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Party for Socialism and Liberation Download PDF flyer Photo: Symbol of the Sudanese Communist Party As the Party for Socialism and Liberation, we condemn in the harshest terms the brutal military coup that took place on Oct. 25 in Sudan and the subsequent repression and arrests by the Sudanese military forces.  We stand in full solidarity with the people of Sudan and the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) in their resistance against the coup. We fully support the call by the SCP and the Sudanese Professional Association for a political strike and for the people to take to the streets in civil disobedience to stand against this power grab by the military forces opposed to the movement for change that began in 2018.  This coup is a desperate effort to stop the pr...

Sameena Rahman Download PDF flyer Photo: Solidarity protest in Denver, Colorado, Oct. 26 Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan are in the streets courageously resisting the coup staged by the military on Monday. The country’s top armed forces leader Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced the take over and declared a state of emergency. As part of the coup, soldiers arrested Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other high ranking civilian officials, and it was revealed today that Hamdok was being held captive at al-Burhan’s personal residence. This coup dissolved the 2-year old joint civilian-military Sovereign Council, which took over the country following a people’s revolution that began in December 2018 — referred to in the country as the December Revolution. That rev...

BY WIM LAVEN About 2,700 years ago a storytelling slave named Aesop told tales of political, religious, and social themes. They have been popularized for their ethical dimensions and utilized as children’s’ stories for the morals and wisdom they deliver. In “The Four Oxen and the Lion” Aesop tells of a powerful lion who prowls a field in search of a hearty meal. The four oxen who live there stand tail to tail and offer The Lion horns regardless of the direction of the approach. One day, however, an argument causes the the four oxen to go their separate ways. On their own the oxen do not stand a chance against the lion, who picks them off one by one with great ease. The moral of the story: united we stand, divided we fall. Issues of collective security are timeless. In...

by  Get our newsletter delivered directly to your inboxI have already subscribed | Do not show this message again Some ministers remain in detention and may be facing a trial. Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has returned home with his wife under tight security, the prime minister's office said on its Facebook account on Tuesday. RELATED: Ten Sudanese Killed In Protests Against Military Coup Since early Monday, Hamdok and some of his ministers were arrested with civilian members in the Sovereign Council. Earlier on Tuesday, General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan denied the arrest of Hamdok, saying the prime minister is staying at Al-Burhan's house at the Guest Palace. Since a coup attempt on Sept. 21 in Sudan, the tensions betw...