In Sudan, the internet access was cut off. In Tigray, the internet access was cut off. In Gaza, the internet access is being cut off. Have you noticed the stories dwindle?
Thank you for this crucial reminder that all struggles are connected ( Sudan, Tigray, DRC, Palestine) and how totalitarian regimes always rush to cut the internet. Egypt did the same shutting down of all telecommunications when it didn’t want the world to know how brutal their crackdown was about to become in January 2011.
as a tigrayan who has been heartbroken by the lack of transnational solidarity, this is restoring my faith 🫶🏾🫶🏾
Thank you for this crucial reminder that all struggles are connected ( Sudan, Tigray, DRC, Palestine) and how totalitarian regimes always rush to cut the internet. Egypt did the same shutting down of all telecommunications when it didn’t want the world to know how brutal their crackdown was about to become in January 2011.
I am aware that I several months late to this article, but thank you for your powerful words!
Thanks for this. I wrote about the issues in Congo starting a while back in two 10 minute articles.
From Portugal talking to Kongo Kings, to King Leopold, to Belgium Congo here (also the cobalt supply chain):
https://open.substack.com/pub/yawboadu/p/history-of-the-democratic-republic?r=garki&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I also talk about the corrupt Mobutu regime, the Congo Wars, and the M23 rebel group which is displacing people in Eastern Congo here.
https://open.substack.com/pub/yawboadu/p/history-of-the-democratic-republic-9be?r=garki&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Wow. This is powerful, thanks for sharing
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