Darfur: is UN intervention the solution?
Submitted on 25 January, 2007 - 17:14
Hannah Wood, Workers' Liberty
Hratche Koundarjian, the Parliamentary Officer for the Aegis Trust
Gibril Fidail, Justice and Equality Movement
Yahia Elbashir, Human Rights officer of the Darfur Union
A public meeting, co-sponsors: London Workers' Liberty and SOAS Friends of Africa
7.30pm, Thursday 8 February
School of Oriental and African Studies Vernon Square campus, near Kings Cross and Angel tubes
(for a map see here.)
All welcome
Speakers include:
Should those concerned about human rights and democracy in Darfur call for military intervention by the United Nations? For greater involvement of other African nations? Or what? The speakers will address these issues, but from very different political perspectives. Come to listen and take part in the debate!
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We should definitely oppose
We should definitely oppose UN or Africa Union intervention.
Seeing and hearing the suffering of people seems to make a very compelling case for intervention but the only intervention that can be of any use would be massive aid from the international workers' movement which, under some conditions, could include military aid.
But any intervention by 'the UN' would be an imperialist one- using one of their regional gendarmes to exert even more control over the region and promote further instability.
Our intervention should include opposing all immigration controls and supporting progressive initiatives by African workers and peasants. Don't know enough details of any such initiatives in Darfur. Do know of a progressive struggle by ethiopian trade unionists sho have also opposed the attacks on Somalis mentioned elsehwere on this website.