It’s true that the Sudan coup has been met with a flurry of diplomatic activity – led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken – aimed at demonstrating that the international community is united in demanding a return to Sudan’s democratic transition. Sudan TV/AP The head of Sudan's military, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announces in a televised address that he was dissolving the country's ruling Sovereign Council as well as the government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, in Khartoum, Sudan, Oct. 25, 2021. Yet, despite the crackdown, and to even activists’ surprise, Sudanese are turning out en masse to protest the military power grab, suggesting that the fate of Sudan’s democracy lies more in the streets than in American influence.