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PROTEST AT YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE’S OFFICE
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2022

Congress: Lift the Blockade. Stop U.S. Complicity in War on Yemen

We call on people around the country to protest the war on Yemen and demand their members of Congress pass a Yemen War Powers Resolution.

Since March 2015, the Saudi/UAE-led bombing and blockade of Yemen have killed tens of thousands of people and wreaked havoc on the country. The blockade includes the closure of both air and seaports and prevents urgently needed resources from reaching the Yemeni people. Over 16 million people in Yemen are food insecure, the country has the world's worst cholera outbreak in modern history, and now Yemen has one of the very worst COVID death rates in the world: It kills 1 in 4 people who test positive. The pandemic, along with the withdrawal of aid, is pushing more people into acute hunger. The U.N. has called the catastrophe in Yemen the largest humanitarian crisis on Earth.

President Biden, during his campaign, promised to end U.S. weapons sales and military support for Saudi Arabia. On his first Monday in office, 400 organizations from 30 countries demanded an end to Western backing of the war on Yemen, creating the largest anti-war coordination since 2003. Just a few days later, on February 4, 2021, Biden announced an end to U.S. participation in offensive operations in Yemen. Despite President Biden’s commitments, the U.S. continues to enable the blockade – an offensive operation on Yemen – by servicing Saudi fighter jets and providing military and diplomatic support to the Saudi/UAE-led coalition. The blockade and resulting humanitarian crisis have only worsened since Biden took office.

The war on Yemen is only possible because Western countries -- in particular the United States, the UK, and France -- continue to arm Saudi Arabia and provide military, political, and logistical support for the war. The Western powers are active participants. We have the power to stop the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

People and organizations from across the U.S. are coming together to call for an end to U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen and solidarity with the people of Yemen. We demand that our members of Congress immediately and publicly pledge to:

→ Call on Saudi Arabia and the UAE to Lift the Blockade, Opening Airports and Seaports. Speak to President Biden by March 1st to insist he use his leverage with Saudi Arabia to press for the unconditional and immediate lifting of the devastating blockade.
→ Pass a War Powers Resolution. Co-sponsor - or introduce if it has not yet happened - a Yemen War Powers Resolution before International Women’s Day on March 8th, if the blockade of the country has not yet been lifted, to stop war support for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
→ Stop Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Oppose further arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE while the blockade starves the people of Yemen.
→ Support the People of Yemen. Call for the restoration and expansion of humanitarian aid for the people of Yemen.

We ask individuals and organizations across the states to protest at the district offices of their members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 1st with the above demands.

Below please add your organization's name to this statement. For more information, please contact neda@actioncorps.org.

More information: every75seconds.org

NATIONAL ENDORSERS
1. Action Corps
2. Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
3. Yemeni Alliance Committee
4. Union of Arab American Women
5. Avaaz
6. CODEPINK for Peace
7. Freedom Forward
8. Just Foreign Policy
9. MADRE
10. Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
11. Peace Action
12. World BEYOND War
13. United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)
14. War Resisters League
15. Democratic Socialists of America – International Committee
16. About Face: Veterans Against the War
17. Antiwar.com
18. Sustainable
19. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
20. Rehumanize International
21. Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
22. Spin Film
23. American Muslim Bar Association (AMBA)
24. Presbyterian Church (USA)
25. Ban Killer Drones (BKD)
26. Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR-USA)
27. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
28. Hands Off Yemen
29. United for Peace and Justice
30. Pax Christi USA
31. Progressive Democrats of America
32. Yemen Freedom Council
33. International Action Center
34. Granny Peace Brigade
35. Project Break the Cycle
36. World Can't Wait
37. Organization of Solidarity with the Yemeni Struggle - OSYS
38. Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space

LOCAL / STATE-BASED ENDORSERS
39. Mass. Peace Action
40. Veterans for Peace Chapter 120
41. Peace Action New York State
42. Pax Christi Burlington, Vermont
43. World Beyond War, Vermont
44. Kafenia Peace Collective
45. Peace Action New York State
46. Peace Action Wisconsin
47. NJ State Industrial Union Council
48. Central Valley Islamic Council
49. Veterans for Peace, Chapter 120
50. Peace Action WI  
51. Chicago Area Peace Action DePaul (CAPA DePaul)
52. Baltimore Nonviolence Center
53. Brittany for Congress Campaign
54. Upstate Drone Action
55. Veterans For Peace - NYC Chapter 34
56. New York Catholic Worker
57. Uptown Progressive Action
58. NYC Metro Raging Grannies
59. Twin Cities Nonviolent
60. Veterans For Peace Chapter 61 St Louis MO
61. Sisters of Charity of New York
62. North Country Peace Group
63. Old Dog Documentaries
64. Polemics: Journal of the Workingclass Struggle
65. South Country Peace Group
66. Peace, justice, Sustainability NOW!
67. Broome Tioga Green Party
68. Raytheon Antiwar Campaign
69. Pax Christi New York State
70. Pax Christi Metro New York
71. Friends Committee on National Legislation - Burlington, VT
72. Swords into Plowshares Peace Center & Gallery - MI
73. Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC)
74. Islamophobia Studies Center
75. Project South
76. East Bay CodePink
77. San Jose Peace & Justice Center
78. American Muslim Bar Association (AMBA)
79. Catalyst Project
80. Shia Muslim Council of Southern CA
81. Kafenia Peace Collective
82. ASATA - Alliance of South Asians Taking Action
83. Madison-Raah Sister City Project



(Last updated 28 Feb 2022)