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A deconstruction of the campaign against Omar al Bashir and his government in Sudan

Posted by seumasach on July 9, 2009

Richard Kurdt

iraq-war.ru

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Mamdani on Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror

A number of days ago we heard that the AU has declared that they will not cooperate with the ICC indictment of Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir. This is a very positive development, and I would like to submit my own testimony on behalf of Sudan and its president Omar al Bashir, in a spirit of defiant resistance, and for the cause of truth.
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Mamdani on Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror

Posted by seumasach on April 17, 2009

Click on link to hear interview:

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Columbia University Professor Mahmood Mamdani in conversation with Khalil Bendib on the always worthwhile KPFA. Extending earlier work, Mamdani discusses his new work and continues to demolish the myths spouted by the zio-ideologues within the ‘Save Darfur’ movement.

His new book is Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror. If you’d like to skip the introduction, move the cursor along the audio above to the 4 minute mark. The excellent talk goes for about 30 minutes.

Professor Mamdani has had a number of speaking events in the past week, including at Berkeley City Cluband at Columbia Teacher’s College (here’s one account by an attendee at Mondoweiss).

(The interview wraps up around the 37 minute mark and continues on to Malihe Razazan speaking with Dr. Renée Dreyfus, Curator in Charge of Ancient Art and Interpretation at Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco about a rare Achaemenid Persian relief that recently became part of the museum’s permanent collection.)

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Darfur rebel leader visits Israel to drum up support

Posted by seumasach on February 16, 2009

By Barak Ravid and Amos Harel,

Haaretz
16th February, 2009
The leader of one of the rebel groups in Sudan’s Darfur region visited Israel to request its support in the rebels’ fight against the Sudanese government.
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Arab League gives support to Sudan

Posted by alfied on July 20, 2008

Mona Salem, AFP

Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008

CAIRO – The Arab League on Saturday slammed the International Criminal Court’s “unbalanced” prosecutor for seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, saying Sudan’s courts should judge alleged Darfur war crimes. Read the rest of this entry »

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