World in View: Deadly war waged on Yemen’s civilians

December 10, 2015

Saudi’s seven-month-long campaign of death and human suffering has been abetted by logistical support from the Obama administration. The Houthis they purport to oppose wasted the popular welcome they received entering Sana’a in 2014 by allying with former oppressor, ex-ruler Saleh, and imposing their own brand of narrow sectarian rule.

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Arab spring continues

July 22, 2012

World in View

by Gerry Emmett

Arab spring continues
Egypt

Egypt’s first presidential election presented voters with two bad choices: Ahmed Shafiq, a Mubarak ally, or Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood. Neither candidate has any connection to the working women, the youth, or the mass self-organization that have been at the heart of Egypt’s revolution.

This election showed [=>]

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Women in Yemen show revolutionary way

May 11, 2011

From the May-June 2011 issue of News & Letters:

Women in Yemen show revolutionary way
by Shatha Al-Harazi

Sana’a, Yemen–This is one of the most conservative countries when it comes to how women are viewed. But the current political climate has changed some of this.

Yemeni society has offered limited roles for women in politics. It never expected women to [=>]

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