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Newsletter: Peace Defeats War

September 13, 2015 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Peace, Refugees, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers - This week we learned that there is enough opposition to war in the United States that diplomacy can defeat war. When the Senate voted to derail a deal to stop war with Iran over nuclear weapons, it was a major victory for the peace movement, but it is an opportunity for much more. To achieve the potential we now know we have begins with facing the reality of current US foreign policy. The truth is shrouded by politicians of both parties who believe in “American exceptionalism. The United States has a deep and broad war culture. Every town has a war memorial. There are multiple holidays that honor war and soldiers. The media puts forward the war culture view interviewing former military leaders, most of who are now in the weapons industry. It is the job of the peace movement to challenge the war culture.

Saudi King Cuts French Vacation Short Due To Protests

August 4, 2015 Holly Ellyatt, www.ap.org Resist! France, Saudi Arabia

By Holly Ellyatt for Associated Press - The Saudi king's visit to his family's French Riviera mansion is over after weeks of controversy surrounding the closure of a public beach during his stay, the top state official in the area said on Monday. Sub-prefect Philippe Castanet said that the small, isolated beach was reopened after the departure Sunday of King Salman following an eight-day stay. Beachgoers had briefly won a halt to the preparations for his arrival, delaying the elevator construction and closure of the beach. Falcou's group had planned to deliver a petition against the closure on Tuesday, the anniversary of the 1789 abolition of feudalism in France.

Nude Swimmers Protests As Public Beach Closed For Saudi Royal Family

July 29, 2015 Peter Allen, www.mirror.co.uk Resist! Piublic, Protest, Saudi Arabia

By Peter Allen in The Mirror - Nude swimmers joined demonstrators protesting at the Saudi royal family getting exclusive use of a beach. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition furious that King Salman and his party of 1,000 relatives and staff have taken over public sands on the French Riviera. One resident who lives next to Mirandole Beach in Vallauris said: “The fact they are allowed to pay to shut it off is an outrage. “This is public property, a place everybody should be allowed to enjoy, not just very rich Saudis.” King Salman, 79, arrived on Saturday in a motorcade of armoured limousines. Protesters who tried to get near his £5million holiday villa were warned they would be arrested. An official said closing the beach was consistent with a visit by a head of state.

Yemeni Genocide Proceeds Apace, Enjoying World’s Silence

July 13, 2015 William Boardman, www.readersupportednews.org Educate! Genocide, ISIS, Saudi Arabia, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

By William Boardman - Turns out the United States and the Islamic State, ISIS, are de facto allies of Saudi Arabia and its alliance of dictator states, all bent on exterminating Yemeni Houthis and pretty much any other Yemeni in the neighborhood. This Yemenicide started in earnest in March 2015. After years of US drone strikes proved too slow and ineffective at wiping out people in the poorest country in the Arab world, it was time to expand the arsenal of war crimes. Rarely, in discussions of Yemen, does one hear much about the violations of international law that have reduced the country to its present war-torn and devastated condition. Failing to acknowledge a foreign policy disaster in Yemen, the Obama administration has chosen instead to trash international law by supporting the criminal, aggressive war that Saudi Arabia’s coalition of police states launched on Yemen on March 26.

US Imperialism’s Stamp Is All Over Chaos Around The World

June 15, 2015 Danny Haiphong, www.blackagendareport.com Educate! Imperialism, Saudi Arabia, usa, Wars and Militarism

By Danny Haiphong in Black Agenda Report - When it comes to the destruction of US imperialism, no situation is graver than in Yemen. Saudi Arabia, US imperialism's ally in the region, is waging a bloody invasion in an attempt to reinstall the compliant government of President Mansur Hadi. Saudi Arabia's ruling class sees its geopolitical and corporate interests threatened by the new Houthi-led government. This revolutionary provisional government has declared independence from Saudi Arabia's neo-colonial rule, which has kept Yemen mired in poverty, sectarian strife, and political repression. Saudi Arabia's response has been a brutal offensive that has killed over 4,000 and injured over 7,000 more. Saudi Arabia's invasion of Yemen has the US imperial stamp all over it.

