Yemen

Yemen Emergency Rally, Cambridge, MA, April 17, 2021
Raytheon Antiwar Campaign

Yemen: Recognizing responsibility

April 21, 2021 Deborah Belle
by Deborah Belle Saturday’s rally in Brattle Square Plaza, Cambridge, MA, to end the U.S.-Saudi blockade of Yemen, began just as the morning’s rain ended and pedestrians returned to Harvard Square. Activists held signs and gave out leaflets urging an end to U.S. support for […]
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 […]
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 […]