Foreign Correspondent: Battle Lines Drawn on Ending Yemen War


The Biden Administration has a chance to undo a disastrous label and open the door for peace. By Reese Erlich Foreign Correspondent: Battle Lines Drawn on Ending Yemen War One day before the Inauguration, the Trump Administration added Yemen’s Houthi movement to a list of foreign terrorist organizations. It was just the latest, desperate attempt … Continue reading

Foreign Correspondent: Is Kamala Harris a Hawk?


Biden’s VP pick has at times embraced militarism and even attacked Trump from the right. Foreign correspondent: Kamala Harris on war, peace, and the Middle East by Reese Erlich Aug 14, 2020, 48Hills.org Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin hasn’t forgotten a 2017 meeting with members of Senator Kamala Harris’s staff to discuss the humanitarian crisis in … Continue reading

Foreign Correspondent: How the War in Yemen Could End in a Matter of Days


“It would affect their ability to fight immediately.” February 21, 2019 https://progressive.org/dispatches/how-the-war-in-yemen-could-end-in-days-erlich-190221/ The murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has intensified Washington’s debate over the war in Yemen. On February 13, by a 248-177 vote, the House of Representatives passed a War Powers Act resolution to end U.S. participation in the war. But officials … Continue reading

Foreign Correspondent: Senate tumult reflects popular discontent with Yemen War


International relief organizations consider the conflict the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Now, it seems, the US is paying attention. Senate tumult reflects popular discontent with Yemen War By Reese Erlich November 30, 2018 BOSTON — I’m on a low-budget book tour, sleeping in spare bedrooms and munching granola in the kitchens of progressives all along … Continue reading