Middle East Wars

Iman Saleh (with drum) on hunger strike  in Washington D.C. to protest the blockade and war against Yemen; seated next to her is Rep. Ilhan Omar. Hassan El-Tayyab photo
Middle East Wars

Hunting in Yemen

April 9, 2021 Kathy Kelly
by Kathy Kelly “It’s not normal for people to live like this,” says Iman Saleh, now on her twelfth day of a hunger strike demanding an end to war in Yemen. Since March 29th, in Washington, D.C., Iman Saleh, age 26, has been on a […]
Bush's War. Illustration courtesy of Sallie Latch
Middle East Wars

Blood for Oil

March 2, 2021 Kathy Kelly
by Kathy Kelly Amid the ongoing horror, it’s important to find ways to atone for war crimes —including reparations. Thirty years ago, when the United States launched Operation Desert Storm against Iraq, I was a member of the Gulf Peace Team. We were 73 people from fifteen […]
Middle East Wars

Withdrawing Troops from Afghanistan

March 1, 2021 Valentine Moghadam
This article was updated on April 14th, 2021 to reflect new developments by Val Moghadam and the Massachusetts Peace Action’s Middle East Working Group For nearly two decades, MAPA has called for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. We continue to call for a complete […]
A protest organized by the Latin America Solidarity Coalition of Western Mass. was held outside the Northampton office of Congressman Jim McGovern on Jan. 25, as part of an International Day of Action demanding an end to the war on Yemen.
Middle East Wars

Why a War in Yemen?

February 14, 2021 Yoav Elinevsky
by Mary L. Wentworth and Yoav Elinevsky   The Saudis decided to enter an ongoing civil war in Yemen in 2015 for several reasons. The two countries share a long border at the southern end of their peninsula. The length of this border is matched […]