CAN ETHIOPIANS AND ETHIOPIAN AMERICANS LIVING IN AMERICA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR HOMELAND? (Full text of address given on July 2, 2006, at the Ethiopian American Council of the United States Forum, the LAX Hilton, Los…
Posted June 13th, 2006 by almariamforthedefense. INTRODUCTION Over the past several months, there has been much discussion and debate over House Resolution (H.R.) 4423 and the two substitute amendments[1] offered…
MARTIN LUTHER KING Part III “Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time — the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without…
GANDHI Part II “Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong. With the weak, it might easily be hypocrisy…,” declared Ghandi in 1891. Over the succeeding decades, Ghandi proved time and…
There is rumor of mass civil disobedience in Ethiopia. Over the past month, the U.S. Embassy has been reminding and urging Americans in Ethiopia to “avoid demonstrations intended to be…
There is much confusion and consternation in the Ethiopian community in North America over the fact that the democrats on the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International…
Originally appeared in Ethiopian Review, December 1992 http://www.ethiopianreview.com/1992/Article_AbiyeSolomon_December1992.html Under the pen name: “Abiye Solomon” One of the truisms of American life is that anyone from any country can come…
Originally appeared in Ethiopian Review Magazine November 1992 http://www.ethiopianreview.com/1992/Article_AlemayehuGMNov92.html The Council of Representatives of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia last month approved a “Press Law” authorizing government officials to…
Originally appeared in Ethiopian Review, July 1992 http://www.ethiopianreview.com/1992/Article_AbiyeSolomonJul92.html Under the pen name Abiye Solomon I am one of those guys who has never really been into sports. I…
Prowling and SkulkingSeveral weeks ago, an alliance of Somali Islamist militia leaders calling itself the Supreme Islamic Courts Council (SICC), (Majilis al-shura Council) captured the Somali capital Mogadishu, and the…