Darfur is Burning

We must take action. The first thing you need to do, and you do need to do a first thing if you haven't been working to save Darfur yet, is to familiarize yourself with what's going on there. I recommend Brian Steidle's photos as a first bite. Today I watched a video of his recounting the genocide he saw in Darfur, Sudan. His evidence should bring us all to action. There is no cease fire, only slaughter.

Also from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum'd Committee on Conscience, check out this page for updates.

Africa Action will be a good place to look to for political advocacy on Darfur.

The next steps then sit in front of us. We must donate to the organizations providing aid to refugees, like MSF and the Red Cross, as well as support UN aid efforts. However, we must never forget that donations cannot and will not stop the genocide - only extreme pressure on the Sudanese government in Khartoum can end this, and should that fail, humanitarian intervention will be imperative. We cannot hesitate; estimates put death tolls at over 400,000, already half the total in Rwanda.

We must not fail again.