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The recent headlinemaking comments of the outgoing u. Rebecca hamilton, whose book, fighting for darfur, is all about why the us government was willing and able to use the gword, as i say, to describe. Fighting for darfur by rebecca hamilton, 9780230100220, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. From college students who galvanized entire university campuses in the belief that their outcry could save millions of darfuris still at risk, to celebrities such as mia farrow, who spurred politicians to act, to steven spielberg, who boycotted the 2008 summer olympics in beijing, hamilton details how advocacy for darfur was an exuberant. Cart hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases electronics books customer service gift. Around the world, millions of people have added their voices to protest marches and demonstrations because they believe. Rebecca hamilton is a special correspondent for the washington post in sudan with support from the pulitzer center on crisis reporting and a fellow at the new america foundation. Dec 03, 2009 rebecca hamilton december 3, 2009 the monster of darfur musa hilal has the blood of hundreds of thousands on his hands, but the janjaweed leader claims hes just a peacemaker. Idea in picking the very best book fighting for darfur. Feb 01, 2011 rebecca hamilton is a special correspondent for the washington post in sudan with support from the pulitzer center on crisis reporting and a fellow at the new america foundation. Clean in style and clear in argumentation, rebecca hamiltons fighting for. Rebecca hamilton shares how she mobilized the harvard community against genocide in sudan. In 2007 she was selected as a global young leader on genocide prevention for spearheading the campaign for harvard university to divest from companies doing business with sudan and working with internally displaced. Public action and the struggle to stop genocide, is a remarkable discussion of a difficult question.
Her research and teaching focus on the ways in which technology intersects with national security law, international law, and criminal law. Public action and the struggle to stop genocide, which analyzes citizen activism and the effort to stop mass atrocities. Hamilton, a harvardtrained lawyer and current sudan correspondent for the washington post, knows the movement well because she was once among its leaders. Part of the motivation for writing this book was to balance the excesses on both. Why, despite gaining support from millions of grassroots activists and leading policy makers, did the darfur advocacy movement fail.
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In january, southern sudan held a historic selfdetermination referendum. Rebecca hamilton is a former reuters correspondent and the author of fighting for darfur. Year after year, they held rallies, lobbied congress, harangued newspaper editors, wrote. She is especially strong on the everpresent risk for any mass campaign organization of oversimplifying multidimensional and everchanging situations. A mustread, timely and relevant account of developments in darfur, with an emphasis on the threats to international humanitarian law. Public action and the struggle to stop genocide, palgrave macmillan, 2011.
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