Oppressed and exploited people from Puerto Rico to Palestine and Ukraine are fighting for self-determination against imperialism and autocratic regimes. This series sponsored by the Ukraine Solidarity Network (US) and TRNN will feature interviews with intellectuals and activists discussing particular countries and peoples’ struggles for liberation, and stress the importance of building solidarity between them. In these shows, we will discuss the challenge the movements face in attempting to steer clear of the trap of becoming a catspaw for one or another imperial or regional power.
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Oppressed and exploited people from Puerto Rico to Palestine and Ukraine are fighting for self-determination against imperialism and autocratic regimes. This series sponsored by the Ukraine Solidarity Network (US) and TRNN will feature interviews with intellectuals and activists discussing particular countries and peoples’ struggles for liberation, and stress the importance of building solidarity between them. In these shows, we will discuss the challenge the movements face in attempting to steer clear of the trap of becoming a catspaw for one or another imperial or regional power.
Genocide, imperialism, & grassroots resistance in Sudan’s civil war
Solidarity Without Exception
54 minutes
5 months ago
Genocide, imperialism, & grassroots resistance in Sudan’s civil war
For the last two years, the civil war in Sudan, the largest contemporary war in Africa, has ripped the country apart. As Beverly Ochieng, Wedaeli Chibelushi, and Natasha Booty report at the BBC, “The war, which continues to this day, has claimed more than 150,000 lives. And in what the United Nations has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis, about 12 million people have been forced to flee their homes. There is evidence of genocide in the western region of Darfur, where residents say they have been targeted by fighters based on their ethnicity.”
In the latest installment of Solidarity Without Exception, we examine the roots of Sudan’s social and humanitarian crisis today, the domestic and international dimensions of the political revolution that swept Sudan in 2019, which led to the overthrow of Omar Al-Bashir, and the violent counterrevolution that, since 2023, has been led by two military factions (and their international allies), deepening the oppression of the Sudanese people and enabling genocidal actions by said military forces. Cohost Blanca Missé speaks with: Nisrin Elamin, assistant professor of African studies and anthropology at the University of Toronto and a member of the Sudan Solidarity Collective, who is currently writing a book on Gulf Arab capital accumulation and land dispossession in central Sudan; and Ibrahim Alhaj Abdelmajeed Alduma, a Virginia-based human rights advocate for Sudan and a communication and disinformation specialist with years of experience working in NGOs with a focus on community development, youth capacity building, and strengthening the role and impact of civil society institutions.
Credits: Hosted by Blanca Missé Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich
Oppressed and exploited people from Puerto Rico to Palestine and Ukraine are fighting for self-determination against imperialism and autocratic regimes. This series sponsored by the Ukraine Solidarity Network (US) and TRNN will feature interviews with intellectuals and activists discussing particular countries and peoples’ struggles for liberation, and stress the importance of building solidarity between them. In these shows, we will discuss the challenge the movements face in attempting to steer clear of the trap of becoming a catspaw for one or another imperial or regional power.