Hello all. In the essence of laying low...here is some information other people wrote =) Also posted on the SudanRevolts blog, of which I am current Media Monitor. For any suggestions for articles etc, please let me know.
Now that the international media is picking the story up a little more, there is plenty of analysis to get your teeth into.
Here is a tip: If you are on twitter and want to follow people clued into the movement, check out this list.
June 27th, 2012
A great collection of photos from Foreign Policy
The United States condemns the crackdown on protesters
Christian Caryl asks the media to cover the story of #SudanRevolts in the piece: The Sudanese Stand up
Jadaliyya provides a great analysis on understanding the prospects and challenges for another popular intifada in Sudan.
Sandstorm Friday on Foreign Policy
Economic hardship is joining corruption, war and crackdowns among the grievances of Sudan's citizens against the ruling regime as political forces unite for change, writes Asmaa El-Husseini in this peace in Al Ahram
Armin rosen from World Affairs asks the question, is this a Khartoum Spring?
Of all the Arab Spring processes, the violent and nonviolent opposition to the NCP could turn out to be the least predictable—and the most destabilizing—in the region. But it could also offer Sudan something it hasn’t had since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, the treaty with the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement that ended decades of civil war, and a pact that Khartoum has been sabotaging and violating in various ways for the past seven years. It could offer a chance for the egalitarian and democratic future that Bashir and the NCP have so violently denied their country.
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So on the eve of the Lick Your Elbows Friday...what can we offer in terms of reading fodder?
June 28th, 2012
Round up of great links by Foreign Policy for some background information.
Darfur SLM offers its support for peaceful protests
Change is in the air in Sudan says the Guardian
Elbows and Sandstorms in Khartoum
We Egyptians have learned over the past year and a half that people all over the world can make a difference, and so solidarity and support are essential for the success of any legitimate call for justice and human rights. When the international media was reluctant to upset our dictator, the words of the people all over the world on social media and their protests in front of Egyptian embassies made a difference. We are all in the same trench, so regardless of nationality, we must seek freedom for others, just as we do for ourselves.
The Independent reports on the importance of the Lick Your Elbow demonstrations:
Khartoum is braced for a "make or break" day of demonstrations tomorrow, as anger at the rising cost of living spills over into Arab Spring-style protests on the streets of Sudan's capital.