Will we allow Sudan's military and their allies, Saudi Arabia, and its partner the U.S. along with the United Arab Emirates to crush the people’s movement for democracy? - 28:33
Will we allow Sudan's
military and their allies, Saudi Arabia, and its
partner the U.S. along with the United Arab Emirates to crush the
people’s movement for democracy?
with
Milton Allimadi, Prof. of African
History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and founder of The Black Star
News
In scenes redolent of the Arab
world's 2011 pro-democracy uprisings, an emboldened grass-roots protest movement
had taken root in the heart of Sudan, its center, Khartoum, when the dreaded
Janjaweed militia opened fire on the unarmed, pro-democracy forces who were
demanding a transition to civilian rule, after the ouster of President Omar
Hassan al-Bashir. The death toll from the attack on the unarmed pro-democracy
camp protestors now exceeds 100, with hundreds more injured. But, the
people’s
empowerment movement’s resolve is strong as they continue to press for a
total work stoppage. Prof. Allimadi traces the evolution of the democracy
forces during the thirty year rule of the al-Bashir dictatorship, examines the
conflicts amongst the military forces, the implications for the further
destabilization of the region and the particular role of Saudi Arabia, the
United States, Russia and China, while the push for peoples’ power and civilian rule continues.
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