by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies | Sep 26, 2018 | Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
The Saudi bombing of a school bus in Yemen on August 9, 2018 killed 44 children and wounded many more. The attack struck a nerve in the U.S., confronting the American public with the wanton brutality of the Saudi-led war on Yemen. When CNN revealed that the bomb used...
by Khury Petersen-Smith | Sep 25, 2018 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
This article was jointly produced by Foreign Policy In Focus and In These Times. By now, the images are infamous: stunned, bloodied Yemeni children arriving at the hospital after their summer camp bus was bombed by Saudi aircraft. The United States is deeply...
by Olivia Alperstein | Apr 4, 2018 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
We’re helping fight someone else’s war in Yemen — and the blood is on our hands. Since March 2015, the United States has supported a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that’s intervening in a civil war in Yemen. The war has...
by Adil E. Shamoo | Dec 5, 2017 | Redev, War & Peace
The current war in Yemen has had devastating consequences for the population. The indiscriminate Saudi bombing includes schools, water purification plants, hospitals, and electricity plants, leading to the death of over 10,000 and the wounding of 50,000 more. By the...
by Adil E. Shamoo, Bonnie Bricker | Jul 18, 2017 | Redev, War & Peace
As Iraq finally pries the death grip of the Islamic State off of its bloodied form, you’d think US policy would reflect the lessons learned from killing innocent civilians and destroying the basic functions of a nation. Instead, more than a decade of using drones to...
