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40+ Group Letter Urging House Leadership NDAA Amendment 339 to Defund US Participation in Yemen War

July 9, 2019

Thanks to the 40+ advocacy groups that signed this letter urging House Leadership support Amendment 339 during consideration of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, to end to US participation in the Saudi-UAE coalition’s war in Yemen. This letter was sent to House offices on Tuesday, July 9th at 10am. By ending US participation in…

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45 Group Letter Urging Congress to Defund US Role in Yemen War in 2020 NDAA

June 3, 2019

Thanks to the 40+ advocacy groups that signed this letter urging an end to US participation in the Saudi-UAE coalition’s war in Yemen during consideration of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Defense Appropriations this summer. This letter was sent to every House and Senate office on Tuesday June 4th at 10am. We…

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50+ Group Coalition Letter Urging Senators Support S.J.Res.11- Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela

May 9, 2019

Thanks to the 40+ national advocacy groups including Just Foreign Policy, Win Without War, Demand Progress, FreedomWorks, Common Defense, Indivisible, MoveOn, FCNL, Committee for Responsible Foreign Policy, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), and many others who signed this coalition letter urging Senators cosponsor S.J.Res.11 – Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Resolution of…

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Coalition Urges Clean HFAC Mark Up of HR1004, to Prevent War with Venezuela

April 9, 2019

Thanks to the 14 undersigned advocacy groups including the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Indivisible, Open Society Policy Center, VoteVets, Common Defense, Win Without War, Foreign Policy for America, Demand Progress, Just Foreign Policy, and more who urge Chairman Engel and House Foreign Affairs Committee members to support a clean mark up of Rep…

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Congress: Stop UAE Siege of Hodeida, Save 250,000 Yemeni Lives

July 26, 2018

The government of the United Arab Emirates has threatened to siege the crucial Yemeni port of Hodeida in the coming weeks. The UN and aid groups have warned that this could kill 250,000 Yemenis. The UAE’s response was: “The price is right.” Even top House Democrats who have expressed support for Saudi-UAE war aims in…

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MSNBC: Stop censoring U.S.-assisted carnage in Yemen

January 14, 2018

An analysis by Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) has found that the purportedly liberal cable network MSNBC did not run a single segment devoted specifically to the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen in the second half of 2017, even though – or perhaps because – the U.S. government has played a key role in creating the catastrophe. During…

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Senate: Wield the Constitution to Stop Saudi Starvation of Yemeni Children

January 12, 2018

A bipartisan resolution will soon be introduced in the Senate invoking the War Powers Resolution to force a debate and vote on ending unauthorized U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen. Tell your Senators to support the resolution by signing our petition.

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Urge your Rep. to co-sponsor Khanna-Massie to stop the Saudi famine in Yemen

September 18, 2017

Reps. Ro Khanna, Thomas Massie, Mark Pocan, and Walter Jones have introduced a privileged bipartisan bill invoking the War Powers Resolution to force a floor vote on ending U.S. participation in Saudi Arabia’s famine-producing war in Yemen. The current cosponsors are: Conyers, Lieu, Capuano, Ellison, McGovern, Lee, Raskin, Jayapal, Gabbard, Bass, Pallone, DeFazio, Nolan, Lofgren,…

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Press for Real Diplomacy to End the Unwinnable Afghan War

August 22, 2017

Capitulating to his generals, President Trump has agreed to send thousands of more American soldiers to Afghanistan, even though experts agree that the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable. The only realistic alternative to endless war in Afghanistan is a negotiated peace that includes all the major Afghan factions and all the neighboring countries that are…

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Press your “Saudi Dem” Senator to stop arming Saudi war crimes

August 7, 2017

On June 13, only five Democratic Senators voted to keep arming Saudi Arabia’s famine-inducing war in Yemen: Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Mark Warner of Virginia, Bill Nelson of Florida, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The vote was 47-53. If these five Democrats had voted with the Senate Democratic leadership and…