Currently, there are rallies being organized in Washington, London, Brussels for November 28, 2012. There is a call for Congolese and their allies around the world to organize rallies on that day with a simple call: END TO THE WAR IN CONGO!
Check in your cities. If there is no rally being organize, take the initiative to organize one. It will be good to do the rally in a high-traffic location, State/City Building downtown, or an area of your choice.
As we go into the holidays, some will be rallying also this weekend in DC. I hope wherever you are, you stand for peace in the Congo and help us in organizing a rally in your city.
We stand to support you with logistics, materials, information, etc.
This site will share some thoughts, analysis from Kambale Musavuli and anything he would like to share with the world in support of humanity in general, and Congolese in particular.
Posts tagged WASHINGTON.
Showing “Crisis in the Congo” at Busboys and Poets.
#btstour #dc #washington #breakingthesilence #congo #rwanda #uganda #ResistAFRICOM #africom #africa (at Busboys and Poets)
END THE WAR IN DRC: RALLIES NEAR YOU.
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The battle isn’t over yet, but we couldn’t get to this point if it wasn’t for your voices. So many people to thank… from the Dear Hillary Campaign for the Congo, Washington allies, NGOs who advocated for suspension of aid, the many of you who called the White House, State Department, US Mission to the United Nations, your Congresspersons and senators… to the many who acted when they were asked to support the Congolese… THANK YOU!
This is just one victory! We still have a long way to go….
Remember Leah Ziegler how it almost seemed that State Department will not budge? Thank you for your leadership with the whole team at St Michaels.
So many people to thank… You know who you are if you raised your voice to get PL 109-456 enforced.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Let’s now make peace inevitable.
"While traveling this country, many people have asked me why the situation in the Congo is not covered in mainstream media. I have even put some journalists on the spot to answer that question and I am clear that we can’t depend on the media.
This is why I write and encourage all Congolese to write too. We must keep rewriting history because there are those who don’t want the truth about the Congo to come out.
If you watched CNN today, you probably know what I am talking about. If you didn’t, here is the story for you.
CNN journalists are in Congo. David McKenzie and Erin Burnett have been traveling back and forth from Rwanda to DRC for about a week now. Tonight on CNN Outfront, Erin Burnett interviewed Bill Clinton who is visiting Rwanda. It was a shock to see what type of questions she asked Clinton. She was even afraid to ask a question about how Paul Kagame won presidential elections in 2010 by 93% of the votes. She did not even mention the war in Congo. And they also talked about the mountain gorillas… yes… they did talk about the mountain gorillas.
Just think… 220,000 people have lost their homes. Right now we have over 2 million internally displaced people in Congo due to war. It is NOT a civil war! Over 6 million Congolese have died. Yet, CNN says in its program “by saving the gorillas, you save the people of the Congo.” Remember that these two journalists are actually on the ground in Congo and Rwanda. They see what is happening and yet they choose to not tell the truth about what is happening in Congo.
I still can’t believe what happened… yet it was predictable.
My appeal to you now is to always be the voice of the millions of voiceless Congolese. Mainstream media won’t cover it until you are clear about US support of oppressive regimes in Africa, the mining companies involved, what Bill Clinton did in the 90s, and so on.
Spread the word… Break the silence!
http://congojustice.org/
Special Report: The wonks who sold Washington on South Sudan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the mid-1980s, a small band of policy wonks began convening for lunch in the back corner of a dimly lit Italian bistro in the U.S. capital.
After ordering beers, they would get down to business: how to win independence for southern Sudan, a war-torn place most American politicians had never heard of.
They called themselves the Council and gave each other clannish nicknames: the Emperor, the Deputy Emperor, the Spear Carrier. The unlikely fellowship included an Ethiopian refugee to America, an English-lit professor and a former Carter administration official who once sported a ponytail.
The Council is little known in Washington or in Africa itself. But its quiet cajoling over nearly three decades helped South Sudan win its independence one year ago this week.
Across successive U.S. administrations, they smoothed the path of southern Sudanese rebels in Washington, influenced legislation in Congress, and used their positions to shape foreign policy in favor of Sudan’s southern rebels, often with scant regard for U.S. government protocol.
“We never controlled anything, but we always did try to influence things in the way we thought most benefited the people of South Sudan,” said Roger Winter, now an honorary adviser to the South Sudan government and one of the group’s original members, who dubbed himself the Spear Carrier. Read more
This is how long it takes to make policy change in US….
I am re-blogging/ re-posting this because I just realized how important it is for all Africans. This is how they made South Sudan happen. This is how Washington hijacked Sudanese journey to independence.
(via storyofalioness)
THIS FRIDAY
June 29, from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm, join Friends of the Congo and allies for a peaceful demonstration at the Rwandan Embassy in Washington DC (1714 New Hampshire Ave NW) to protest Rwanda’s training and arming of rebel groups inside the Congo. RSVP at Here. If you can’t make it in DC, be sure you organize in your respective communities to denounce US State Department. For questions, call 1-888-584-6510 or send an email at info@friendsofthecongo.org
