Join the ANSWER Coalition at the Massachusetts Statehouse on Saturday. 1 to 3 PM to demand clearly: No War on Iran and U.S. troops out of the Middle East!

The Trump administration is dragging the United States into a war with Iran that could engulf the whole region and could quickly turn into a global conflict of unpredictable scope and the gravest consequences.

We welcome back with open arms this engaging and celebrated Palestinian scientist, lecturer and activist. We thank our co-sponsors for hosting this event with us, as part of our 100th Anniversary Celebration.

Qumsiyeh will discuss the historical and geopolitical context on how we arrived at the junction where even climate change conferences end in admitted failure, conflicts rage in the Arab World, elite populists (Trump, Modi, Netanyahu) run powerful countries, and people follow like lemmings to the cliff. He articulates actions of mitigation and adaptation.

Trump’s sudden withdrawal of some US troops from Syria has caused chaos in an already troubled Middle East. It’s also caused a great deal of confusion among citizens who are both anti-Trump and anti-war. Turkey, a NATO ally supplied with US weapons, has invaded Syria. The predominantly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been forced to retreat. However, Trump ordered 500 troops to seize Syria’s oil wells and sent 2,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia.

For four years a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE has been bombing the country of Yemen, routinely striking hospitals, schools, food-storage facilities and water-treatment plans.  They are using man-mnade famine as a weapon of war.  Over 14 million people, half the population, now live on the brink of starvatation.  Raytheon -- headquartered in Waltham -- is a major arms supplied for Saudi Arabia, and it is estimated that between 2009 and 2015 alone Raytheon delivered $2.5 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia.

Defending, Educating Empowering: Come join us for CAIR-MA's fourth annual banquet! This year we're honored to be joined by Imam Khalid Latif as our Keynote, and Dr. Altaf Husain as our Motivational Speaker. It's critical that we continue to stand up for our civil rights during these times of unprecedented discrimination and bigotry, and CAIR welcomes you to join this cause!  Tickets, contact: https://www.cairma.org

The Saudi-US-Raytheon war against Yemen continues

This summer Congress passed a bill to ban weapons sales to Saudi Arabia by Raytheon and other war companies.

The President vetoed that bill continuing his love affair with the Saudis and with Raytheon and other war profiteers.

So it’s up to us to enforce that ban. We owe it to the people of Yemen who have to live under Raytheon bombs

Last month Congress voted to restrict weapons sales to the monstrous regime in Saudi Arabia. President Trump immediately vetoed that congressional legislation. So now it’s up to us to enforce that ban on Raytheon and the other arms dealers by insisting that Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy stop making money off his company’s growing collaboration with the Saudis.

Through its arms sales and integration with the Saudi regime, Raytheon continues its major role in the destruction of Yemen. Paveway bombs, an intimate partnership with the Saudi Military, hundreds of personnel based in Saudi Arabia, establishing Raytheon Saudi Arabia in Riyadh – the Raytheon-Saudi collaboration is extensive. It sees working with the vicious regimes of the Middle East as an incredible economic opportunity.

While Raytheon sponsors the Walk for Hunger in Boston,

Its bombs bring starvation and death to Yemen.

Sign up now for the “Yemen Anti-Famine Team” at the Walk for Hunger.

Protest Raytheon’s hypocrisy. Demand that Raytheon cease all weapons sales to the Saudi war criminals. Insist that the Walk for Hunger condemns Raytheon’s massive assistance to Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.

Denis J. Sullivan
Director, Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies (BCARS, a Carnegie Corporation Project)
Professor of Political Science & International Affairs
Co-Director, Middle East Center
Northeastern University