October 2010
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The Asian Exodus to Ethiopia →
On a weekday last year, the street along Piassa, Addis Ababa, was crowded with people. In the center stood five Chinese men. The crowd was amazed by what they saw and heard. The Chinese men were neither tourists nor artists, but street traders attempting to sell used items. Only few hundred meters away, police were busy disbanding and arresting local vendors selling second-hand goods and...
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For Some Immigrants, Voting Is a Criminal Act →
In the United States, only citizens are allowed to vote in national elections. While immigrants who are granted permanent residency — a green card — enjoy an array of privileges, including the right to work, they can lose them all and be expelled from the country if the authorities discover that they have voted or have even registered to vote [in local and statewide elections that require them...
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A Woody Allen Film →
By Roger Ebert The thing about a Woody Allen film is, whatever else happens, the characters are intriguing to hear. They tend to be smart, witty, not above epigrams. A few days before seeing “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” I viewed his “Hannah and Her Sisters” again. More than 20 years apart, both with dialogue at perfect pitch. Allen has directed more than 40 movies in...
“It is not our [Republicans’] job to seek peaceful coexistence with the...”
– American lobbyist and con man Jack Abramoff, who in January 2006 pleaded guilty to fraud, tax evasion and a massive corruption scandal that led to the conviction of himself, two White House officials, Rep. Bob Ney, and nine other lobbyists and congressional staffers.
የኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲከኞች "ትራንስፎርሜሽን" ያስፈልጋቸዋል →
አገራችን ኢትዮጵያ በበርካታ ችግሮች የተተበተበች አገር ናት ስንል ወሬ ለሟሟቅ አይደለም፡፡ በሰላ ጥፍሮቹ የሚቧጥጥ ድኅነት ተንሰራፍቶባታል፡፡ እንደ እሳት ወላፈን የሚጋረፍ ጠኔ ይጫወትባታል፡፡ በአማካይ እስከ ስድስት ሚሊዮን ሕዝብ አስቸኳይ የምግብ ዕርዳታ ፈላጊ ነው፡፡ በጤና፣ በትምህርትና በሌሎች ተያያዥ ማኅበራዊ ጉዳዮች ከዓለም ደረጃ እጅግ የወረድን ነን፡፡ የመልካም አስተዳደር እጦት ያንገላታናል፡፡ ዴሞክራሲ ለእኛ ገና ብርቅ የቅንጦት ዕቃ ነው፡፡ የሰብዓዊ መብት አያያዝ ብዙ መንገድ ይቀረዋል፡፡ ሙስና አገርን እንደ ሰደድ እሳት እየበላ እንደሆነ ማንም አያስተባብልም፡፡ የፍትሕ ያለህ የሚለውን ዜጋ ለማየት ፍርድ ቤት ብቻ...
“The conscious and intellectual manipulation of the organized habits and opinions...”
– Edward Bernays
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አሃዳዊ የመንግሥት አወቃቀር ሥርዓትን በማፍረስ ልዩነትንና ብዝህነትን መሠረት ያደረገ የፌዴራላዊ መንግሥት አወቃቀርን የኢትዮጵያ ፌደራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ (ኢፌዲሪ) መንግሥት ቢመሠርትም፣ ሥርዓቱ የተመሠረተበት ቋንቋን ወይም ብሔርን ብቻ ነው በሚል ከፍተኛ ትችትና ተቃውሞ ሲሰነዘርበት ነበር፡፡ በአብዛኛዎቹ የገዢው ፓርቲ ተቃዋሚዎች በ‹‹ጎሳ ፖለቲካነት›› ማስፋፋት የተፈረጀው አዲሱ የመንግሥት አወቃቀር እስካሁን አወዛጋቢነቱ በፖለቲከኞች ብቻ የታጠረም አይደለም፡፡ አጥኚዎችም፣ በኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራል ሥርዓት አወቃቀር የተለያየ ድምዳሜ ላይ ሲደርሱ ይስተዋላል፡፡ በተለይ ኢሕአዴግ ከቀድሞ ሥርዓት ጋር ንክኪ አላቸው የሚላቸው...
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore has described his latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, as a summation of everything he has been working on for the past 20 years since his breakthrough with Roger & Me.
As a statement on capitalism or anything else, Capitalism: A Love Story is self-contradictory.
Moore documents his family’s background in Flint, Mich., and the collapse of the auto industry....
“For the right, globalization heralds the promise of a brave new world —...”
– Friction
