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DESCRIPTION:"How U.S. policy helped undermine a nonviolent pro-democracy struggle, 
 empower extremists, provoke a civil war, and support a bombing campaign 
 resulting in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.," a talk by Stephen 
 Zunes\n\nSaudi Arabia has come in for worldwide condemnation for the murder 
 of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but far less has been said about its much 
 broader war crimes -- and about the U.S. role in facilitating them -- in 
 the four-year war in Yemen that has killed an estimated 50,000 people and 
 threatens as many as 12 million with starvation. \nIs there now light at 
 the end of the tunnel? On the one hand, the Senate has invoked the War 
 Powers Act of 1973, which requires the president to consult with Congress 
 “in every possible instance” before sending troops into conflict. But 
 on the other, the US Air Force has subsequently issued a request for 
 suppliers to provide airplane parts to keep Saudi F-15 jet fighters 
 flying.\n\nDr. Stephen Zunes, a Professor of Politics and International 
 Studies at the University of San Francisco, chairs the university’s 
 program in Middle Eastern Studies. He chairs the academic advisory 
 committee for the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and serves as 
 a senior policy analyst for the Foreign Policy in Focus project of the 
 Institute for Policy Studies. A contributing editor of Tikkun, who lectures 
 widely and writes for several leading political blogs, including the 
 Huffington Post, his books include “Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy 
 and the Roots of Terrorism” and “Western Sahara: War, Nationalism & 
 Conflict Irresolution” (with Jacob Mundy).\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/11/18820287.php
SUMMARY:The Yemen Tragedy: America's Role --a free public forum
LOCATION:Park Branch Public Library, Community Room\n1833 Page Street, San 
 Francisco\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/11/18820287.php
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