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and by Verso Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles,

perfect for Dig listeners like you.

One that you might like is Yemen in crisis, the Road to War, by Helen Lachner.

The Democratic promise of the 2011 Arab Spring has unraveled in Yemen,

triggering a disastrous crisis of civil war, famine, militarization, and governmental collapse collapse with serious implications for the future

of the region.

Yet as political researcher Helen Lachner argues, the catastrophe does not have to continue, and we can hope for and build a different future in Yemen.

Fueled by Arab and Western intervention, the Civil War has quickly escalated, resulting in

thousands killed and millions close to starvation. Suffering from a collapsed economy, the people of Yemen face a desperate choice between

the Houthi rebels on the one side, and the internationally recognized government propped

up by the Saudi-led coalition and Western Arms on the other.

In this invaluable analysis Helen Lachner uncovers the roots of the social and political conflicts that threaten the very survival of the state and the Yemeni people.

Importantly, she argues that we must understand the roots of the current crisis,

so that we can hope for a different future, for Yemen, and for the Middle East,

with a preface exploring the U.S.'s central role in the crisis.

Yemenin crisis, The Road to War, by Helen Lachner, out now from Verso Books.

Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and I'm

temporarily broadcasting from Santiago, the Chile. I'm by no means a Mueller report skeptic in the sense that I certainly believe

that Russia intervened and that Trump is a criminal who committed obstruction of

justice and who is surrounded all the time by rampant criminality.

But it's also no doubt true that the situation and the hawkish liberal response to it have dangerously damaged

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