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Internationalism Thread
#SanctionEthiopianGovt
#RerouteRemittance
Politics typically boils down to a choice between two tough options - perhaps two awful options. We all sort of know this, but at some point this concept becomes a hot reality. In 2021, I supported #NoMore &
#SanctionEthiopianGovt
#RerouteRemittance
Politics typically boils down to a choice between two tough options - perhaps two awful options. We all sort of know this, but at some point this concept becomes a hot reality. In 2021, I supported #NoMore &
viewed sanctions as borderline betrayal to the homeland. I viewed the west as being permanently fixated on installing TPLF, specifically, in order to destabilize the HOA region for one reason or another. I viewed changing the narrative in the west to be virtually impossible.
But since then, I've seen the deterioration of the nation under @AbiyAhmedAli 's growing dictatorship. I've seen the mounting evidence that his government, in concert with Gov. @ShimelisAbdisa's & Mayr @AdanechAbiebie's respective administrations, is highly likely behind the
⛓️ Let's take a deep dive into Aidstopia; in this thread we will unpack their slave origins, their Italian colonization and the current state of their failed country.
So much to unpack! 🧵
So much to unpack! 🧵
1/ First we must establish who these people are, for that we look to the Encyclopedia Britannica. We find that the word habashi means "African and Abyssinian enslaved person". When you think habashi, think slaves.
2/ In the book "The Making of Modern ethiopia, it reads "The Habashi became identical with slave (abeed), and the most despised slave at that".
"ethiopia was the favorite hunting ground of slaves to provide the insatiable need of the Arab and Ottoman worlds"
"ethiopia was the favorite hunting ground of slaves to provide the insatiable need of the Arab and Ottoman worlds"
[1] #GPE_AtrocityReport
Incident Date: February 02, 2023
#Ano town, #GobuSeyo Woreda, #EastWollega Zone, #Oromo Region, #Ethiopia
The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) group has massacred over 70 innocent Amhara civilians.
drive.google.com/file/d/1GIAGpK…
Incident Date: February 02, 2023
#Ano town, #GobuSeyo Woreda, #EastWollega Zone, #Oromo Region, #Ethiopia
The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) group has massacred over 70 innocent Amhara civilians.
drive.google.com/file/d/1GIAGpK…
[2] The attack started from 5am and lasted through the evening. This was a house-to-house killing targeting ethnic Amharas. Survivor testimonies included that an unknown number of people have been wounded. In addition, they have not been able to collect the remains of the dead,
[3] as some of the attackers are still present in town. The Ethiopian National Defense Force army, which is stationed in Nekemte, a city not far from the attack, has not come to the aid of the Amhara victims. We received information that an Oromo man who tried to save his
In the real world, things are not black and white. The same thing can have 100 reasons for happening. Our problems are multidimensional, the reasons for our problems are also multidimensional, choose the one you think is right to fight and focus on that! 1/
The "medal" is 4 stopping the genocide, not for determining the cause of it. There will come a time when everything will be academically studied, right now the raw data shows Amharas are being killed for their identity! Their current killers used all avenues to frame them as 2/
target, historical disinformation, deliberate ostracizing, dehumanizing, lack of access to political representation, breaking unity among the people themselves, stealing their history, culture, language, etc..they'll use anything they can use, the reason why they actually 3/
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#GPE_RedAlert
Following a major disinformation campaign that tried & succeeded to blame an attack on Amharas by armed forces on the victims themselves, the threat of extermination against all Amharas in Wollega has become imminent! See full report: drive.google.com/file/d/1_CVV-V…
#GPE_RedAlert
Following a major disinformation campaign that tried & succeeded to blame an attack on Amharas by armed forces on the victims themselves, the threat of extermination against all Amharas in Wollega has become imminent! See full report: drive.google.com/file/d/1_CVV-V…
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#GPE_AtrocityReport: on August 29, 2022 over 107 Amharas were killed by OLA armed forces & their allies in #Agamssa town & other Kebles in #Amuru Woereda, #HoroGuduruWollega Zone, #Oromo Region, #Ethiopia
OLA fighters were also killed by a few Amhara residents that evaded
#GPE_AtrocityReport: on August 29, 2022 over 107 Amharas were killed by OLA armed forces & their allies in #Agamssa town & other Kebles in #Amuru Woereda, #HoroGuduruWollega Zone, #Oromo Region, #Ethiopia
OLA fighters were also killed by a few Amhara residents that evaded
[3] a prior disarming campaign and tried to defend themselves from the onslaught of OLA. OLA fighters & supporters then came up with a complex web of disinformation that led to Amharas being blamed for the attacks. However, they proceeded with their campaigns to overtake zones in
The names of the 282 Amhara who were mercilessly slaughtered like a chicken in the Oromia regional state in Wollega are released.
