Foreign Correspondent: Battle Lines Drawn on Ending Yemen War
The Biden Administration has a chance to undo a disastrous label and open the door for peace. By Reese Erlich Foreign Correspondent: Battle Lines Drawn on Ending Yemen War One day before the Inauguration, the Trump Administration added Yemen’s Houthi movement to a list of foreign terrorist organizations. It was just the latest, desperate attempt … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Is Kamala Harris a Hawk?
Biden’s VP pick has at times embraced militarism and even attacked Trump from the right. Foreign correspondent: Kamala Harris on war, peace, and the Middle East by Reese Erlich Aug 14, 2020, 48Hills.org Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin hasn’t forgotten a 2017 meeting with members of Senator Kamala Harris’s staff to discuss the humanitarian crisis in … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: How the War in Yemen Could End in a Matter of Days
“It would affect their ability to fight immediately.” February 21, 2019 https://progressive.org/dispatches/how-the-war-in-yemen-could-end-in-days-erlich-190221/ The murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has intensified Washington’s debate over the war in Yemen. On February 13, by a 248-177 vote, the House of Representatives passed a War Powers Act resolution to end U.S. participation in the war. But officials … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Senate tumult reflects popular discontent with Yemen War
International relief organizations consider the conflict the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Now, it seems, the US is paying attention. https://48hills.org/2018/11/senate-yemen-discontent-foreign-correspondent By Reese Erlich November 30, 2018 BOSTON — I’m on a low-budget book tour, sleeping in spare bedrooms and munching granola in the kitchens of progressives all along the East Coast. Many had felt beaten … Continue reading
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