By Hanna Sisay Kidani - Ginbot 7 movement announced today the release of a new book in Amharic to engage the rising concern over Freedom, Democracy, Justice and Unity in Ethiopia. The book also includes the objectives and strategies of G7. For further information, visit G7 web site. “ነጻነትን ያህል ሰው የሚያደርገንን ታላቅ ፀጋ አስገፍፈንና ተገፈን፤ ምንም እንዳልሆንን አስመስለን ለማለፍ እንሞክራለን። ችግሩ ግን የነጻነት ጉዳይ የምርምርና የጥናት ውጤት ሳይሆን፤ ሰው ሆኖ ከመፈጠር ጋር የተያያዘ፤ እርግማን በመሆኑ ሁላችንን እራሳችንን እያጭበረበርን እንደሆነ እናውቃለን።” ከመፅሃፉ የተወሰደ።
New book by Ginbot 7 movement
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March 19th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Our future whom I always want call Our OBAMA, Dr. Beresh well done. what Ethiopians need is more information about the struggle we all stands for. Well written and presented book like this is simply an equivalent to the 10 years of gorella fight of thuggish woyannes in Bush.
Viva Ginbot 7
March 19th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
War is not a solution.By the way how is Eritrea sorry SANGAPOOR? say Isaias hi for me, make sure to repeat the greeting otherwise i don’t want him to say this is a joke or where is the evidence.
March 19th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
I think Ethiopians in general, as a culture, are not resolute people. They are a people who are suggestible and swayable by counter values to those they hold dear, if infact there is any value they hold dear. Most values they hold seem to be copnsequent upopn group domination and influence. If a group can dominate the air and prints, that group makes the values of the Ethiopian political culture.
For example, EPRDF dominated arguments for peaceful change of government while it killed, maimed, imprisoned and confiscated private properties of opposition leaders and their supporters. Academics, journalists and leaders of the opposition camp are still sold onto EPRDF’s peaceful change and shattered initiative for a coup de etat from within the Ethiopian army.
Examples can be taken from recent history, too. Haile Sellasie ruled with iron fist and spoiled himsself as King of Kings, the Elect of God, the Descendant of Solomon, and the Lion of Juda for 43 years. The world wondered how an unimpressive dwarf was able to honor himself with such contemptous titles without the will of the people. Obviously, he was in a land where people are cowed by values of respect for the king thrown into them as improver of Ethiopia. In 43 years of his rule as an absolute king, there were only two coups de etats. One by General mengistu Neway and the last one by Mengistu Hailemariam. If Ethiopia was a country that has freedom and honor of the people as a non-negotiable constant value of culture, there would have been a 1000 coups in 43 years.
March 19th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Above, my reference to culture was the culture that after the formation of present Ethiopia Menelik II. The Amara culture to be exact. Or, you can call it the culture of authority and submission. The Amara lived through centuries obeying submissively to the authority of the church which again served ruthless kings or messafints who assumed political power after years of shiftannet or banditry. Imposed undebated laws and regulations, inluding taxation. If you want to still go back in history to trace the submissive culture of Amara and Tigray, you can recal the foreign domionation of these pristine African societies of the north. Sabeans, perhaps beginning from the 4th century BC, crossed the Red Sea and settled in northern Ethiopia. They had a writing system, higher technologies of economy such as agriculture, stone carving, mud wall houses, water usage techniques by dams, reservoirs and channels, carpentry, and technologies of war such as spears, knifes and daggers, by iron smelting making. To say northern Ethiopians were dominated by sabeans is being kind, on my part to the plight of the unsuspecting innocent Africans who were linguistically and culturally annihilated forever after their lands were occupied by a powerful alien nation. Submissiveness and obedience to authrity of the Amara and Tigray may have roots in the way their cultures have been formed by successive, unending ruthless powers that ruled them mercilessly, beginning from the Sabeans.
But, south Ethiopians such as Gurage, Oromo, Hadiyya, however, lived a far richer life of freedom. Kings were largely ceremonial and and laws were made a gathering of a tribe after fierce debates. They did not collect taxes. Respect for the kings were shown by voluntary donations, especially when the king was asked to adjudicate difficult cases.
March 19th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
As I have just bought the book and started reading, It won’t be fair have a an over all comment. However, I want to say that what Ginbot 7 has done is so great. It is great because making one’s Philosophy, mission, strategy and methods of implementation is part of an important process in the struggle against tyranny.I found the excerpt from the book very challenging and powerful if we are truly honest to ourselves. Yes, we need to be able and willing to stop pretending that we are doing so is great .
