Another in the series, How to Think About Darfur, by James North: Here’s a link to the most important single magazine article I have read over at least the past 5 years; it appeared in the British publication Prospect. Bartle…
James North, reporting from Mexico: I´ve only been here three days, but I can see once again why Americans are so ill-informed about the rest of the world. The news reports here have been filled with coverage of three gigantic…
Another in a series, “How to Think About Darfur,” by James North When I started looking into Darfur, I said right at the start that I was suspicious that the solidarity movement, or at least some part of it, was…
Another in the series, How to Think About Darfur, by James North The New Republic has a long cover article on Darfur, along with a shorter piece by editor-in-chief Martin Peretz. For Peretz, Darfur is black and white: “Even if…
A continuing series on How to Think About Darfur, by James North I first looked into the definition of genocide in the early 1980s, when I was writing Freedom Rising, my book about southern Africa. One chapter described the apartheid…
Another dispatch on “How to Think About Darfur,” by James North: Lopez Lomong, who was chosen by his Olympic teammates to carry the American flag at the opening ceremonies, is an extraordinary young man. He is one of the “Lost…
This is the fifth in a series, How to Think About Darfur, by James North: The experts agree: the worst years in Darfur for mass killing were back in 2003-04. At that time, two guerrilla groups of Darfuris had formed:…
A continuing series on Darfur, by James North: Here’s a fascinating look at some courageous American athletes who boycotted Hitler’s Olympics in 1936; I knew none of this. But the implication is that Beijing should be boycotted now, over Darfur….
This is the fourth in a series, How to Think About Darfur, by James North: Darfur is one of the relatively few places in Africa where the word “tribe” is valid.� or decades, Africans have been asking rhetorically why 25…