Tag: Saudi Arabia - Page 2 - Massachusetts Peace Action

MAPA and the Raytheon Antiwar Campaign Protest Saudi Arabia at the U.S. Open

July 13, 2022 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey So what on Earth do Saudi Arabia and the war in Yemen have to do with professional golf and the U.S. Open? It has everything to do with “sportswashing”, the practice of using sports to improve a tarnished reputation, which is exactly […]

A War Powers Resolution Introduced and a Chance to End the Killing in Yemen

June 14, 2022 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey After a year and a half of advocacy and pressure, on June 1st, Reps Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced a War Powers Resolution to end America’s role in Saudi Arabia’s brutal war in Yemen. This measure to stop the […]

Protesters are pictured holding signs in the SEC on Apr. 25, 2022. Chloe Courtney Bohl / The Tufts Daily

Manufacturing Dissent: Opposition to the war in Yemen in the face of Media Silence

May 5, 2022 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey The US-Saudi war in Yemen entered its 8th year this past March. Despite the United Nations declaring it the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis” and some 400,000 civilians killed in the conflict, its victims and its perpetrators have remained largely absent from the […]

Saudi Arabia to Yemen via Raytheon: Highways paved in Gold – and Blood

February 23, 2022 Kathie Malley-Morrison

by Kathie Malley-Morrison A series of Saudi-led airstrikes were blamed for killing scores of people in Yemen as civilians, including children, continue to suffer deadly consequences of the U.S.-backed conflict that has lasted for years…. In the U.S., the Biden administration—like previous administrations—has faced calls to […]

Holding Seth Moulton Accountable on Yemen

February 18, 2022 Brian Garvey

For Immediate Release: Contact: Brian Garvey, brian@masspeaceaction.org When: Friday, February 18th, 12pm-1pm Where: Office of Congressman Seth Mouton, 21 Front St, Salem, MA 02970 Congressman Seth Moulton has been one of the worst members of Congress on the issue of Yemen. On February 18th at 12 […]

Holding Stephen Lynch Accountable on Yemen

January 27, 2022 Brian Garvey

For Immediate Release Contact: Brian Garvey, brian@masspeaceaction.org Where: Office of Congressman Stephen Lynch, One Harbor St. Boston (South Entrance on Drydock Ave near the corner of 6th Street), MA 02210 On Thursday, January 27th, 12pm-1pm the Raytheon Antiwar Campaign will hold a rally in Boston outside of the […]

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.

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 […]