there are many millions of Americans who reject the war in principle, but whose actions have not yet been sufficient to bring it to an end.”
* Democratic members of Congress, both in the US House and Senate, have now brought several War Powers Resolutions to the floor in an effort to end the US attack on Iran, which now includes a naval blockade of the country, but Republican majorities in both chambers backing Trump, those efforts have failed.
The courage and moral fortitude of this man.
This is what a hero looks like.
Ok that’s great but you be safe ok, we need the anti-war people to be non-squished. But good job dude
He’s still alive? He was doing a hunger strike in front of Anthropic a few months ago. I’m surprised he didn’t starve. Social Justice Influencer…
That’s fucking courageous
He did it. He ended the war.
That name is some Duncan Idaho mashup stuff.
Is he upset that the Iranian terrorist regime stone their women ? some people are just weird
I’m the farthest from a Trump voter.. but wouldn’t ‘mass murder’ be the side that eliminated 30,000 civilian protesters? Like just a few months back?
well… if THIS doesn’t end the war i don’t know what will. 😮
Hell yeah
Wendy’s, this is a sir.
This administration needs to be put in jail and burn for eternity in hell. Does anyone remember the first few months of the 2025 administration when they bombed an apartment building and killed 49 sleeping civilians to supposedly kill ‘1 terrorist that was hiding in there?’
They don’t even care enough to hide what they’re doing anymore.
And the fact that our tax money goes to Israel to practically do this everyday makes my blood boil.
That’ll show ‘em.
Hell yeah, Mr. Reichstadter. Now that’s how you stand up for what you believe in.
And here I sit on Reddit