Yemen: End the War Vigil, FRIDAY Mar 25, 2022

Yemen: End the War Vigil
FRIDAY March 25th 5PM-6:30PM
South Carolina Statehouse
Main & Gervais, Columbia, SC
March 25th marks 7 years of war in Yemen, the forgotten war. While the
US no longer participates in offensive actions taken by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in Yemen, it still supplies arms, intelligence and logistical support, fueling the violence.  Millions of Yemenis face starvation and lack of medical care due to a Saudi blockade blocking food, fuel and medicine, a situation deemed by the UN to be “the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.” Our message for our elected leaders:  YEMEN: END THE WAR, END THE BLOCKADE!  Join us for vigil at the SC Statehouse (corner of Main & Gervais) on Friday March 25th from 5PM-6:30PM.  Some signs provided. Media will be invited.
Sponsored by the Carolina Peace Resource Center in collaboration with the South Carolina FCNL Advocacy Team

END THE WAR IN YEMEN VIGIL

END THE WAR IN YEMEN VIGIL
MONDAY March 22nd 4:55PM-6:30PM
SC Statehouse (Main & Gervais)

March 22nd marks six years of the war in Yemen, a war in which the US actively supported Saudi and Emirati military intervention until  the Biden administration finally suspended that support.  Former SC Governor and head of the Nobel Peace Prize winning World Food Programme David Beasley now warns as many as 400,000 Yemeni children will starve due to a man-made famine in Yemen.  We call on the Biden administration and our elected leaders to act decisively now to END THE WAR IN YEMEN and END THE MAN-MADE FAMINE .

Arrive before 5pm if possible. Some signs provided.  Please wear a mask and exercise social distancing. Media will be invited.  We need your help getting the word out about Yemen. #YemenCantWait #EndtheWarinYemen #StoptheFamine

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TAKE ACTION! Add your voice to FCNL’s Advocacy Campaign “End the US-Backed Saudi Blockade of Yemen” https://fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/30064/?utm_source=hungerward

SPONSORED BY THE CAROLINA PEACE RESOURCE CENTER
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Background:
“‘Hell’ in Yemen, with Millions on ‘Knocking on the Door of Famine’ WFP’s Beasley Warns”
UN News Release. March 10th.
“Famine has Arrived in Pockets of Yemen. Saudi Ships Blocking Fuel Aren’t Helping”
CNN, March 11th.

Resources Shared at Augusta Teach-In on Yemen and Venezuela

Sources for CSRA Peace Alliance March 11 Discussion on Yemen and Venezuela

Peace Activists to Meet at Rick Allen’s (GA-12) Office in Augusta to Stop Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

Tell your sentator to block the weapons sale to #SaudiArabia! Via @codepink: https://t.co/GoZV4iHE9J pic.twitter.com/eLmfvRzUOg

— CulturesofResistance (@CulturesResist) September 10, 2016

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsOn Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at 10 am, peace activists in Augusta, Georgia are scheduled to meet with a member of Representative Rick Allen’s staff to urge Mr. Allen to oppose the Obama Administration’s decision to sell more weapons to Saudi Arabia as it continues to commit war crimes in Yemen.

Yemen – Courageous Revolutionary Activists Should Be USA Focus, Not Terrorism

Over 70 people came to watch Sara Ishaq‘s film Karama Has No Walls and hear Jeb Boone and Medea Benjamin discuss the situation in Yemen and USA policies which impact Yemenis. Here’s a video of most of the Q&A session:

Here’s a direct link to the audio recording of most of Medea Benjamin’s talk and the entire Q&A session.

We’ve also posted some photos on the Facebook page and Flickr. The local daily paper also covered the event.

Sun, Aug 4, 3pm: Medea Benjamin and Jeb Boone: Eyewitness to Yemen’s Revolution

Augusta, GA native and Davidson Fine Arts High School graduate Jeb Boone (Twitter) is scheduled to talk about his experience as a freelance journalist covering Yemen’s revolution. He is joined by CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin, who has recently returned from a trip to Yemen where she spoke with revolutionary activists and relatives of Guantanamo detainees. The program will begin with a screening of the powerful, 27-minute documentary Karama Has No Walls (warning: violence not normally shown on US news broadcasts). This documentary shows footage from the Change Square massacre of March 18, 2011, to which Jeb was a witness, and interviews participants and relatives of a slain protester. The Yemeni revolution provides the proper context to understanding how Yemenis are responding to the United States’s targeting killing program, and Jeb will help us understand the program’s economic, political and diplomatic consequences.