Check the detail.
#RedLegacy
#AmharaGenocide
#AmharaUnderAttack
#StateSponsoredAmharaGenocide
Check the detail.
#RedLegacy
#AmharaGenocide
#AmharaUnderAttack
#StateSponsoredAmharaGenocide
We #Amhara ppl love #Ethiopia more than any other but unfortunately fake Ethiopianists hide among us & serve injustice to all #Ethiopians. There is nothing special #Amharas received in the last 5 decades. In fact, we get the opposite which is hatred & #AmharaGenocide! Now we 🤔
Being an #Amhara nationalist has nothing to do with separatism. Our grievances are being ignored & this undeniable fact is the main reason why #Ethiopia is going through this endless cycle of civil war. Fake Ethiopianists & extreme nationalists are the cancers of #Ethiopia 💚💛❤️
#Amhara ppl have not had APPROPRIATE political representation for 5 decades, have been falsely identified as targets of oppression hence HATE & #AmharaGenocide, were ACTIVELY fighting for minority rights & equality during the student movement in the late ‘60s WITHOUT any credit!
#GPE_AtrocityReport: Incident date: December 20, 2021, #Oromo Region #WestShoa Zone Ambo Zuria area, 10 ethnic Amharas were killed by the OLF/OLA Shanee armed group. The incident happened at 1 o'clock in the morning 10KM from Ambo city, close to the Wodessa Menkaka peasant 1/
association. It was reported that the victims were murdered execution style, they were dragged out of their houses, lined up and gunned down. The residents reported that early December, the armed group has killed a resident by the name Amsal and told his compatriots that they 2/
need to be prepared to pay 200,000 ETB each. Other residents have reported that it is has been more than a year since the group has been sending ultimatums to Amhara residents to leave the woreda or face death. 3/
1/9 Thread:
"Decolonizing", "whiteness" - these are the words at the forefront of K12 CRT curricula being implemented in WA state by @waOSPI and @WA_SBE.
This Thread will discuss the influence of Frantz Fanon on CRT in your kid's school and his genocidal legacy.
"Decolonizing", "whiteness" - these are the words at the forefront of K12 CRT curricula being implemented in WA state by @waOSPI and @WA_SBE.
This Thread will discuss the influence of Frantz Fanon on CRT in your kid's school and his genocidal legacy.
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This recent article defending CRT in schools [bostonreview.net/race-politics/…] accuses those who oppose it of "conjuring neo-Marxist bogeyman" and not crediting Fanon. I will hold them to claiming Fanon.
This recent article defending CRT in schools [bostonreview.net/race-politics/…] accuses those who oppose it of "conjuring neo-Marxist bogeyman" and not crediting Fanon. I will hold them to claiming Fanon.
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In the Forward to 'Black Skin, White Masks', Fanon's body of work is described as "Hegelian-Marxist dialectic".
Fanon treats race in accordance with Marxist philosophy. This is when 'white' started functioning like kulak.
In the Forward to 'Black Skin, White Masks', Fanon's body of work is described as "Hegelian-Marxist dialectic".
Fanon treats race in accordance with Marxist philosophy. This is when 'white' started functioning like kulak.
