News and Analysis: Sudan

Understanding the Sudan - South Sudan conflict

The material and historical roots of the escalating war

May 10, 2012

The sum total of the current tensions between The Sudan (North) and South Sudan is leading to a significant danger of war, both inside each region and between the North and South.

U.S. imperialism exploits Sudan conflict for own advantage

End the sanctions! No imperialist intervention!

June 29, 2011

Two months of fighting along the border between North and South Sudan appears to be coming to a close.What are the issues behind the headlines?

Washington cheers referendum to dismember Sudan

Roots of current conflict lie in colonial exploitation of region

January 17, 2011

On Jan. 9 and 10, the people of Sudan voted on a referendum to divide their country. At the time of writing, no official decision on the referendum was announced though a vote for the partition of the country is likely.

Class Struggle in Africa and the Fight Against Imperialism

Watch the full session from the National Conference on Socialism 2010

November 15, 2010

Class struggle exists everywhere in Africa, but it is rarely discussed or covered in the United States. This panel features experts on the workers' struggle in Africa, discussing the conditions for working and poor people today.

Sudanese 'Cubans' lead reconstruction in the South

Cubans provide free education, training for refugees

April 30, 2010

"I would like it, when I have time, to thank them not for me but what they did for the people of southern Sudan," said Dr. Okony Simon Mori, in reference to the Cubans who trained him in medicine for free so he could return to Sudan to provide medical care to his people.

What is at stake in upcoming Sudan elections?

Imperialist interference in Sudan's affairs

April 4, 2010

As of the writing of this article, the ruling party of semi-autonomous South Sudan, the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Front, has pulled out of the scheduled April 11 multi-party election in Sudan and called for a boycott along with some northern opposition groups.

Sudanese women struggle against sexist law

PSL supports struggle, maintains principled defense of Sudan against imperialism

September 19, 2009

In early July, Sudan once again gained the attention of the international media. This time the story was not about the exaggerated death toll of civil war in Darfur, or about the targeting of President Omar al-Bashir in the international imperialist courts, but about civilian women and their choice of dress.

African liberation struggle continues

Growing U.S. military presence seeks to assert hegemony over continent

August 14, 2009

The article below is an adaptation from a talk presented at the July 24 San Francisco branch meeting of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Africa has become a new focus of the imperialist powers’ inherent drive to divide and re-divide the world’s markets and resources.

Survivors and Saviors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror (book review)

'Save Darfur' campaign is a war mobilization

June 9, 2009

"Survivors and Saviors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror" is the latest book by researcher and author Professor Mahmood Mamdani, who teaches at Columbia University in New York City. The book is the result of lengthy research, conversations and meetings carried out since 2003—the year that the armed insurgency in Darfur began raging full-force—with many protagonists, including traditional leaders, political parties and representatives of internally displaced persons from different camps, among others.

Israel bombs Sudan

U.S. response reveals imperialism's double standard

April 14, 2009

Recent revelations and events in Sudan continue to expose the ongoing campaign, by imperialist governments and "civil society," to demonize and isolate Sudan. CBS News reported on March 26 that Israel had attacked a convoy of trucks in Sudan in January.

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