Saudis Drop US-Made Cluster Bombs In Criminal War On Yemen

May 11, 2015 William Boardman, www.readersupportednews.org Educate! Human Rights, Saudi Arabia, usa, Wars and Militarism, weapons

Costa Rica condemns Saudi Arabia’s dropping US-made cluster bombs on Yemen, in defiance of international law, including the Convention on Cluster Munitions that specifically outlaws the development, production, distribution, stockpiling, and use of cluster munitions, including the cluster bombs the Saudis have used since March 26 in their uncontested air attack on Yemen with an estimated 215 jet fighters from nine countries. (The Saudis are also bombing people in Syria and Iraq.) Amnesty International issued a report May 8 documenting Saudi bombing of densely-populated areas of Yemen where the Saudis mostly killed civilians. An earlier Amnesty report documented the Saudi killing of hundreds of Yemeni civilians in its US-supported bombing campaign.

2 US Citizens Participate In Peace Boat To Yemen

May 8, 2015 Code Pink, www.codepink.org Resist! Iran, Peace, Saudi Arabia, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

Robert Naiman, Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy of Urbana, Illinois and art director of CODEPINK for Peace Tighe Barry of Washington, DC are in Iran to be passengers on a ship sponsored by the Iranian Red Crescent Society that will sail into the Persian Gulf to protest the attacks by Saudi Arabia on the civilian population of Yemen. The ship will not approach Yemeni waters but stay in the Persian Gulf. Naiman and Barry were on the CODEPINK delegation to Yemen in June, 2013 to talk with families of victims of U.S. assassin drone strikes and with families of Yemenis held in Guantanamo prison who had been cleared for release by the U.S. government but who are still imprisoned.

Saudi Dictator’s Death Shows NYT As Pawn Of Power

January 27, 2015 Keane Bhatt, www.fair.org Educate! Journalism, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela

To put into context the paper's impressive feat--laundering the Saudi dictator into a forward-thinking reformer--consider the Times' treatment of an actually elected leader who was not a stalwart US ally, but rather the target of ongoing US attempts at regime change. In 2013, the New York Times (3/5/13) published a harsh portrait of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez upon his death. "A Polarizing Figure Who Led a Movement," by Times reporter Simon Romero, posthumously characterized Chávez as a man who had been "consolidating power," "strutting like the strongman in a caudillo novel." Chávez "was determined to hold onto and enhance his power," continued Romero, arguing that he "grew obsessed with changing Venezuela's laws and regulations to ensure that he could be re-elected indefinitely and become, indeed, a caudillo."

The Cost Of Advocating Freedom Of Speech In Saudi Arabia

January 18, 2015 Ian Black, www.theguardian.com Resist! Free Press, Freedom of Speech, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Secularism

Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for setting up a website that championed free speech in the autocratic kingdom. His blog, the Saudi Free Liberals Forum, was shut down after his arrest in 2012. This article writings that show a man who risked his freedom to question some of the basic tenets of life in Saudi Arabia - especially the central role of religion. Raif writes: "Secularism respects everyone and does not offend anyone ... Secularism ... is the practical solution to lift countries (including ours) out of the third world and into the first world." And, "Finally, we should not hide that fact that Muslims in Saudi Arabia not only disrespect the beliefs of others, but also charge them with infidelity to the extent that they consider anyone who is not Muslim an infidel, and, within their own narrow definitions, they consider non-Hanbali [the Saudi school of Islam] Muslims as apostates. How can we be such people and build ... normal relations with six billion humans, four and a half billion of whom do not believe in Islam."

Saudi Women To Be Tried In Terrorism Court After Defying Ban

December 28, 2014 Aviva Shen, www.thinkprogress.org Resist! Saudi Arabia, Women's Rights

Two Saudi women jailed for defying the nation’s ban on women driving were sent to antiterrorism court Thursday. Loujain al-Hathloul, 25, was arrested along with a journalist, 33-year-old Maysa al-Amoudi, when she tried to drive into Saudi Arabia from the United Arab Emirates earlier in December. But the two will not be tried for driving, which is not officially banned by law (though the state does not issue licenses to women and Saudi clerics have explicitly forbidden it). Instead, the Specialized Criminal Court will scrutinize their social media posts under a law ostensibly intended to fight cybercrime. The court has been used not only to try terrorism cases but also to dole out lengthy sentences to political dissidents and human rights workers, according to the New York Times.

