KONY 2012 DISCUSSION - Why military intervention is NEVER the answer

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 13/03/2012 - 6:26pm
Date and Time: 
Friday, March 16, 2012 -
6:30pm to 9:30pm
Website: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/378158872202352/
Location: 
City Square - Occupy Melbourne Protest Melbourne, VIC

GUEST SPEAKER BERSANJI M IBRAHIM (ACTIVIST FROM SOMALIA)

The Kony2012 advocacy campaign by Invisible Children has gone viral. It’s successfully changed the scope of 'humanitarian marketing'. It’s also a film rife with 'half-truths'.

Kony2012 falsely insinuates that Uganda is still at war. That night commuters are still in Uganda. That Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army are the only sources of atrocity in the region and that white people, especially Americans, are going to solve the problem.

It advocates US military intervention and paints the Ugandan people as passive and in need of 'saving'. In a nut shell, its a pro-war, paternalistic, and racist...

In Melbourne over 18 thousand people have clicked attending for the April 20 'Cover the night' event, if you are one of those people we welcome you to join this discussion.

Please join us at City Square with special guest speaker Bersanji M Ibrahim

Geography: 
Melbourne
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Submitted by Jimbo (not verified) on Mon, 19/03/2012 - 10:55pm

The aim is to increase the number of troops in Africa in order to control the oil in the region and take over the continent of Africa,Is every one fucking stupid?