How many of us, and how many times should we die not as the result of lack of resources or lack of the courage to work hard but because of severe lack of good governance? For how long and to what extent should we tolerate those tyrannical regimes who are determined to rule by terrorizing the people? For how long the people should go hungry and be humiliated ? These and other countless questions came to my mind when I read the excerpt from the book. And that is why I said the expression is so powerful. Some of my fellow Ethiopians might try to argue that” if you are serious enough what you are talking about, Why not you go to battle field and …. ” There is nothing wrong with this argument. What would be wrong is when we are not courageous enough to pay the minimum sacrifice before we talk about huge or ultimate sacrifices.These sacrifice starts with minimum sacrifices such as coming together around common issues, minimizing the unnecessary/disintegrating/ destabilizing attitudes and supporting individuals or groups who are trying their best to save the country and the generation before they fall apart. Do we participate in events and activities organized to show our sincere solidarity with the struggle going on in our country? Do we pay minimum financial sacrifices in supporting those political opposition parties,human rights activists, media and etc… who are making their own efforts to end the untold suffering of the Ethiopian people? Are we active enough to follow up what is happening in our country? The questions goes on and on. What I wanted to stress is that if we are not able and willing to pay the minimum sacrifice, I do not think we have any moral high ground to talk about the ultimate sacrifices( languishing in prisons,being tortured and to the extent of being killed). I think the central message of the excerpt is nothing but the quest for determination to fight for our own freedom. I believe the book will contribute to the making of powerful public awareness.
Great job !!
March 20th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Ginbot 7 released new book…
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March 20th, 2010 at 12:24 am
anga007:
Your theory lays flat when we ready “the actualy history of Ethiopia” in which Tigrayans used to sell their own kind into slavery via Massawa and many of the Southern people were enslaved by muslim traders who sold them as slaves via Moqadisho and Massawa. One of the most notorious enslavers and slave trader was the King of Kaffa. Generations of Oromos were obliterated by this one authority for centuries.
March 20th, 2010 at 1:05 am
If you really have a concern for Ethiopia, go inside Ethiopia and do the fighting than writing your thesis every now and then. You live a comfortable life abroad and still want a poor farmer’s child to die for you to come to power the easy way. My appreciation is to the likes of Birtukan who have decided to give their, body, blood and soul for the benefit of others. Even the EPRP resistors sacrificed in a broad daylight in many places in Ethiopia fighting the Dergue, however, the smart ones have always taken the lables of opposition and eluded the sacrifice!!
March 20th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Thank you T.Goshu
March 20th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Thx G7 i have alreday started to read the book it is really marvelous
that is my dream all the way from my child hood
Thx again
March 20th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Where is Ginbot 7? Can anyone tell me? I am not trying to be funny here. I am aware of Ginbot7’s website address. The leadership is going around the world giving speeches. Woyane demonizes them every chance it gets. And now Ginbot7 even wrote a book in the shortest span of their existence!
The question is what have they done lately in the fight against Woyane? We keep hearing Andinet this, Medrek that but never Ginbot7. Reporting news, events and writing analyses is not good enough. At the early days of the group’s formation, Ginbot7 set the bar so high–we thought(figured) Woyane’s days were numbered. It wasn’t meant to be. Rumor has it,Ginbot7 underestimated Woyane’s spy network and exposed some of its people. Be that as it may, what Ethiopia needs now is an organization with a vision like Ginbot7.
We are not asking much from Ginbot7 other than to keep the fire burning. It is time to hit the ball out of the park,if you know what i mean. Make life uncomfortable to Woyane. Strive to achieve more. The status quo is not acceptable. No organization knows the inner workings of Woyane better than Ginbot7. Why not shake and rattle Woyane at their own game? Bottom line–we need action on the ground ASAP.
If Ginbot7 is a sleeping giant–as some people contend–waiting to unleash its anger with a couple of MAY surprises–it would a surprise worth waiting.(i can see Woyane losing sleep with this information). A friend of mine told me what we are witnessing now is the calm before the storm. I hope Ginbot7is cooking some kind of storm!!
FREE BIRTUKAN
March 20th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
you mean ethiopia will only be considered a democratic country when things are suitable for berhanu and co. to rob the poor through their ‘ayer bayer’ business.
March 20th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
THANK YOU G7 WE LOVE YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!!
GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA AND LONG LIVE THE TURE ETHIOPIANS!!!
March 20th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Setit Humera,
Firstly, try to understand what you read. Then, avoid making statements you can’t prove such as south was raided by Arab enslavers. But, I can prove that Menelik II sold individuals from SW Ethiopia for arms and I can prove the Mahdists of Sudan captured thousands of Amaras when they defeated Yohannes and entered northwest Ethiopia.
