Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen

Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen

Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen

Spread the word, call your senators, and help refugees in your community.

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The New York Times recently reported that the CIA has acquired even more evidence that Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, ordered the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But President Trump continues to side with the Saudis, claiming that arms deals are more important than protecting human rights.

In the wake of Trump’s outrageous defense, Congress is closer than ever to ending US complicity in Saudi Arabia’s crimes, including support for the brutal proxy war in Yemen. This week’s Take Action Now offers ways to push legislators to defund the violence and help people who have been displaced by the conflict.

Take Action Now gives you three meaningful actions you can take each week whatever your schedule. You can sign up here to get these actions and more in your inbox every Tuesday.

GOT NO TIME TO SPARE?

Though Saudi Arabia has been bombing Yemen for years with US support, leading to growing famine and devastation, few people in the United States understand the conflict or how our tax dollars support it. Watch this video to get up to speed and share it on social media with the hashtag #TalkAboutYemen, then sign this petition demanding that the US halt aid to Saudi Arabia.

GOT SOME TIME?

In a surprising and welcome rebuke to President Trump, the Senate voted last week to consider a War Powers resolution that would terminate US support for the Saudi bombing campaign. Before a final decision is reached this week, we need to flood our senators with calls urging them to put an end to the destruction in Yemen. This is a bipartisan issue, so contacting your senators in whatever state you live can be meaningful.

READY TO DIG IN?

As the conflict in Yemen has destroyed cities and forced villages into starvation, Yemeni citizens have scattered around the world as refugees, including in the United States. The International Rescue Committee, one of the leading groups that aid with refugee resettlement, offers a variety of ways to help refugees as a volunteer in your own community. These include training to become a family mentor or tax prep counselor, advocating for your workplace to hire refugees, and housing refugees in emergency situations.

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Even before February 28, the reasons for Donald Trump’s imploding approval rating were abundantly clear: untrammeled corruption and personal enrichment to the tune of billions of dollars during an affordability crisis, a foreign policy guided only by his own derelict sense of morality, and the deployment of a murderous campaign of occupation, detention, and deportation on American streets. 

Now an undeclared, unauthorized, unpopular, and unconstitutional war of aggression against Iran has spread like wildfire through the region and into Europe. A new “forever war”—with an ever-increasing likelihood of American troops on the ground—may very well be upon us.  

As we’ve seen over and over, this administration uses lies, misdirection, and attempts to flood the zone to justify its abuses of power at home and abroad. Just as Trump, Marco Rubio, and Pete Hegseth offer erratic and contradictory rationales for the attacks on Iran, the administration is also spreading the lie that the upcoming midterm elections are under threat from noncitizens on voter rolls. When these lies go unchecked, they become the basis for further authoritarian encroachment and war. 

In these dark times, independent journalism is uniquely able to uncover the falsehoods that threaten our republic—and civilians around the world—and shine a bright light on the truth. 

The Nation’s experienced team of writers, editors, and fact-checkers understands the scale of what we’re up against and the urgency with which we have to act. That’s why we’re publishing critical reporting and analysis of the war on Iran, ICE violence at home, new forms of voter suppression emerging in the courts, and much more. 

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