When I started bariisa.com, my main aim was to stimulate peaceful discussion of our basic problems. I wanted to make heard the suppressed voice of nations and nationalities who have fallen victims into the abyss of horrible oppression, exploitation and despair since the creation of the empire-state of Ethiopia dubbed now a federal republic…These are peoples who have been numbed into silence becoming sitting ducks for the most brutal form of militarism without parallel in modern times, ignored by the entire world. Among them are the Oromo people to whom I belong. At the same time I wanted to encourage a transparent democratic dialogue for genuine, peaceful and just resolution of our problems.
Month: December 2012
Ignoring the obvious is an old political habit becoming tradition
By now I think we have heard and read enough a litany of explanations about the so-called peaceful transition of power after the Abyssinian dictator died. The new prime minister has proved himself so far a complete puppet of the dominant TPLF faction by repeatedly vowing to follow in his master’s footsteps, dashing the hopes of many opposition cliques including the veteran politicians in OLF who hoped and even now, as I write this article, keep hoping for a dialogue with the regime. I wonder how it could be otherwise, as long as there is the same fascist TPLF as before.
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