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#GPE_RedAlert: May 9, 2021
#GPE has reviewed photographs of property destruction targeting homes & assets belonging to ethnic #Amhara civilians in Mender 24, #Welgay & #Debis kebeles (wards) of #Abe_Dengoro woreda (district), #Horo_Guduru_Welega zone, #Oromia region.
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#GPE_RedAlert: May 9, 2021
#GPE has reviewed photographs of property destruction targeting homes & assets belonging to ethnic #Amhara civilians in Mender 24, #Welgay & #Debis kebeles (wards) of #Abe_Dengoro woreda (district), #Horo_Guduru_Welega zone, #Oromia region.
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#GPE_AtrocityReport: April 23, 2021 (Miyazia 15, 2013 EC).
#GPE has received reports of startling atrocities targeting ethnic #Amhara civilians in #Gorete kebele (ward), #Abi_Dengoro woreda (district), #Horo_Guduru_Welega zone, #Oromia region. Local witnesses said on...
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#GPE has received reports of startling atrocities targeting ethnic #Amhara civilians in #Gorete kebele (ward), #Abi_Dengoro woreda (district), #Horo_Guduru_Welega zone, #Oromia region. Local witnesses said on...
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...April 22, 2021 (Miyazia 14, 2013 EC) at approximately 4 am local time, three people including a man, his child daughter and another child were killed as local militias locked them in their home and set it on fire burning all three inside under gruesome circumstances.
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#GPE has obtained disturbing photographic evidence of their burned remains.
Names of the decedents are as follows:
1. Mr. Adam Hassen (father)
2. Hawa Adam (daughter)
3. Zewdia Fetene (neighbor’s child)
Residents also reported the militias opened fire on civilians...
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Names of the decedents are as follows:
1. Mr. Adam Hassen (father)
2. Hawa Adam (daughter)
3. Zewdia Fetene (neighbor’s child)
Residents also reported the militias opened fire on civilians...
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Self-determination or #Ethiopia's Decimation? [Thread]:
An Austrian Nazi named Baron Roman Prochazka wrote a book called "Abyssinia: The Powder Barrel" (1935) before Fascist Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
[Available for Free via @JSTOR & @tsehai: jstor.org/stable/26586238]
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An Austrian Nazi named Baron Roman Prochazka wrote a book called "Abyssinia: The Powder Barrel" (1935) before Fascist Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
[Available for Free via @JSTOR & @tsehai: jstor.org/stable/26586238]
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➡️ Prochazka frames Emperor Haile Selassie I & the Ethiopian empire as a threat to the colonial powers through collusion w/ Japan.
➡️ He proposes tribalization of #Ethiopia & pioneers the term "self-determination" in the Ethiopian context to weaken & fragment the country.
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➡️ He proposes tribalization of #Ethiopia & pioneers the term "self-determination" in the Ethiopian context to weaken & fragment the country.
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➡️ He undermines the "unitary state" & names denominations: "Abyssinians proper (occupying the central part of the country), the Gallas, the Gojjams, & the Kushites of Tigré".
➡️ Colonial rule is proposed as desired to liberate people from "Tyranny of the #Amhara".
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➡️ Colonial rule is proposed as desired to liberate people from "Tyranny of the #Amhara".
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#GPE_AtrocityReport: March 10, 2021
#HoroGuduru #Wellega (also spelt ‘Welega’ and ‘Wollega’), #JardigaJartee Woreda (District), #Horodaddi Kebele (Ward), #Dacheen area
We have received news from residents in Horo Guduru #Wellega that armed militias of the (1/E)
#HoroGuduru #Wellega (also spelt ‘Welega’ and ‘Wollega’), #JardigaJartee Woreda (District), #Horodaddi Kebele (Ward), #Dacheen area
We have received news from residents in Horo Guduru #Wellega that armed militias of the (1/E)
#Oromo Liberation Front (#OLF) have continued targeted killings of ethnic #Amhara across the region. Credible reports have emerged detailing a disturbing wedding massacre in which militiamen of the OLF converged onto a local wedding gathering killing all attendees except one(2/E)
elderly woman that survived the horrific incident by hiding under a family member’s dead body. All attendees including the bride, groom and 8 of their family members were all slaughtered in this horrific massacre.
