Death in Yemen – Made in the USA! Stop the Saudi / U.S. Assault on Yemen! DAY THREE OF DC SOLIDARITY ACTIONS April 12, 2017 Today people in DC held a protest in front ofContinue reading
Category: Middle East
Fast For Yemen Vigil Update
New York Report back: Day 3 of the Fast For Yemen Vigil begins again at the Isaiah Wall across from the United Nations today. “UNICEF estimates that more than 460,000 children in Yemen face severeContinue reading
Bipartisan Effort: 55 U.S. Representatives Call on Trump to Come to Congress Before Taking Military Action in Yemen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2017 Contact: Courtney Neale (Pocan) 202-225-2906 Bipartisan Effort: 55 U.S. Representatives Call on Trump to Come to Congress Before Taking Military Action in Yemen In light of the President’s willingness to engageContinue reading
Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Drones, Middle East, Migration & Refugees, Nonviolent Resistance Actions
Angry, Desperate, Rejected
April 6, 2017 Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his boldest and perhaps most defining speech. It alienated liberal allies in the North and the Northern press, plus many in King’s own civilContinue reading
#FastingForYemen, #YemenIsStarving
Press Release For immediate release Contact: Martha Hennessy – 802-230-6328; marthahennessy@gmail.com Carmen Trotta – 347-259-8536; trottacarmen@yahoo.com Cathy Kelly – 773-619-2418; FastingForYemen@gmail.com Yemen Is Starving: Peace activists, protesting the mounting humanitarian crisis in Yemen, to beginContinue reading
Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Drones, Middle East, Migration & Refugees, Nonviolent Resistance Actions
Night after Day in Afghanistan
By Dr Hakim I’m so often caught up in the daily concerns of work and the wars raging across Afghanistan and many parts of the world that I forget how remarkable it is that atContinue reading
Afghan Peace Volunteers, Drones, Middle East, Migration & Refugees, Nonviolent Resistance Actions, Prisons
World Beyond War: Politics Beyond Partisianship
World Beyond War, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, and DePaul University Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies Dept. invite you to a panel discussion with Kathy Kelly, Mary Dean, Brian Terrell, and Metasabia Rigby, international antiwar activists,Continue reading
Reality and the U.S.-Made Famine in Yemen
March 20, 2017 This week at the Voices for Creative Nonviolence office in Chicago, my colleague Sabia Rigby prepared a presentation for a local high school. She’ll team up with a young friend of ours,Continue reading
Yemenis Endure World’s Largest, Rapidly Worsening Humanitarian Crisis While Subject to a Sea Blockade and Constant Bombing
Dear Friends, On April 10, 2017, members of the New York Catholic Worker community, Code Pink, the Upstate Coalition to End the Wars and Ground the Drones, Friends of Franz and Ben, and Voices forContinue reading
Shut Down Creech 2017!
Announcing the 3rd Annual SHUT DOWN CREECH Mobilization on April 23-29, 2017 Killer Drones- Obama’s Tragic Legacy and a Blunt and Homicidal Weapon Handed to His Successor! Join Voices for Creative Nonviolence, CODEPINK, VeteransContinue reading