06 May 2016
The Ant That Killed the Grand Old ElephANT (Party) in America
An old African proverb says, “An ant can kill an elephant.” The ant is said to get into the elephant’s ears and trunk and gnaw and nibble until the pachyderm goes completely crazy and dies from exhaustion. That African proverb has come true in America. The ant that vanquished the Grand Old Republican elephant
03 May 2016
Prof. Alemayheu G. Mariam VOA Interview (Amharic) on Political Prisoner Bekele Gerba
Prof. Alemayheu G. Mariam VOA Interview on Ethiopian Political Prisoner Bekele Gerba. Click on the link below to listen: http://almariam.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Prof-al-voa-bekele-gerba.mp3
01 May 2016
Ethiopia: Bekele Gerba’s Trial in T-TPLF Monkey Kourt
In American legal lore, there is the Scopes Monkey Trial. In 1925, a high school teacher named John Scopes was prosecuted in Tennessee for teaching human evolution in a public school [violating the Butler Act]. Throughout the U.S., the Scopes trial was widely seen as a struggle between the “ignorati” who fought to keep their
24 Apr 2016
My Brother, Eskinder (“Invictus”) Nega: You Are Not Alone and We Love You!
We remember our brother Eskinder Nega There is nothing more the T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front) would like to see than the memory of the great Eskinder Nega erased and obliterated from public memory and consciousness. The T-TPLF wants the world to forget Eskinder Nega. They want his memory to fade away
22 Apr 2016
My Interview on Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) re: Senate Resolution on Ethiopia — 4/21/16 (Amharic audio)
My Interview on Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) re: Senate Resolution on Ethiopia — 4/21/16 (Amharic audio).
22 Apr 2016
U.S. Senators Speak Loud and Clear: Human Rights Violations in Ethiopia Must Stop!
Last July, Barack Obama visited Ethiopia and declared the ruling Thugtatoship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) regime a “democratic government.” The T-TPLF claimed with a straight face that it had won the 2015 “election” by 100 percent or all 547 seats in “parliament”. The New York Times called it a “sham”. Human Rights
17 Apr 2016
USAID Hunger Games in Ethiopia
Hunger or famine games in Ethiopia? USAID says there is no famine in Ethiopia, only hunger (a/k/a “severe malnutrition”, “food insecurity”, “food scarcity”, “food insufficiency”, “food deprivation”, “severe food shortages”, “chronic dietary deficiency”, “endemic malnutrition”, etc.) caused by El Nino drought. I say there is famine, as in F-A-M-I-N-E! In countless commentaries over the past
10 Apr 2016
USAID and Famine in Ethiopia: What Does Gayle E. Smith Have to Say?
Author’s Note: The following is a true and correct copy of my letter to USAID Administrator Gayle E. Smith dated March 16, 2016, and the response I received from T.C. Cooper, Assistant Administrator, USAID Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs dated April 7, 2016.. My letter questions recent statements made by Ms. Smith regarding the famine in
07 Apr 2016
Hillary’s Inquisition and the Art of Defending the True Democratic Creed
After Bernie Sanders’ crushing victory in the Wisconsin primary (56.6% v. 43.1) on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton landed a low blow challenging Sanders’ political stripes. Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes? Are zebras donkeys (no pun intended)? Is Sanders a democrat with socialist stripes or a socialist with democratic stripes? “Is
03 Apr 2016
The Bantustanization (Kililistanization) of Ethiopia
Author’s Note: This is the second installment in a series of ongoing commentaries that I expect to post regularly under the rubric, “Ethnic Apartheid in Ethiopia”. The twin aims of the series are: 1) to demonstrate beyond a shadow of doubt that the political system created and maintained by the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s