Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast. 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, and that is definitely the case with the Civil War currently raging in Sudan.

For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top

takes in about 45 minutes today include Democracy Now, Global News Podcast, Today

Explained, American Prestige, and The Sages Capon. Then, in the additional deeper dives,

half of the show, thoroughly more in four sections. Section A, Violence Now, followed by Section B,

historical roots, section C, outside interference, and Section D, Resolution and Solidarity.

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Now, uh, Hulud, let's begin with you.

We just occurred this horrific story.

And this follows last week's attack on the kindergarten and a hospital.

At least 46 children were killed. For people who are not following what is happening in Sudan, can you explain why these

warring parties are still fighting after two years?

Sure.

Well, this war started because the Sydney's Armed Forces, the National Army, and the Rapid

Support Forces, a really powerful paramilitary group fell out of favor with each other. They were once very much allied. They

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