Next week, on Monday, January 25, activists around the world will participate in an international day of protest against the war in Yemen.

Today on the show, we discuss the history of the war in Yemen, the role of the United States in the crisis, and what should be done under a Biden presidency with Middle East expert Charles Schmitz and activist Kathy Kelly.

Charles Schmitz is a professor of geography at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland and an affiliate of the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC.

Kathy Kelly is a peace activist, pacifist, and author. She co-founded Voices in the Wilderness and is a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence.

You can read Kathy Kelly’s recent article for The Progressive, “About Suffering: A Massacre of the Innocents in Yemen” here.

Note: We apologize for technology issues during today’s show, when slight sounds from the studio could be heard and listeners could hear a caller while Esty and the guests could not.

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