GENOCIDE STOPS WITH US. CHINA SUPPORTS SUDANESE PRESIDENT BASHIR
SUDANESE PRESIDENT BASHIR, PERPETRATOR OF GENOCIDE
Here in
One voice made this all possible here in Rhode Island. And he's from Massachusetts.
The governor actually signed this bill a month ago, but the press conference signing of the bill was last Thursday. This bill removes RI pension money from any accounts that in effect fund the genocide in
RI Rep Joseph Almeida, RI General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio, RI Sen Rhoda Perry, StandNow Executive Director Scott Warren (Brown University student) and Maria Lopes. Seated RI Governor Donald Carcieri. Those standing in the picture all did their part in helping get this bill passed.
Rhode Island General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio
RI Representative Joseph Almeida, Democrat, from Providence sponsored this bill and in the RI Senate Rhoda Perry sponsored the sister bill.
Colin O'Brien, Scott Warren, Sandra Hammel, Frank Caprio and Joseph Almeida
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Below I have included three stories that came in my email today as links.
The first is current news about
http://uncutvideo.aol.com/videos/8466d7e3f957eb3c65f28754982b6cb9
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Dream for Darfur ’s Olympic Torch Relay Kicks Off
Dream for
We are using our symbolic torch relay to urge the international community to stop the violence in
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From www.savedarfur.org:
Dear Communities United Leaders,
You may know by now that the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1769 to authorize a joint U.N.-A.U. peacekeeping force in
Thank you for your continued support,
Coby Rudolph
Save Darfur Coalition
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Save Darfur urges ‘determined political will' to enforce Resolution 1769,pushes ‘progressive' force deployment
‘World leaders have associated their prestige with this latest resolution and they will be to blame if it fails'
"Today's resolution brings us one step closer to providing real protection for Darfuri civilians, protection that they've been denied for far too long. It is not time, however, to pop open the champagne bottles. The true test of this measure is not what happens today in
"Even after efforts by
"America's most urgent priority should be to ensure this resolution does not meet the fate of last year's Security Council Resolution 1706 - consigned to the dustbin of history by President al-Bashir's obstruction in concert with international passivity. There can be no doubt that
"And world leaders must surpass the modest deployment timelines set out in this resolution by progressively deploying peacekeepers to
"The promise of effective civilian protection and peacekeeping in today's resolution will be realized only if the international community shows determined political will to make it work. The world has failed
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Spielberg Mulls Quitting Olympics To Pressure Chinese On Darfur
Activists Look to Famed Director
From ABC News
As celebrities-cum-activists increasingly link the ongoing genocide with China's patronage, some - most notably and vocally, the actress Mia Farrow have accused Spielberg of complicity, by not using his prominence and position to pressure the Chinese government to change course.
"Is Mr. Spielberg, who in 1994 founded the Shoah Foundation to record the testimony of survivors of the holocaust, aware that
In that same piece, "The Genocide Olympics," Farrow compared Spielberg to the Nazi director Leni Riefenstahl whose film "
"Does Mr. Spielberg really want to go down in history as the Leni Riefenstahl of the Beijing Games," Farrow wrote.
Days after Farrow's editorial, Spielberg wrote an open letter to Hu Jintao, president of
Excluding that letter, Spielberg and his representatives have, until now, been tight-lipped on what additional action the director might take.
"Steven will make a determination in the next few weeks regarding his work with the Chinese. Our main interest is ending the genocide. No one is clear on the best way to do this," Spielberg's spokesman Andy Spahn told ABCNEWS.com.
Spahn said "all options were on the table," including quitting, but much would depend on an anticipated statement on
"We expect to hear something from the Chinese government sometime soon, very soon. We're pretty far down the road in discussions and then we'll decide if the path is productive or not and then consider other options," Spahn said.
"Steven is one [of] many advisers to the Beijing Games and he is trying to use the games to engage the Chinese on this issue. & We are in the midst of that right now. We're engaged in a little bit of a back-and-forth private dialogue," Spahn said.
Spahn said Spielberg has contributed $1 million to aid groups working in
Farrow is in
Recently, however, she told National Public Radio: "From looking so intensely at this it was apparent that there was one thing that
"My intention was never to hurt Steven Spielberg," Farrow told NPR, about her comparing the director of "Schindler's List" with Nazi filmmaker Riefenstahl. "My intention was to move things. Something had to move. He couldn't do that without knowing."
Experts agree that
"It is something of a coming-out party for
"The Olympics is very important to
Any Chinese policy, Chaya said, will be dictated by three factors: dependence on cheap energy, desire for a trouble-free games and the need to maintain face in the developing world without looking like it is bowing to Western pressure.
"It is a tough choice for the Chinese. On one hand they want it [the Olympics] to be trouble free and they see trouble on the horizon. On the other hand they see the importance of energy security. Thirdly, they're worried about the impact of abandoning
Several celebrities-turned-activists have pointed their fingers directly at
Though little came from the meeting, Clooney, Cheadle and two U.S. Olympians met with Chinese authorities in December to discuss a shift in Chinese policy on
Experts say the actions of individual activists, regardless of their celebrity power, will do little to sway the Chinese.
"Celebrities get attention and those who get attention will be listened to, but individual celebrities can do very little," said William Kirby, a
Pointing to the 1980 Moscow Games and the 1984 Los Angeles Games, Kirby said the Olympics often become a flash point for controversy, but host nations rarely change their foreign policies as a result.
Even if
"Often the Chinese say one thing and do another. They are more likely to be judgeable by their acts rather than their pronouncements. If you look at their handling of
Providence, Rhode Island State House
Dream for Darfur event
CARRY THE TORCH FOR DARFUR
Followed by Walk the Waterfire for Darfur
FIND A DREAM FOR DARFUR EVENT at:
http://www.dreamfordarfur.org/Media/MediaLinkingDarfurChinaandtheOlympics/tabid/195/Default.aspx
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