Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Founding of the Saudi State 2. Human Rights Abuses 3. Freedom of Religion 4. The Rights of Women 5. Saudi Foreign Workers 6. Spreading Wahhabism, Supporting Extremism 7. The History of US-Saudi Relations 8. Saudi Foreign Policy Conclusion: Prospects for Change Resources Index

About the Author

Medea Benjamin is one of America's best-known 21st century activists. Co-founder of Code Pink and the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange, she is the author of Drone Warfare (OR Books and Verso) and has played an active role in the Green Party (most notably as their candidate for US Senate in California, running against Dianne Feinstein). A frequent contributor to Alternet, she has a Master's Degree in both Public Health and Economics. In 2012, she was awarded the US Peace Memorial Foundation's Peace Prize in recognition of her "creative leadership on the front lines of the anti-war movement." She is also recipient of the 2014 Gandhi Peace Award and the 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize from the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She is mother of two children, and currently lives in Washington, D.C.