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Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide

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Around the world, millions of people have added their voices to protest marches and demonstrations because they imagine that, together, they may be able to make a difference. When we failed to stop the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, we promised to never let the sort of thing happen again. But nine years later, as news began to trickle out of killings in western Sudan, an area referred to as Darfur, the international community again faced the problem of how the United Nations and the USA government could respond to mass atrocity.

Rebecca Hamilton passionately narrates the six-year grassroots campaign to attract global attention to the plight of Darfur’s people. 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 used to be an exuberant, multibillion-dollar effort. She then does what no one has done to date: she takes us into the corridors of power and the camps of Darfur, and reveals the affect of odd people’s fierce determination to uphold the mantra of “never again.” Fighting for Darfur weaves a gripping story that both dramatizes our moral quandary and shows the promise and perils of citizen engagement in a new era of global compassion.

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