On this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we’ll discuss the violent and deadly attacks on peaceful protesters in Khartoum, Sudan. According to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, security forces killed at least 108 people. There are also widespread reports of raping, looting and beatings by government paramilitary forces. What’s next for Sudan?
We’ll also discuss the Trump administration’s plan to impose tariffs on Mexican imports.
Guests:
Isma’il Kushkush, independent journalist
Ioan Grillo, independent journalist and writer based in Mexico City, and author of Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America
David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter, founder and editor-in-chief of the nonprofit news service DCReport, and author of It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America
Web Resources:
The Nation: ‘Blood,’ the Anthem of Sudan’s Revolution, Takes on New Meaning Amid Violent Repression
The DC Report: How a Trump Neighbor and Supporter Has Avoided Paying $1 Billion in Taxes
The NY Times: Trump Can’t Blame Mexico for U.S. Drug Problems
The Washington Post: Mexico aims to avoid tariffs with potential deal limiting migrants going north, allowing U.S. to deport Central American asylum seekers
LA Times: Facing pressure from Trump, Mexico detains two migrant caravan organizers
The Guardian: The military crackdown in Sudan lays bare the dark heart of Bashir’s regime
The Guardian: Sudan: how Arab autocrats conspired to thwart reformists' hopes