(iPoster) Working People for Political Change: The 2018/19 Sudanese Uprising

• In Event: Poster Session: Human Rights & Issues in African Politics
  In Poster Session: Poster Session: Issues in African Politics

Abstract

Between December 2018 and August 2019, mass protests in Sudan
resulted in the overthrow of the incumbent regime. Despite efforts by the
security apparatus to retain control, continued mobilization of Sudanese
working people ensured civilian participation in the transitional
government. How did the Sudanese working people organize to
overthrow the regime and challenge the state? Drawing on the work of
Global African thinkers, and conducting an analysis of secondary sources,
including news reports and scholarly accounts, I argue that the
nonhierarchical coordination of autonomous, self-organized groups
representing different sections of the working people was central to the
movement's success.

Author

• Mahder H Serekberhan, Syracuse University