Posts Tagged ‘advocacy’
ICC warrant for Bashir strengthens global justice, do-good fundraising
The International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan. After the usual politicking in the halls of the United Nations and elsewhere, the Court decided to issue the warrant, despite strong words for the ICC from Bashir himself: “They can eat it,” he said Tuesday.
The International [...]
From the Department of “You’re Not Allowed To Be So Cynical”
I enjoy glibness, a little bit too much, and nothing gets me more interested in a conversation that well-deployed sarcasm. So it’s easy–sometimes a little too easy–for me to get all jaded about…everything, even things I care a lot about. Like, say, Darfur. And while I still maintain that Breaking Toys for [...]
And next in the long list of Things That Won’t Help
You’ll forgive the cynicism, I’m sure–or maybe not, which is also legitimate–but here is a quick highlight of things in my inbox:
Writers in London “are calling for an end to the atrocities in Darfur.” Why? For the children, of course. “The world needs to wake up. For too long, it has [...]
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