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When Democracy Weakens: Fragile Political Cultures and Fascistic Drift

GIRMA BERHANU (Professor) 1) Introduction The three political regimes I am familiar with in Ethiopia have all used the term “democracy” in their official names or ideological...

Time to face the music: Why activists for a Free Ethiopia have to change...

Jeff Pearce I need you to take a good look at the photo above circulating of Abiy Ahmed’s goons arresting Mahlet Solomon, the assistant manager...

They Can Raid His Studio, But Not His Song”: Teddy Afro’s ‘’Etorika’’ and the...

Journalist Wondwossen Teklu In seven days, 87 million people listened to ‘’Etorika’’ ኢቶሪካ. In seven days, Teddy Afro’s spokesperson and vice manager *Mahelet Solomon*, and...

THE GREAT JOURNALIST AND HISTORIAN TADIOS TANTU

Tadios Tantu at 86 year old, symbolizing the strangling of the silent consensus. He is now  the oldest political  detening  Globale. Held captive...

Fascism at Work: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Lies, Hatred, and Incompetence in Ethiopia

Girma Berhanu (Professor) Introduction and Background This paper is motivated by a critical reading of How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley and its striking relevance to...

Ethnicity at the Gate: The Advantage of Sounding Oromo in Contemporary Ethiopia

[Ethnicized Gatekeeping: How AfaanOromo and Oromo-Sounding Names structure Advantag Contact information:  Girma Berhanu   Department of Education and Special Education (Professor)  University of Gothenburg  Box 300, SE 405 30  Göteborg, Sweden  E-mail: Girma.Berhanu@ped.gu.se  Introduction This essay...

Targeting the Amhara Intelligentsia: Killings, Detentions, and the Legal Threshold of Genocide Under International...

Girma Berhanu   Department of Education and Special Education (Professor)  University of Gothenburg  Box 300, SE 405 30  Göteborg, Sweden  E-mail: Girma.Berhanu@ped.gu.se  Introduction Reports of targeted violence against Amhara academics and professionals have...

To Eskinder Nega, With Gratitude

medium.com Dear Eskinder, For more than thirty years, you chose to stand where standing carried consequences. You wrote when publishing meant prison. You warned about repression,...