Former Child Soldier on Kony 2012: ‘Why Can’t They Preach Peace?’
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: We hear from two people living in northern Uganda, including one of Joseph Kony's former abductees, about the viral #Kony2012 campaign. Also: Psychologist Francine Shapiro.
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"Militias in the Central African Republic are slitting children's throats, razing villages and throwing young men to the crocodiles" as malaria and AIDS wreak parallel horrors, The Guardian reported Friday.
It seems the viral horde that spread the message of African warlord Joseph Kony got what it wanted, or maybe just had it all along. For about six months, U.S. Green Berets have been training and supporting soldiers in four nations on the hunt for the Lord's Resistance Army leader.
The last couple of weeks have been eventful for the folks behind the Invisible Children charity, what with the near-instant worldwide fame that came from their "Kony 2012" viral video campaign and the ensuing backlash. Now a strange new development has occurred.
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: We hear from two people living in northern Uganda, including one of Joseph Kony's former abductees, about the viral #Kony2012 campaign Also: Psychologist Francine ShapiroThis week on Truthdig Radio: Two voices in northern Uganda, including one of Joseph Kony's former abductees, critique the viral #Kony2012 campaign.
After a video about the Lord's Resistance Army became an international phenomenon, NGO communications officer Sara Weschler wrote this letter to share her perspective and set the record straight.
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