Democracy Now!-Politics of Naming Genocide & Civil War 2of3

President Bush has ordered new sanctions to be placed on the Sudanese government for its role in the violence in Darfur. Last week's announcement blocks thirty-one companies tied to the Sudanese government from using the US banking system.
The sanctions were seen as a victory for the Save Darfur Coalition, a US group leading a vocal campaign pressuring the White House to take action. But the New York Times reported Saturday some of Save Darfur's public efforts have angered aid groups working on the ground in Sudan. The aid groups say Save Darfur's call for imposing a no-flight zone could lead to a halt in aid flights and put their workers at risk. Aid groups have also criticized Save Darfur for not spending its multi-million dollar budget on aid to Darfur's refugees.
Mahmood Mamdani is one of the world's most prominent Africa scholars. Earlier this year, he wrote a major piece for the London Review of Books called "The Politics of Naming: Genocide, Civil War, Insurgency." He was born in Uganda and now splits his time between Uganda and New York, where he is a professor at Columbia University. Mahmood Mamdani was interviewed by award-winning journalist, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! on Friday. She began by asking him about the name of his article, "The Politics of Naming."
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/04/1334230

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[inferno0020]

I think that we the American students need to care more about what happen to Colombia as well- Colombian war on Terror, which was waged by the US government, had caused 3 million refugees. Before we messed oil-rich countries, we should take care of our backyard first!

[Maxiellar]

This is verrry educating, thanks adding this vblog.

[MaximTech]

exactly i had no idea how corrupt Save Darfur Group

[astObs]

This needs to be seen by more people.