Category Archives: Al Mariam’s Commentaries
Democracy in Ethiopia, Unplugged: Reflections on a Dream Deferred

Thank you Kinijit-Oakland Support Chapter for organizing this Town Hall Meeting and for inviting me to speak on the second anniversary of the May, 2005 elections in Ethiopia. And thanks…

Constitutional Rights and Constitutional Wrongs: Justice System Reform Through Accountability in Ethiopia

Thank you for inviting me to speak at the Ethiopia Roundtable Forum of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (CPCC) in Ottawa, Canada. The CPCC network, which is made up of…

Human Rights and Humans Without Rights in Ethiopia

(Full text of speech given at the University of Minnesota Law School, Conference “On the New Breed of African Leaders and the Future of Human Rights and Democracy in Africa”,…

The Hummingbird and the Forest Fire: A Diaspora Morality Tale

Foreword: “The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts” 100,000 letters. 50 State Resolutions. 77 million people. We are on the move! For many of us, the past…

The Hummingbird and the Forest Fire: A Diaspora Morality Tale

[Post originally appeared on Saturday, March 31, 2007.] http://almariamforthedefense.blogspot.com/2007/03/hummingbird-and-forest-fire-diaspora.html Foreword: “The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts” 100,000 letters. 50 State Resolutions. 77 million people. We are on…

Ethiopia Human Rights Resolution

CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLYJOINT RESOLUTION 12HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA—————————————- BILL NUMBER: AJR 12 INTRODUCED BILL TEXTINTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass FEBRUARY 22, 2007Relative to Ethiopia. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST AJR 12, as…

Letter to President George W. Bush

February 19, 2007 The Honorable George W. BushPresident of the United StatesThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: In your second inaugural speech on January…

Human Rights and Government Wrongs in Ethiopia

(Text of speech given at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University on February 8, 2007.) Thank you very much. Good evening, and thank…

Seattle Rising! Seattle Shining!

(full text of Prof. Al Mariam’s speech in Seattle, WA on January 28, 2007 )Good afternoon Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to this event honoring special heroes in the struggle…

IT’S TIME FOR US TO SAY “THANK YOU!”

Never was so much owed by so many to so few… How does one thank those who put everything on the line to stand up for justice, truth and the…

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