Author’s Note: This is the third successive installment in a series I have called “What Do WE Want and Do NOW?”.  The serialized commentaries have three aims: 1) take stock of the impact of the recent uprisings in Ethiopia against the backdrop of the extreme repression (“state of emergency”) unleashed by the Thugtatorship of the

These perpetual little panics of the French – which all arise from fear of the moment when they will really have to learn the truth – give one a much better idea of the Reign of Terror. We think of this as the reign of people who inspire terror; on the contrary, it is the

“Lock him up! Register the predator in the sex offender registry!” Trump admitted he is a “sexual predator” on the Howard Stern Show in 2006. Howard Stern:    Donald. Seriously. You know about sexual predators and things like that. Robin Quivers (co-host Howard Stern Show):    You are one! (Laughter.) Trump:    It’s true. (Nodding

I cry for the hundreds of victims of the October 2, 2016 Irreecha Festival Massacres in Ethiopia. I also cry out for freedom, democracy and human rights in Ethiopia. On October 2, 2016,  troops loyal to the Tigrean Peoples’ Liberation Front (T-TPLF) opened fire indiscriminately on crowds attending one of the most important cultural and

Another T-TPLF disinformation campaign: This time against American NGOs Over the past three weeks, I have been writing about the T-TPLF’s sneaky and crude disinformation campaigns of mass distraction to discredit the current massive uprising against its oppressive rule in Ethiopia. This week I address the T-TPLF’s disinformation campaign that American NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are