{"id":8818,"date":"2009-06-11T16:54:53","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T21:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8818"},"modified":"2009-06-11T16:54:53","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T21:54:53","slug":"guernica-the-genocide-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8818","title":{"rendered":"Guernica \/ The Genocide Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interview with Mahmood Mamdani<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his latest book, Mamdani attacks the Save Darfur Coalition as ahistorical and dishonest, and argues that the conflict in Darfur is more about land, power, and the environment than it is directly about race<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Mamdani250\"<\/a>\u201cThe Save Darfur movement claims to have learned from Rwanda,\u201d writes Mahmood Mamdani in his new book, Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror<\/a>. \u201cBut what is the lesson of Rwanda? For many of those mobilized to save Darfur, the lesson is to rescue before it is too late, to act before seeking to understand.\u201d His book is an argument \u201cagainst those who substitute moral certainty for knowledge, and who feel virtuous even when acting on the basis of total ignorance.\u201d Americans think Darfur is a tragic genocide. Mamdani thinks the reality is more complex. His ideas should be taken seriously for a number of reasons, especially because he provides a road map to a workable peace settlement.<\/p>\n

Mamdani rewrites the crisis by putting it in context. He notes that violent deaths in Iraq during the U.S. invasion and occupation far surpass death rates in Darfur. If death rates are higher, why all the attention on Darfur, rather than Iraq? he wondered. Is the killing racially motivated? To answer that, he examines the history of Sudan. <\/p>\n

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