HR 6600 Bill

The United States House of Representatives (HR) is working on this Bill which subjects Ethiopia to sanctions based on what the US identifies as actions intended to or group(s) working to perpetuate conflict among belligerent groups in Ethiopia. Here the danger is the fact that the US acts for its own interest and can identify …

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What is Politics?

Politics is exciting because people disagree. They disagree about how they should live. Who should get what and how power and other resources be distributed. Should society be based on cooperation or conflict? And so on. They also disagree about how such matters should be resolved. How should collective decisions be made? Who should have …

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On the Question of Nationalities in Ethiopia

The main purpose of this article is to provoke discussions on the“sacred”, yet very important issue of this country-the Question ofNationalities. The article as it was prepared for a special occasion(where detailed analysis was due time and other inconveniencesimpossible) suffers from generalizations and inadequate analysis. ButI still feel it is not mediocre for a beginning. …

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Marxism and the National Question

The period of counter-revolution in Russia brought not only “thunder and lightning” in its train, but also disillusionment in the movement and lack of faith in common forces. As long as people believed in “a bright future,” they fought side by side irrespective of nationality – common questions first and foremost! But when doubt crept …

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The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State

Stages of Prehistoric Culture: Morgan is the first man who, with expert knowledge, has attempted to introduce a definite order into the history of primitive man; so long as no important additional material makes changes necessary, his classification will undoubtedly remain in force. Of the three main epochs – savagery, barbarism, civilization – he is …

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Ancient Society

Three Stages of Social Evolution: It is possible for us today to identify three main stages of the general evolution of human society. These are the primitive pre-class society, class society, and the classless society taking shape before us over a large area of the world. Such a broad division of social evolution is not …

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Politics and Democracy in Evolving Societies

Politics is one of the greatest innovations in mankind’s history. It deals with coordinating human activities being undertaken to support their lives using scarce resources. It was put to action for the first time when clans in pre-civilization society agreed to co-manage overlapping gathering (fruits and roots) and fishing areas to avoid unnecessary skirmishes among …

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አጣብቂኝ ውስጥ የከተተው ሽመልስና ኢትዮጵያን እንዴት እናድን?

ብሔር ሳይኖር የብሔር ፖለቲካ የበጣጠሳት ኢትዮጵያ እንዴት ወደ ትክክለኛው ታሪካዊ ዱካ (historical trajectory) ልትመለስ ትችላለች? በሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ ከሁሴን አዳል መሐመድ በተጻፈው ላይ ተመርኩዞ ፈታ ዕለታዊ (Feta Daily) እንዳቀረበው።

አድዋ የማን ድል ነው?

እኛ የሰው ልጆች ብዙ የማያወዛግቡ ጉዳዮች ያወዛግቡናል።  ዛሬ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የስፖርት እና የባሕል ሚኒስትር ባለሥልጣን የአድዋ በዓል እንደተለመደው የሚኒልክ ሀውልት በቆመበት ማዕከል እንደማይከበር ማስታውቁን ተከትሎ ሃሳቡን ከሚቃወመው አቅጣጫ ጫጫታው በዝቷል። የጫጫታው ይዘት የድል በዓሉ በተለመደው ማዕከ አለመከበር የበዓሉን ታሪካዊ ምንነት ያሳንሰዋል የሚል ነው። እኔም ስሜቱን እጋራዋለሁ። ስለሆነም ለመላው ዓለም በተለይም ለኢትዮጵያዊያን የበዓሉን ምንነት ለማስገንዘብ የምትከተለውን …

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