Aid workers fear a new disaster as militia forces close in on a major Darfur city.

On a sunny April afternoon in 2006, thousands of people flocked to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for a rally with celebrities, Olympic athletes, and rising political stars. Their cause: garner international support to halt a genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region.

“If we care, the world will care. If we act, then the world will follow,” Barack Obama, then the junior Illinois senator, told the crowd, speaking alongside future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That same week, then-Sen. Joe Biden introduced a bill in Congress calling on NATO to intervene to halt the genocide in Sudan. “We need to take action on both a military and diplomatic front to end the conflict,” he said.

  • @afraid_of_zombiesEnglish
    7•7 months ago

    It isn’t trendy and I don’t get to cosplay like I care about it.

    • Flying SquidMEnglish
      3•7 months ago

      Who’s going to recognize the Darfur flag when I put it in my Facebook profile?

    • @assassin_aragornEnglish
      3•7 months ago

      Some people put their politics ahead of genocide. They’ll deny it’s a genocide if it doesn’t fit their agenda. They’ll take an absolute stance if it does fit their agenda.

      It’s a tale as old as time. Chomsky is a very good example of this.

        • @assassin_aragornEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          Ironically, pro imperialist even. He holds the position that Ukraine should’ve stayed a buffer for Russia, instead of acknowledging that Ukraine is its own sovereign country that gets to choose its own destiny.

          • @afraid_of_zombiesEnglish
            2•7 months ago

            You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain I guess.