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.

  • carl_dungeon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    659·
    5 months ago

    I mean, they’re ignoring the one in Palestine and the one in China, and even taking sides against Ukraine, so how is this any different?

    • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      492·
      5 months ago

      Palestine seems like 60% of what I hear about in national news and on Lemmy. Ukraine, though, no so much. People can’t use it to talk shit about Biden, after all.

      • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.eeEnglish
        283·
        5 months ago

        The Kremlin is pumping social media full of anti-Biden propaganda, using Israel’s genocide as a wedge to split the Democratic vote so they can get Trump elected again.

        • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          5 months ago

          Yes, 100% agree. No coincidence Netanyahu is a far right fascist and would prefer Trump himself.

          • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.eeEnglish
            61·
            5 months ago

            Yes, people act like they’re going to piss off Israel’s government by not voting for Biden. Bibi says thank you.

          • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
            10·
            5 months ago

            If they succeed, Palestine and Sudan and Ukraine will be every bit as fucked, but so will America with all its money and rockets.

          • Gsus4@mander.xyzEnglish
            61·
            5 months ago

            that snark is not going to sound so great when abortion is banned and Israel annexes Palestine with trump’s blessing. And the best part: you won’t even be able to protest anything!!

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        121·
        5 months ago

        People can’t use it to talk shit about Biden, after all.

        No. The Kremlin and Trumpers are using it to single out Biden so people will forget them and trade Bad for Much Worse.

    • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
      213·
      5 months ago

      ignoring the one in Palestine

      ???

      It’s impossible to go on any social media without hearing about it.