Tag: Yemen
The problem isn’t Trump, it’s bigger
While we resist, we also need to promote a positive agenda of what we want to see.
Starving Yemeni children, bloated U.S. weaponsmakers
It’s clear why U.S. weaponsmakers want to keep selling weapons to the Saudi regime. For them, it is all about profits.
It’s 2016. Do you know where your bombs are falling?
The forgotten war in Yemen and the unchecked war powers of the presidency in the Age of Trump .
Shrugging Off Concerns of Saudi Atrocities, U.S. Joins In Yemeni Bombing...
The US has been offering Saudi Arabia direct intelligence and logistics support for its campaign in Yemen since March 2015.
Do Western Nations Care about Yemeni Lives or Saudi Blood Money?
The time for review and mild statements of condemnation is over.
Yemen’s Forgotten War: The Complicated Conflict That Almost No One is...
To paraphrase one Middle Eastern prophet, the leadership and media of western countries need to remove the log from their own eye before they will ever be able to help the greater Middle East remove the splinter from its own.
Even War Has Rules
Hospital attacks in Yemen and Kunduz have not been mentioned in any of the U.S. presidential debates or forums so far. We need a full investigation of these crimes, to hold those responsible accountable.
Eight Americans Killed by CIA Drone Strikes
A U.S. drone strike recently executed eight U.S. citizens without due process. With more than 3,852 casualties in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, why does the Obama administration continue to allow the CIA to operate signature strikes with impunity?
Are Obama’s Record Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt and...
President Obama is responsible for a major increase in weapons sales with the majority of weapon exports going to the Middle East and Persian Gulf. The Obama administration has approved more arms sales than any other administration since World War II.
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House vote moves to undo Trump orders stripping union rights from federal workers
A bipartisan majority backed the Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse what labor leaders call the “single-largest act of union busting in American history,” restoring collective bargaining protections for nearly 1 million federal employees.
FBI is making an enemies list—and most corporate media didn’t even check it once
The counter-revolution will not be televised.
Winter storm exposes Gaza shelter crisis as UN warns Palestinians left to freeze
As torrential rain floods tent encampments and an 8 month old baby dies of exposure, UN officials and aid groups say Israel’s continued blockade of shelter and supplies is deepening a humanitarian emergency despite ceasefire commitments.
We need to know how corporate Democrats made President Trump possible
Scrutinizing them now is vital not only for clarity about the past. It also makes possible a clear focus on ways to prevent further catastrophe.
Trump order targets state AI laws as critics cite Big Tech influence and federal...
A new executive order directs the Justice Department to sue states over “onerous and excessive” AI regulations and threatens funding cuts, drawing backlash from lawmakers, watchdogs, and governors who say it rewards major tech donors at the expense of public protections.