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Who Polices the Police in America?[Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
The...
Ethiopia: Remember the 24th of November 1974 [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Last week, many Ethiopian families in the United States gathered in houses of worship with their relatives and friends to hold memorial services in remembrance of the victims of the massacre of the 24th of November 1974, a date that shall live...
The de-Ethiopianization of Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
For over four decades, the self-styled Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which clings to power by force in Ethiopia today, has been planning and waging a sustained and relentless political, social and cultural war to “de-Ethiopianize”...
“Hagere, Hizbe, Kibre” (My Country, My People, My Honor) [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The poet-artist with an “unconquerable soul”?
Last week, Meron Getnet, the extraordinary young Ethiopian actress, put out on Youtube a powerful Amharic poem entitled, “Hagere, Hizbe, Kibre” (My Country, My People, My Honor).
The last...
I Always Remember in November and in...[Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam ]
Oh, Cruel November 2005!
In 2005, Ethiopians faced unspeakable horrors. Following the parliamentary elections in May of that year, hundreds of Ethiopian citizens who protested the daylight theft of that election were massacred or seriously...
1984 Great Ethiopian Famine: TPLF Still Licensed to Steal [Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam]
1984 Great Ethiopian Famine: TPLF Still Licensed to Steal
Gebremedhin Araya (L), Max Perbedy (C), Tekleweyne Assefa (R)
Remembering the Great Ethiopia Famine of 1984 (Part II)
In my commentary last week, (Remembering the Great Ethiopia...
The Great Ethiopian Famine of 1984 Remembered [Prof Alemayehu G. Mariam]
There is famine in Ethiopia in 2014, but it is known by other fancy names
Famine in Ethiopia is a topic that horrifies me. Over the years, I have written long commentaries on the subject often challenging with incontrovertible facts the fabricated...
30 years on: Ethiopia and the business of hunger [Open Democracy]
NICK DEARDEN
30 years after images of Ethiopian famine haunted British TV screens, they still shape how we see Africa – and ensure we fail to understand.
It’s 30 years since Michael Buerke’s harrowing report of a ‘biblical famine’...