My friend came from out of town for a visit. I took him around to all the tourist places, including our local Museum of Modern Art. Lucky for us there was a Picasso exhibit the critics were raving about. It was a delight to view Picasso’s work in living color. Read more »

ETHIOPIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ADVOCACY

Fighting for Democratic values, Human Rights, and Donor Accountability Read more »

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Tyrant Meles has been on the driving seat of a political doctrine devoid of morality, compassion and principles. His principle is to have none at all in the normal sense the word is understood.  Read more »

It is election season in California. Two positions are open. The governorship and Federal Senate positions are up for grabs. Both parties, that is the Democrats and Republicans are going thru the primary process to nominate their strongest candidates for the November elections. November is Six months away but the contest is becoming hot. Read more »

By Yilma Bekele

What do you do when you first wake up in the morning? Some of us cannot move without our first cup of coffee while others require a good breakfast. Read more »

By Tecola W. Hagos
There were very many memorable statements made by Medrek Leaders and also by members of the audience at the Medrek Conference of April 18 in Arlington, Virginia. The one statement that captured my imagination, which was also greatly appreciated by the audience, was the one stated by Dr. Negasso Gidada Read more »

Robele Ababya, 14 April 2010
A few historical accounts of power of the people in crushing or shaking the foundation of totalitarian governments, no matter how colossal, are briefly presented in this piece of writing. The examples under the captions below are meant to dispel any fear of the much vaunted propaganda that the TPLF regime has five million registered party members, loyal special security organs and army. Read more »

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Eskinder Nega (Addis Ababa)

The opposition in election 2010

Ask me what the distinctive trait of the opposition is in this year’s election apart from the provocative imprisonment of Birtukan Mideksa, and my response would not be amidst the proverbial list: weak organization, lack of preparedness, appallingly low finance (pundits estimate that only slightly over half a million US dollars is available to the entire opposition this election season, excluding the miserly electoral board finance) and an assortment of other secondary factors. We know from the 2005 elections that these are handicaps that could be overcome in the space of a few short months. Read more »

ግርማ ካሳ (muziky68@yahoo.com)
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ሁለቱም በኢትዮጵያ እየተፋፈመ በመጣዉ የፖለቲካ ሂደት ዉስጥ ትልቅ ስፋራ አላቸዉ። ሁለቱም አባል የሆኑበት ድርጅት ሊቀመንበር ናቸው። ሁለቱም በደጋፊዎቻቸዉ ይደነቃሉ። ሁለቱም የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ተማሪ የነበሩ ጊዜ ጎበዝ ተማሪዎች ነበሩ። ሁለቱም የአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተማሪ ሆነዋል። ሁለቱም የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርታቸዉን ያጠናቀቁት በአዲስ አበባ ነው። ሁለቱም ወላጆች እንደመሆናቸው የልጅን ፍቅር ያውቃሉ። ሁለቱም ኢትዮጵያዉያን ናቸው። Read more »