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Global Action Against War on Yemen PEACE 4 THE PEOPLE NEWSLETTER OF ILPS COMMISSION 4 Issue 13, Feb. 2021 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST WAR ON YEMEN ILPS Commission 4 endorsed and partook in an international protest to object to the Saudi Arabia, UAE-led MENA coalition war on Yemen that is backed by the US and its allies. Thousands of participants joined a online rally on various internet platforms to protest the war on Yemen on January 25. This event was also broadcast on a public TV channel in the UK during prime time, which has an audience of millions. 320 organizational signatories supported this global day of action. Many demonstrations were happening simultaneously, such as one in -14C weather in Montreal, one in San Francisco and another in Chile. The Quebec Movement for Peace (QMP-MQP) joined anti-imperialist, progressive and peace-loving forces around the world in saying No to the War on Yemen by holding a rally at the US Consulate in Montreal on January 24. This action drew attention to the role of Washington and Ottawa (with the largest arms export contract in Canadian history involving Saudi Arabia) in supporting the deadly war on Yemen. Another Québecois group, Échec à la Guerre, met online on the 25th. During the virtual international rally on the 25th, there were twelve presenters with various perspectives including five Yemeni nationals in UK and US and five parliamentarians in Greece (former), Ireland, the US, France and UK. The participants rallied around-humanitarian concern and the desperate need for real aid to the suffering Yemen population. Speakers cited the breaches of International Humanitarian Law, and therefore war crimes, in which many states are directly or indirectly involved. They condemned the sales of arms by the UK, Canada and other states worth $90billion to Saudi Arabia and UAE to bomb Yemeni people, from which many corporations are profiting Most speakers rallied around call for immediate ceasefire, immediate end to the embargo, aid (water, nutrition, health care) and support for a democratic process in Yemen by which the people in Yemen can decide their own course. They urged continued, united action against the war on Yemen and all the governments involved and implicit. SPEECHES Note: a full list of the names of speakers was lacking A young, Yemeni, socialist woman in the UK lead the speaking by condemning the violations of International Law amounting to war crimes in which the UK is involved. The UK military is training pilots while the government and corporations sell arms to the aggressors. The raids on Yemen is a case of the fight for imperialist domination, said the woman. They are not possible without the support of the UK and US. A former activist in the campaigns to stop the war on Iraq said that the media is hiding this conflict. Also, the UN's call for an immediate ceasefire during the pandemic last year has been ignored. She added that the Empire mindset endures in the West, in that European powers and the US still think they have the right to control other peoples' and decide their way of life and fate. The former finance minister for Greece was next to take the microphone. He reported that a Greece, which can barely support itself, sent a frigate to Saudi Arabia to help S. Arabia commit mass murder. Many other states are responsible for this global act of genocide. The peoples of the world must unite against those who aim guns at the people or remain mum about the many unjust and murderous military interventions around the world. Next, the audience heard a young conscientious objector who quit the UK army in protest against the war on Yemen. He is a Yemeni national. He asserted that the UK should be fighting FOR the people in Yemen and protecting them. Describing himself as having been single-mindedly careerist before, he has since turned to Islamic teachings and learned to make personal sacrifices so as to relieve suffering and help others. The haves must give up some of their comforts and privilege for the victims of war and the have-nots. After starting up a non-profit group, he found that a protest group was more fitting. In the course of his activism, he has learned that unity is crucial. Opposing the military aggression against Yemen does not require taking sides in the war, he insisted. Call for ceasefires, negotiations and accountability. If not Yemen, there would be some other vulnerable population targeted. We must end this war and other wars of aggression. A leader of the Democratic Socialists of America, an author/academic/activists born in Jamaica but a US citizen, spoke strongly against "institutionalized greed and hatred." All those who find themselves under domination and oppression must unite to raise their "moral and spiritual" voices and put their bodies on the line, he urged. They must, together, say that humanity matters. He stated that the US is the biggest conveyor of violence and it leads the biggest empire. Look and you can connect police brutality, Wall Street crime and aggressive military interventions. Put humanity at the center without any prejudice. Oppose the predators of the world, the imperialists, racists, patriarchs, etc. After a brief performance of spoken word, a young man born in Yemen but living in the US addressed future post-war conditions in Yemen, saying that Yemen will need international solidarity in recovering and supporting its autonomous nation-building. He said that Yemen's poverty is a result of global neo-liberalism combined with a lack of appropriate, domestic, political leadership. The General-Secretary for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the UK said "we stand with the people in Yemen" and affirmed concern about the man-made disaster in Yemen, in which the US and UK have played central roles in creating. We should call for the end to the sanctions and oppose the weapons sales that are falsely based on claims of terrorism in Yemen. A US Congressman reported his work with Bernie Sanders to put forward the War Powers Act, which would pull the US out of Yemen. He called for an end to the sale of arms to Yemen and the delivery of real aid, right away. He added that Pres. Biden wants to end the Yemen war and resolve the humanitarian crisis. A Sinn Fein MP in Northern Ireland declared that "a robust response is required." Eighty per cent of the Yemen population needs humanitarian aid and disease management. A recent UNICEF report states that 2.4 million kids in Yemen are malnourished. Clean drinking water is lacking. The UAE-led coalition must be held accountable and the illegal and unjust Saudi Arabia campaign must end. By sending military aid to these aggressors, Ireland is also breaching international law. The economic measures against Yemen must terminate. There must be an immediate ceasefire and arms embargo to allow the people of Yemen to engage in a peaceful political process without interference. A French National Assembly member of Caribbean origin described and decried France's support for the war on Yemen. Then a young woman who is a migrant from Yemen reported from a street action in the US. A Yemen-born professor in the US also appealed for an end to war and for aid for the Yemeni people. A prominent Labour Party MP (UK) was the last to speak. While welcoming end of arms trade from the UK which civilian action brought about, he urged for a permanent solution for Yemen. He is part of an effort to propose a parliamentary motion that was to be discussed on January 26. Commenting on the US War Powers Act, he adamantly recommended further efforts to start a ceasefire, end all arms sales to the aggressors, aid for the people in Yemen and support a people's democratic process in Yemen. He added that all concerned groups and individuals should "have confidence in achieving unity and a common vision of a more civilized world." The hosts concluded the virtual rally by announcing it as "a big breakthrough in the people's Yemen campaign" against war. They pledged that more events would be coordinated. They urged that the unity for this common cause be maintained, kept engaged and extended to broaden the participation and continue action to stop the war on Yemen. [Stop the War Coalition website and Newsletter of Jan. 29/21 has the video of the above event and a petition to stop the UK’s sales of arms to Saudi Arabia.] ### NO TO WAR ON YEMEN! STATEMENT OF COMMISSION 4 OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE The International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS), Commission 4, endorses and supports the call for a global day of protest against the slaughter and neglect of the Yemeni people. There will be actions on the ground in Canada, Sweden, UK, Germany, Italy and the US, as well as a main online forum on January 25. The situation is in acute crisis and utterly deplorable. Anyone with a basic support for human rights and holding a humanitarian view must condemn the attacks on Yemen. The people of Yemen, coming from one of the poorest countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are suffering from air raids, death and injury, loss of infrastructure and basic supplies and mass displacement for six years. According to refugee agencies, in a population of 29 million, 13.5 million people are at risk of starvation. Yemeni Union of Agricultural Cooperatives reports that coalition airstrikes have systematically destroyed local food systems by targeting agricultural land, poultry farms, food processing plants, rural markets, fishing boats, and ports.
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