Global Day for Darfur
Along with New York, London, Paris, Toronto, Cairo, Moscow, and many other cities worldwide, Vancouver is joining in to support Global Day for Darfur [dayfordarfur.org] this Sunday, September 17th.
Around the world, events ranging from candlelight vigils to mass concerts will bring citizens together to urge their governments to pressure the UN Security Council to take immediate action to protect the people of Darfur as it promised.
Outside the VAG this Sunday, Vancouverites are encouraged to come out and show their support. The rally will be on the Georgia side from 2:00pm to 5:00pm and be sure to bring a blue hat, if ya got one.
When UN peacekeeping forces enter a region, they are recognized by the blue berets and helmets they wear. Wearing a blue hat will symbolize the urgent need to protect the people of Darfur with UN peacekeeping forces.[dayfordarfur.org]
This is organized by Canadian Students for Darfur [csd], Oxfam [oxfam.ca] and their partner organizations.
THE ONLY HOPE FOR DARFUR: WE-THE-PEOPLE. Duh.
It is said that the mark of truly being “crazy” is expecting different results from doing the same thing over and over and…. Ok, we needed to try some new approaches, hoping we could find a new formula for mass social change (stopping Genocide has NEVER been done.); looking for one that would be comfortable, convenient, safe, executed from our computer terminal / phone / TV or office in some combination. The variations we’ve tried are: * Blame (Bush, UN, EU…) , * Emails, letters, postcards…,* Letting the Nonprofits do it, * Divestment. And the results are in. WE ARE NOT, STOPPING THE GENOCIDE!
You mean that the answer for Darfur is the same answer we found for…* Ending the Vietnam War, * Gaining Civil Rights in the US, * Gaining Women the right to Vote in the US, * Ending apartheid in South Africa, * Throwing off the British oppression at our start….?
Yup. No one else, nothing else can stop it, can save 4,000,000 in Concentration Camps in Sudan and Chad. The buck stops with WE-THE-PEOPLE. Let’s stop talking and start - marching, demonstrating, sitting-in, hunger striking….
The next step is September 17th (SaveDarfur.org; DayForDarfur.org). BUT, then we need to be ready on SEPTEMBER 18th, 19th… AS LONG AS IT TAKES, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
Jay McGinley, jymcginley@cs.com; Day 105 24/7 DC VIGIL; Day 35 HUNGER STRIKE (54 days so far this summer, with breaks); ARRESTED Sept 9th at White House with 29 others from Save Darfur; http://wwww.standwithdarfurwhitehouseii.blogspot.com
Whether a UN peacekeeping force would be the best solution for Darfur is a moot point. The government of Sudan has made clear that any UN presence on its territory would be considered an invading force. It would be met with the same kind of resistance similar interventions have met in the recent past in that region - including but not limited to Al Queda suicide attacks and guerilla warfare a la Iraq.
Since Western governments already have their hands full in that regard and the genocide in Sudan hasn’t been met with any kind of serious condemnation amongst its fellow Muslim states or its main backer on the Security Council, the dictatorship of China, the government in Khartoum has very little reason to allow any kind of outside intervention.
The killing will continue.
Sorry. In the earlier comment I placed an extra “w” in the URL.
http://www.standwithdarfurwhitehouseii.blogspot.com
Jay
ps: We must fight on relentlessly, until the genocide stops.