Transcribing the Past

    Second edition of the bi-monthly newsletter produced by the Sudanese Anarchist Gathering. the pdf of the English version can be downloaded here .    Statement of the Anarchist Group of Sudan From our deep understanding of social revolution as anarchists and our revolutionary duty, we present our perspective and proposals for solutions concerning our beloved homeland and its people. We have witnessed how political forces, alongside their ally, the Janjaweed, and the same forces that conspired with them to violently disperse the sit-in and kill Sudanese youth, have now agreed to divide the country after failing in their attempt to fully control it. The Sudanese street, which united with conscious revolutionary spontaneity under clear slogans—"The military to the barracks, the Janjaweed must dissolve"—is now facing an attempt by all the forces it stood against to slaughter its revolution. The Janjaweed’s adoption of revolutionary principles, along with their allies...

    Friends in the CNT-AIT (France) have sent me the first edition of Al Amal (Hope) a bimonthly newsletter produced by Sudanese anarchists organised under the Sudan Anarchist Gathering.  At their request I am reproducing its contents here, the pdf of the English version can be downloaded here . In addition to English there is a section written in Arabic script, I will be copying that here as well but can't guarantee it'll be free of typographical errors, please see the pdf for the original. If you'd like to know more, support their work or sign up for the next the instalment then read the following information. This bimonthly is issued jointly by the Sudan Anarchist Gathering, CNT-AIT France and their friends. If you want to receive the next issues, please contact us : contact@cnt-ait.info If you want to support financially the Sudan Anarchist Gathering, you can use our paypal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cntait1 (please validate “Sending ‘money to an individual’ to p...

    French Military Instructors in Chad, photo sourced from the French Ministry of the Army, 25/01/2024   Translated from Le Monde Diplomatique  While Emmanuel Macron's special envoy, former Minister Jean-Marie Bockel gave his report on the reorganisation of the French military disposition at the end of November, Paris was shocked to learn of Senegal and Chad's decision to end their security agreements with the former Colonial power. This new failure marks a turning point for France. And so there were two less, leaving just three in total. By the 28th of November, in just a few hours France had lost two more positions on the African continent: Senegal, where France has been present for over 200 years, with a current garrison strength of 350 soldiers, and Chad a nation where France established a military presence more than 40 years ago and which stations a thousand soldiers and was until recently the base from which France launched the majority of its international in...