I am surprised to find you a good example of an Ethiopian who is easily suggestible and obedient to authority. For example, you knowledge of south Ethiopia doesn’t include Oromo though it’s part of south Ethiopia. Your knowledge of south Ethiopia is Southwest Ethiopia though i’s not strictly in south Ethiopia. You’re the Ethiopian I was refering to in my above thesis: an Ethiopian whose values are fluid, temporary and submissively obedient. No knowledge is truth, no virtue is constant. Black can be understood to be red, white can be understood to be yellow. It’s all a matter of what a dominant group wishes the people to believe in.
In my theory above, I was trying to explain why we fail to take prompt and resolute action when our natural freedoms to speak, to organize, to elect whom we choose are sdenied. Especially, when we are killed, maimed, imprisoned and expropriated. Why are we not sensitive to freedom? Why can’t we dare the oppressor? Why can’t we take decisive action? Why can’t we plot to topple oppressive governments as quickly as they come or many times during its rule?
If you have explanation why tyrants, despots, dictatators and oppressors rule Ethiopia for too long, I would welcome your theory.
March 21st, 2010 at 6:59 am
TO ALULA ABA NEGA: ata kondafe agame . WHY TRY TO CHANGE FROM THE MAIN TOPIC. THE TOPIC SAY ABOUT BOOK BUT YOU TRY TO CONFEUSED THE PPL. WHY WE ERITREAN CAN NOT BE A LIKE ASINGAPOR ? BECOUSE OF YOUR GREEDNESS AND (BUDA AGAME SELEHONK). BETBACH KALE MAN TRU YETETAL. HASSAD KENATEGNOCH BEMEHONACHUHE WEDEHALA GOTETACHEHUN. YOU WILL SEE WHAT WILL BE HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. LONG LIVE PR. ISAYAS AFEWORKI. GOD BLESS MAMA ETHIOPIA AND MAMA ERITREA.
March 21st, 2010 at 9:49 am
T.Goshu
Wow nice analysis thanks bro.
March 21st, 2010 at 3:20 pm
ilusreated,
I didn’t try to change the topic.Yes Eritrea can be like Singapore,however, as long as your so called leader is on power,i am afraid it is SANGAPOOR for now.You lack of respect doesn’t surprise me,because i don’t expect any thing good to come out of a person like you.Anyway,enjoy your SANGAPOOR and have a nice day.
March 21st, 2010 at 6:49 pm
TO ALULA ABA NEGA : IF YOU THINK SOMETHING WELL AND GOD WE TOGETHER CAN CHANGE OUR REGION FOREVER INSTEAD OF YOU AND ME SAID ABOUT MELES OR ISAYAS OR WEYANE OR SHAEBIA. YOU ABOUT THE PAST HISTRY WHAT HAPPEN IN THE NORTH OVER 30:40 YEARS. SO WE MUST STOP HATE AMONG SPECIALY ERITREAN AND TIGRIANS. IF WE HATE OUR SELVES WE CAN NOT WIN THE HEART OF THE PPL AND GEVERNEMENT. ONE THING I MUST SAY NO ONE PERFECT IN THIS WORLED EVEN AMERICA OR EROUPE. SO WE MUST FOREGET THE PAST AND WE CAN LIVE SIDE BY SIDE AS TWO NATION. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. YOU MAY LOVE MELES AND WE ERITREAN LOVE OUR PRESDENT. WHAT EVER MISTAKE THEY HAVE DONE. NO ONE PERFECT ONLY GOD. SORY FOR WHAT I HAVE SAID IN THE ABOVE BUT WE MUST RECPECT OUR LEADER AND PPL EACHOTHER FOREVER. GOD BLESS MAMA ERITREA AND MAMA ETHIOPIA FOREVER.
March 21st, 2010 at 6:53 pm
TO ALL ETHIOPIAN I NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT THE MeaNING OF SHEBIA. IT MEANS PPL FRONT. IT IS NOT A BAD WORD. SO DO NOT FULL YOURSELF. ALSO WEYANAY MEANS FULL MORALL FOR FREEDOM AND POWER FOR DEMOCRACY. GOD BLESS YOU
March 22nd, 2010 at 2:14 am
too much bla bla.-..
why cant we get tamrat Layne arrested who has perpetrated the massacre of hundreds if not tousands of ethiopians by instigating ethnic cleansing?? he lives in USA! where is G7 wher are all andinet support groups etc..? where are teh so called lawyaers like dr. shakespear feyissa and dr. Al mariam??
March 22nd, 2010 at 2:22 am
i dont think i need to read a book again to understand about freedom and democracy. the daily propganda and radio news of G7 and others have already enlightned us much more than necessary. So G7 better start hitting than barking.