The CIA Torture Report: Through Arab Eyes

December 21, 2014 Maged Mandour, www.opendemocracy.net Educate! Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Torture

One of the fears highlighted by western and American media was the loss of American moral power in the world, and the possibility of the use of this report for propaganda and recruitment purposes by Jihadist groups. As an Arab, I cannot help but think that this fear is vastly exaggerated, for the simple reason that the US - at least in the Arab world - never possessed this moral legitimacy in the first place. In the average Arab mind, there is a connection between the US, Israel, Arab autocrats, foreign domination and war. In other words, the US is not seen as a moral power; it is seen as an imperial power that uses its local cronies - sometimes with direct intervention - to maintain its hegemony over the region and, most importantly, the people of the region. The torture report will not alter this dynamic nor accelerate it. The Jihadists were created by these practices and wider policies that never received any international condemnation. The increase of extremists at an alarming rate is the result of US foreign policy. Those living under the yoke of America’s allies experience real torture and this is not being addressed as a US responsibility. From the Palestinians in the occupied territories and refugee camps, to the Egyptians living under military autocrats, and Iraqis suffering from the violence of sectarianism; they all languish in a slow painful existence, which is not acknowledged as torture. The US is responsible for the daily torture of millions of Arabs, as a matter of systematic policy, for which it is not being held accountable.

The Hypocrisy of Beheadings: 19 In One Month In Saudi Arabia

September 3, 2014 Tim Stanley, www.telegraph.co.uk Educate! Saudi Arabia, Syria, Wars and Militarism

Human Rights Watch reports that Saudi Arabia has beheaded 19 people since the beginning of August. Some confessions may have been gained under torture and one poor defendant was found guilty of sorcery. Yep, sorcery. That might sound archaic, but we are talking about a regime so very concerned about offending God that it has even banned certain names for being "blasphemous". Sandy, Linda and Elaine have been proscribed for cultural reasons (seriously). Of course, it’s difficult for the West to condemn a country for a liberal use of the death penalty when America does the same all the time. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia’s sudden bump in executions is a reminder of just how strange an ally they are for democracies. Ed West recently produced a masterful blog post asking why the Saudis were so worried about Isil given that the warlords of Iraq have an awful lot in common with the princes of the Kingdom.

Questions About The James Foley Death Video

August 26, 2014 Elias Weston-Farber, www.PopularResistance.org Educate! Iraq, ISIS, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Wars and Militarism

The reported death of journalist James Foley by the Islamic State (IS) is resulting in increasing calls for war not only in Iraq but in Syria, with the Obama administration saying it is considering such attacks. The video of Foley’s death on which these calls for war are in part based has largely been scrubbed from the web. This article reviews the video and questions raised by it. But, we also want to emphasize that the video is only part of the story, another that should not be ignored is who is behind IS. The story is more complex than we are being told. . . . The most interesting thing about the video is that despite the hype in the media, there was no actual beheading in the video. The TIME article headline was not an accurate description of the video. There was a dead body that was, as many in the media have said, “purportedly” a beheaded James Foley, but the actual act of beheading is not shown. The video does show someone purportedly using a knife to saw at Foley’s neck, but there is no blood and seems to be no actual cut.

The ISIS War in Iraq Has Deep Roots

June 17, 2014 Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resistance Report Government, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Resistance Report, Saudi Arabia, Wars and Militarism

Joining Dennis on the show today to make sense of all this is Mnar Muhawesh. She is the founder, CEO and editor in chief of Mint Press News, and also a regular speaker on responsible journalism, sexism, neoconservativism within the media and journalism start-ups. Episode breakdown| As the world watches Iraq quickly descending into a failed state status under the brutal onslaught from fighters in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, pundits, representatives form congress and no doubt members of Barack Obama’s inner circle are wondering if it is not time to put together another coalition of the willing and re-engage the US Military in Iraq. Before you dust off your yellow ribbons to tie round your oak tree’s though, remember: in 2003 The United States invaded Iraq after lying to the world and the American people saying that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was connected to Al Qaeda- and therefore connected to the 9/11 attacks.

Reporting Saudi Arabia’s Hidden Uprising

June 17, 2014 Safa Alahmad, www.bbc.com Resist! Activism, Journalism, Protest, Saudi Arabia, Violence

Even inside Saudi Arabia, the protests in the coastal region of Qatif hardly ever make the news. It's nearly impossible for journalists to operate here. But I travelled in under the radar. I know the area well, as I was born and raised nearby. I visited the Eastern Province several times in the past two years without the knowledge of the Saudi authorities. I wanted to find out why activists from the country's Shia minority were risking their lives to demonstrate against the monarchy. How had frequent protests rumbled on without being silenced? The Eastern Province is home to most of Saudi Arabia's Shia Muslims. They make up less than 15% of the population, and many claim they suffer sectarian discrimination. The demonstrations in Saudi Arabia began in early 2011, when protesters demanded the release of nine men held for years without trial. They were emboldened by the Arab uprisings sweeping through the region. But in this conservative monarchy, dissent is rarely tolerated.

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