Tag Archives: Yemen
Why the U.S. Support for War on Yemen? Location, Location, Location
It is a major transit route for oil tankers. A large share of China’s industrial exports to Western Europe transits through this strategic waterway. Maritime trade from East and Southern Africa to Western Europe also transits within proximity of Socotra (Suqutra), through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. WAMM Newsletter, Volume 36, Number […]
Seeing Yemen from Jeju, by Kathy Kelly
How do we, in the U.S., develop grassroots communities dedicated to both understanding the complex realities Yemenis face and working to end U.S. participation in the war on Yemen?
The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East, by Kathy Kelly
When children waste away to literally nothing while fourteen million people face conflict driven famine, a hue and cry—yes, a caterwaul —most certainly should be raised, worldwide.
Yes to Peace, No to War: First International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases
The myths around NATO 1. NATO is here to protect us. 2. NATO protects small countries. 3. NATO protection is necessary for US defense. The Conference Primary conference themes were US world domination, colonialism and militarism; the need for unity in what is global strife and an international struggle; the need for networking, both at […]
Your Bedside Glossary About People and Other Essentials You Need to Know
I compiled the information in the “Bedside Glossary.” Although I wrote most of it, I also cobbled together phrases here and there that came from other writers. Therefore, I am reluctant to be considered the “author” of this document. That is why my name does not appear on the glossary itself. Contact me at billmcgrath52@gmail.com. I […]
U.S. Is Complicit in Child Slaughter in Yemen, by Kathy Kelly
“This conflict is backed by the U.S. and the U.K.”
God Only Knows, by Kathy Kelly
To date, the US continues selling weapons to the UAE and to its coalition partner, Saudi Arabia
Tinderbox Tensions Rise: Saudi Arabia and Iran by William O. Beeman
The Middle East region is once again a tinderbox as tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran are rising to new heights.
Scourging Yemen, by Kathy Kelly
The U.N. must abandon its biased role in the Yemen conflict, so it can broker a peace
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Making Atrocities Great Again
Trump’s Recycling Program
War Crimes and War Criminals, Old and (Potentially) New
41 Hearts Beating in Guantanamo and Solidarity from Central Cellblock
January 11, 2018 marked the 16th year that Guantanamo prison has exclusively imprisoned Muslim men, subjecting many of them to torture and arbitrary detention. …Forty-one hearts still beat in Guantanamo prison cells. That’s forty-one too many.
Arrests at Rep. Hoyer’s office — pending Yemen War legislation
Senate War Powers resolution on ending unauthorized US support for the war in Yemen – A bipartisan Senate resolution on Yemen will be introduced in mid-January and has a good chance of passing.
Polly Mann | The Rich Bombing and Starving Poor Yemen
Bombs have directly killed and injured far too many innocent people in Yemen, but starvation follows.
‘Great Hunger’ by Kathy Kelly
We still could acquire a great hunger: a transforming hunger to share justice with our planetary neighbors.
World hunger increasing for first time since turn of the century
A United Nations study found that war and climate change were the driving forces of an increase in malnutrition worldwide in 2016.
Kathy Kelly | At Every Door
We can push the Senate to pass the same provisions as the House by focusing on progress made, publicizing the House votes on social media, and pushing for a House roll call vote on the Davidson-Nolan prohibitions on Defense Appropriation
Rockets’ Red Glare and Bombs Bursting in Air by John LaForge
Every child killed or maimed by US-made weapons inevitably creates enemies among survivors.
We Must Protest the Reinstated Muslim Ban by Meredith Aby-Keirstead
Join with us to demand: No Ban, No Bombs, No Wars!!
Kathy Kelly | “Would you like a drink of water?” Please Ask a Yemeni Child.
“Disarm and live.”
This world in arms is not spending money alone.
Kathy Kelly | In Yemen, Shocked to His Bones
Jan Egeland, who heads the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), says that seven million Yemeni people are on the brink of famine.
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