Children are starving in Yemen because of US bombs. 34 Backpack Vigil in Albany on Thursday, November 29th Noon to 1 PM. Originally published on http://www.womenagainstwar.org/wordpress/children-are-starving-in-yemen-because-of-us-bombs-34-backpack-vigil-in-albany-on-thursday-november-29th-noon-to-1-pm/ Despairing of getting House and Senate leadership to allowContinue reading
Category: Nonviolent Resistance Actions
What Will It Take to Save the Children of Yemen? – Jeremy Varon
November 29 2018 I sifted through the children’s backpacks laid at the Isaiah Wall, across from the United Nations, looking for one labeled with the name of an 11 year-old boy. That’s the age ofContinue reading
Open Letter to Senator Bernie Sanders
David Swanson of World Beyond War sent out this open letter today in advance of a Senate vote on Senator Sanders’ bill to suspend direct U.S. troop involvement in the war on Yemen. People wishingContinue reading
Youth Perspectives on the Yemen War
Voices’ friend Paul Grajnert was at our August 30th vigil at Federal Plaza in Chicago, held to protest the August 9th slaying of 34 Yemeni schoolchildren by U.S.-backed Saudi-coalition forces using a U.S.-supplied missile. WeContinue reading
Voices Rising for Yemen: Further Resources
Thank you for visiting this mirror of our further resources page for the November 6-8 2018 “Voices Rising for Yemen” actions in New York City. Below please find a list of Suggested Further Actions forContinue reading
Yemen Protests November 6 through 8 in New York City
PROTESTS AT THE SAUDI CONSULATE AND SEVERAL MISSIONS TO THE UN BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 6, CALLING FOR AN END TO WAR IN YEMEN AND DRAMATIC MEASURES TO AVOID FAMINE; PROTESTERS WILLING TO RISK ARREST FOLLOWINGContinue reading
Come to Nevada April 13-19: Walk for Peace, Resist Nuclear Weapons, Stand for Indigenous People’s Rights and Fill the Jails!
An invitation from the Nevada Desert Experience by Brian Terrell On Indigenous People’s Day, formerly known as Columbus Day, October 8, 2018, Nye County, Nevada, prosecutors and Sheriff’s deputies ended a three decades old policyContinue reading
Nonviolent Afghans Bring a Breath of Fresh Air
17th October 2018 By Dr Hakim Above: Iqbal Khyber and Badshah Khan bring a breath of fresh air Grade 12th Afghan student Jamila Omary asked, “Do you have any plans to arm yourselves, because ofContinue reading
Materials for Your “34 Backpacks” Yemen War Protest
Please consider making use of these sample materials if you would like to conduct a protest focusing on the tragic attack of August 9 and the need to end the Yemen War. You can alwaysContinue reading
Voices Rising for Yemen
Please Join Voices for Creative Nonviolence For THREE DAYS OF ACTION at the Saudi and US Missions to the UN New York City, November 6 , 7, 8 2018 The US-financed Saudi-led war is inContinue reading