Monthly Archives: June 2015

Joint consultative conference on the formation of an all-inclusive alternative force for change in Ethiopia

Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC), Ethiopian People’s Congress for United Struggle (Shengo), Ethiopian Youth National Movement (EYNM) and United Ethiopian Muslims Peaceful Movement Support Group (UEM-PMSG) are jointly hosting a consultative conference on the need for the formation of an …

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Ethiopia: The TPLF Banana Republic

banana republic  ethiopia

Author’s note: As I was archiving my commentaries from years past for public access on my website (almariam.com), I discovered commentaries and articles I had written on the print edition of Ethiopian Review Magazine (ERM) before that magazine went

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The “Jiggery Pokery” Jurisprudence of Justice Scalia

http://almariam.com/2015/06/28/the-jiggery-pokery-jurisprudence-of-justice-scalia/

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice  Antonin Scalia

The angry wasp in the colony of worker bees

Hell hath no fury than a dissenting Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court!

When Scalia wins and writes for the majority, he floats like a butterfly. Did anyone say, …

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ENTC Radio June 26

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The Impasse of Fear in Ethiopia and the Necessity of Comprehensive Struggle Messay Kebede

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt

An ounce of action is worth more than tons of preaching

 Mahatma Gandhi

 

The consensus is that dictatorial regimes stay in power mostly by fear rather than by their …

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Update on the upcoming Ethiopian consultative conference to be held from July 2 – 3 in Washington DC

Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC), Ethiopian People’s Congress for United Struggle (Shengo), Ethiopian Youth National Movement (EYNM) and United Ethiopian Muslims Peaceful Movement Support Group (UEM-PMSG) have jointly issued an announcement regarding the consultative conference that is scheduled for July …

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The Axis of Shevil: Does Africa Need Gayle Smith?

Gayle Smith HearingWhat do Gayle Smith, Wendy Sherman and Susan Rice have in common?

This past Thursday, Gayle Smith who is currently Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director at the National Security Council directed by  Susan Rice, had her confirmation …

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Our Struggle for Justice, Freedom, Unity and Prosperity for All Will Not End by Killing and Arresting Our Heroes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 17, 2015. Washington, DC

We in the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) are deeply grieved at the murder of Samuel Aweke Alem, a charismatic and highly popular lawyer who recently ran as a Blue …

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ENTC letter to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon regarding the assassination of Ethiopian opposition party candidate Samuel Awoke

Ethiopian National Transitional Council (ENTC) has sent an urgent open letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asking him to look into the murder of Ethiopian opposition Semayawi Party candidate Samuel Awoke in Debre Markos, Ethiopia, on June 15, …

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Happy 800th Birthday, Magna Carta!

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Today, June 15, 2015, is the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta Libertatum or the Great Charter of English Liberties. On that date, King John of England affixed his seal on the Magna Carta and formally accepted the principle of …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – June 12

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Remembering Dennis Hastert

Dennis HastertToday, Dennis Hastert, the former Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999-2007) and lobbyist appears in U.S. federal court for arraignment (enter a plea of guilty or not guilty) on charges that he broke federal law by withdrawing

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Ethiopian Thugmocracy

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What do you get when you cross a thugocracy with democracy?

A thugmocracy.

When thugs are “elected” to political office, they become thugmocrats. Naturally, “elected” thugmocrats run   thugmocracies.

If democracy is a government of the …

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ENTC Weekly Radio – June 4

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Making Sense of an Electoral Score of 100 Percent Messay Kebede

According to the National Election Board of Ethiopia, the result of last week’s national election is that the EPRDF has achieved a complete victory by grabbing all the parliamentary seats. The same board and the Woyanne government qualified the result …

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What is next for Ethiopian opposition? ENTC proposes the formation of a transitional government in exile

On May 24 last week, the ruling party in Ethiopia held a sham election, claiming 100% win. The election confirmed what most Ethiopians and foreign observers have been saying all along — there is not even a semblance of democracy …

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