On slavery
Solomonia has a detailed report on last Wednesday's demonstration held by The American Anti-Slavery Group apropos Kofi Annan's Harvard visit. Solomon explains,

tens of thousands of black Africans have been carried off into literal slavery by Arab militias in the North.

Yes, real, old-style slavery that's been "out-of-style" in America since 1865.

And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, there's a new crisis afoot. The government in Khartoum has now started supporting Arab-Muslim militias in the West of the country (the "Janjaweed") against the black-Africans (this time fellow Muslims) in that region. An estimated 30,000 civilians have been murdered in that region since February of last year, and more than a million have been made refugees. Government-supported militias have used gang-rape as a weapon, mutilated their victims and taken slaves as prizes.
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On the other end of the spectrum are folks who do believe in the existence of an international community with the UN as an important and indispensable representative. The issue of the Sudan speaks to them because they truly desire that the UN fulfill its mission and do the right thing. They want to shame Kofi into either harnessing the force of his personality and thereby gain a bit of moral authority to attack this issue, and in turn hoping to shame the body into action...or resign.

Read the whole article and the links. It's worth your time.
Now, where is the MSM??