Water Security and the Struggle for Self-determination in Sudan - Peace in Kurdistan with Mo Elnaiem
Channel: Open Protest Network
Date: 04/08/2022

This is a recording of a zoom meeting held on the 31st of July 2022 at 17: 30 UTC.
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Since the mass uprising of December 2018, a revolutionary situation has been unfolding in the Sudan.  Popular protests have swept the country in two successive waves.  In the more recent wave, following the military coup in October of last year, an impressive network of neighbourhood-based resistance committees has taken on a significant degree of protagonism.  These developments deserve the close attention of anyone interested in the theory of democratic confederalism, especially given the grassroots, direct-democratic credentials of the resistance committees.  In this webinar, we will seek to introduce a social-ecological dimension into the discussion about the Sudanese revolutionary situation.  Mohammed Elnaiem will discuss the main features and dynamics of this Sudanese struggle for self-determination in the 21st century; and will address the ecological causes and consequences of the recent political developments there. Nick Hildyard will discuss the impacts of mega-water projects in the region.

Mohammed Elnaiem is a PhD Candidate in Sociology who is training to become a historical sociologist with a focus on the history of capitalism and the global reparations movement. His project is to investigate whether capitalism, patriarchy and slavery can be seen as disparate phenemona or different facets of the same totality. To address this question, he puts various sociological and historiographical traditions into conversation with one another including – but not limited to – works from the black radical tradition, dependency theory, political Marxism, and feminist political economy.  His research interests include imperialism, settler colonialism and racial capitalism.

Nick Hildyard works with The Corner House, a UK-based solidarity and mutual learning group. He has worked in many countries in solidarity with communities affected by large infrastructure projects, including with the communities opposed the Merowe Dam on the Nile.
This is the link for Nick's writing on Water Security in Sudan.
https://www.peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/water-security-and-the-struggle-for-self-determination-in-sudan-nick-hildyard/

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro 
01:55 Mohammed Elnaiem Webinar 
28:28 Q/A Session 
1:04:38 Nick Hildyard Comments on Water Security 
1:00:00 Discussion on previous topics
1:25:00 Main Comments from Nick Hildyard on Water Security 
1:29:00 Further Discussion