Sudan’s resistance committees – the Khartoum network – recently announced a new political charter. In doing so they have moved beyond mobilising the Sudanese streets, whichwas their sole focus, into a new phase; that of drawing up a political roadmap to defeat the military coup by General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan and his followers on 25 October. The charter also lays out the basic foundations for what will come next. While the importance of this move is unquestionable, and while many are welcoming it, numerous criticisms have been voiced about its weaknesses. However, its proponents …