Rania Khalek Dispatches from the Underclass

Category / Yemen

Yemen was the only Arab country to consistently take direct military action in response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, blocking Red Sea trade routes and launching strikes on Israeli targets. In return, the U.S. and Israel bombed Yemen repeatedly, tightened sanctions, and re-designated Ansarallah, referred to in the West as “the Houthis,” as a terrorist […]

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The Saudis, backed by the Americans, have been waging a war against Yemen since 2015, causing massive civilian casualties as well as famine and a cholera epidemic. How did Yemen get here? Yemen’s modern history is fascinating and overlooked, and few are aware of the Marxist republic that existed in South Yemen from 1967 to […]

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10 million in Yemen on the brink of starvation and… crickets Why? Bc the US and its allies are responsible for the majority of the suffering. It benefits western geopolitical interests to keep this war & all the misery that comes with it under wraps.pic.twitter.com/xS5C16WFBb — Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) June 27, 2020

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