Join SWANA Region Radio collective members as they explore efforts to end US support for the Saudi led war on Yemen with Kevin Martin, President of Peace Action and the Peace Action Education fund. Originating in campaigns against nuclear armaments in the 1950s, Peace Action was formed in 1993 and among its many campaigns, it pressured the Obama administration to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, redirect bloated Pentagon spending to needed social programs and infrastructure, settle the U.S. conflict with Iran through negotiations, and back a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Currently, while Peace Action maintains its efforts to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons globally, its campaigns also include ending the ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan that continue despite official US withdrawals or draw-downs and, in particular, its efforts to end US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which will be our focus tomorrow. You can join a national call to end the war in Yemen here.
Kevin Martin is President of Peace Action and the Peace Action Education Fund, and joined the staff on Sept 4, 2001. Kevin previously served as Director of Project Abolition, a national organizing effort for nuclear disarmament. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Los Angeles Times, The Progressive, Z magazine and many other publications. Kevin has traveled abroad representing Peace Action and the U.S. peace movement on delegations and at conferences in Russia, Japan, China, Mexico and Britain.
