Ben Cohen, one of the founders of Ben and Jerry's ice-cream was recently arrested in front of the Sudanese embassy. He is pulling out all the stops trying to get the US government to respond to the crisis in Darfur. He has become so desperate because the situation is so desperate. A total of 370,000 Africans are already dead, or in the late stages of dying, from starvation in the extermination camps. The death toll could reach one million within the next few months.
There is an organization called True Majority which was founded to "compound the power of all those who believe in social justice, giving children a decent start in life, protecting the environment, and America working in cooperation with the world community". They are raising money to send a camera crew and satellite link to Darfur under the assumption that people who see what is going on there will want to make it stop. If you would like to contribute to that campaign, follow this link:
Sudan/Darfur TM campaign
Here is more information about the Darfur genocide:
Darfur: A genocide we can stop
Maybe we could at least drop food into the camps and have our military escort aid workers there. We're over-extended in Iraq as it is, but maybe we can keep them alive long enough for other nations to act.
Perhaps the Arab league could be shamed into doing something. After all, this looks bad for their team.
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