Against Kony, look to solidarity with the workers of Africa!
A viral internet and street art campaign, launched by the charity Invisible Children, gathered an enormous amount of support across the world on 7 March, with its denunciation of Joseph Kony, leader of a militia which has committed many atrocities in Uganda and in Congo. The denunciation is thoroughly justified, but there are problems with the Invisible Children operation and its slant on the issue. In our view, people who want to take action against militias like Kony’s - his, sadly, is by no means the only one in the region - are right to want to do that, but would do better to help build...