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#1758 Why you think the Sudanese civil war doesn't involve you


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Air Date 12/14/2025

The sad ease with which we manage to ignore some atrocities, even while paying much attention to others, has to do with how visible or invisible to us the systems are that are propping up those events. Nothing happens in a vacuum and in our world, if you're willing to dig deep enough, you'll always find how we're all connected - across both time and geography.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Will the International Community Act Preschool Massacre & Large Piles of Bodies in Sudan Part 1 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 12-10-25

KP 2: Sudan Civil War the Terrifying Escape From El Fasher - Global News Podcast - Air Date 12-1-25

KP 3: Can Trump Help Sudan Part 1 - Today, Explained - Air Date 11-19-25

KP 4: The War In Sudan with Khalid Medani Part 1- American Prestige - Air Date 5-10-24

KP 5: South Sudans Failed Peace Deal with Joshua Craze Part 1 - American Prestige - Air Date 5-27-25

KP 6: Decolonise Sudan - The Sages Cabin - Herbs & Liberation - Air Date 11-6-25

(00:45:33) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the past 20 years of politics

DEEPER DIVES

(00:50:08) SECTION A: VIOLENCE NOW

(01:12:13) SECTION B: HISTORICAL ROOTS

(01:51:58) SECTION C: OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE

(02:12:01) SECTION D: RESOLUTION AND SOLIDARITY

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Description: Photo of Sudanese refugee women, one with her baby, standing in line for food aid in Chad carrying bags, and boxes.

Credit: "24 January 2025, Adre, Chad. Sudanese refugees who have fled the conflict in Sudan register for food aid in neighbouring Chad." by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (UK), Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped

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