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An open letter to Indivisible: We must stand for Yemen

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I have been living abroad for more than 8 years, recently working in the humanitarian aid sector. So I tend to be lag in my awareness of big things in American politics. In April I returned home to Maine, extremely concerned about our country’s foreign policies, and started asking around where activist energy is concentrating right now. Immediately I was directed to Indivisible. In an old town hall in little Thomaston, Maine I saw more people talking about public policy, and about what they were going to do about it than I ever have before. I got it right away – this is something big. This is something that can change our country. So with that in mind, I’d like to appeal to the Indivisible community. Please, please use some of your passion and anger to oppose America’s appalling role in the destruction of Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East. I know that Indivisible is focused on opposing Trump’s awful domestic policy agenda. But today our country is dee