Genocide is being waged on the Yemeni people by the Saudi monarchy and the US government. On January 27, the US/Saudi coalition dropped US-made bombs on a camp for displaced people in Yemen’s northwestern Hajjah, killing at least 8 civilians and wounding many more. The bombing of refugee camps is a crime against humanity. In an attack on the Yemeni people of Hodeida just 2 days prior, the Red Sea Silos which house 51,000 metric tons of wheat were struck with mortar shells laying waste to critical food supplies while Yemen is facing “the worse famine in 100 years,” according to U.N. officials.
We, the workers and oppressed of New Orleans, must show solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Yemen. We must speak out against these atrocities and demand that the US government withdraw all military aid and cancel all arms sales to the murderous Saudi regime.