Many sources have also reported that #OLF militia have been(3/E)
Many sources have also reported that #OLF militia have been(3/E)
#GPE_AtrocityReport: February 8,2021, #Wollega in Village 2, a family was killed by #OLF militia, for no reason other than being ethnic #Amhara. Their names are as follows.
1)Temme Bayle
2)Abraw Bayle
3)Mitiku Gette
4)Four year old daughter Mittu Mitiku
1)Temme Bayle
2)Abraw Bayle
3)Mitiku Gette
4)Four year old daughter Mittu Mitiku
In Village 3, Mr. Getnet was slaughtered by #OLF militia.
February 14, 2021 Limuh Woreda, Argunbi Kebelle, East #Wollega
5 ethnic #Amhara/s were killed by #OLF militia, along with an ethnic #Gumuz that was with the victims.
1)Abdu Arage
2)Priest Nigus Debas
February 14, 2021 Limuh Woreda, Argunbi Kebelle, East #Wollega
5 ethnic #Amhara/s were killed by #OLF militia, along with an ethnic #Gumuz that was with the victims.
1)Abdu Arage
2)Priest Nigus Debas
3)Abba Nega Ashager
4)Abeje Muluneh
5)Mrs. Addise
6) Mr. Mebratu Gemechu
@AmnestyEARO @UNHumanRights @MinorityRights @hrw @BronwynBruton @TLHumanRights @LaetitiaBader #R2PEthiopia #Ethiopian #Oromo #AmharaGenocide
4)Abeje Muluneh
5)Mrs. Addise
6) Mr. Mebratu Gemechu
@AmnestyEARO @UNHumanRights @MinorityRights @hrw @BronwynBruton @TLHumanRights @LaetitiaBader #R2PEthiopia #Ethiopian #Oromo #AmharaGenocide
#GPE_AtrocityReport: February 14, 2021, East Wellega, Oromia
In East Wellega, Gida Ayanna, Oromia Liyu Force and #OLF opened fire on ethnic #Amharas in broad daylight. It has been repeatedly reported that the ethnic #Amhara residents in the area are under constant threat (1/E)
In East Wellega, Gida Ayanna, Oromia Liyu Force and #OLF opened fire on ethnic #Amharas in broad daylight. It has been repeatedly reported that the ethnic #Amhara residents in the area are under constant threat (1/E)
for their lives and face ethnic cleansing.
Oromia Liyu Force and #OLF are reported to have opened fire around 4pm following an attempt to disarm the ethnic #Amhara residents of the area.
The altercation has led to the displacement of the #Amhara residents into the nearby(2/E)
Oromia Liyu Force and #OLF are reported to have opened fire around 4pm following an attempt to disarm the ethnic #Amhara residents of the area.
The altercation has led to the displacement of the #Amhara residents into the nearby(2/E)
forests. The exact number of injured or dead are currently unknown. (E/E) #StopAmharaGenocide #AmharaGenocide #Oromia #Ethiopia #DismantleEthnicFederalism @UN @unwomenethiopia @hrw @hrcoethio @EthioHRC @JP4Ethiopia @AmharaHRGW @LaetitiaBader @BronwynBruton
#GPE_AtrocityReport: January 18, 2021, #EastWellegaZone, #HoroLimuWoreda #GenjKebele, 7 #Amharas were killed by #OLF and #Gumuz armed groups. The victims were reported to be residents of the #KamashiZone in #BSGRegion. These repeated attacks across the borders of BSG and [1]
Oromia regions show that #OLF and Gumuz armed groups are carrying out coordinated attacks. There are reports that OLF armed groups get information whenever Amharas are on the move, they are stopped and attacked even while trying to leave the area through public bus services.[2]
#GPE_AtrocityReport: January 2, 2021, East #Wollega Zone, Limu Woreda (District), Beko Kebele (Precinct) in Village 1 and Village 5.
A coordinated attack has been carried out against civilians in the aforementioned locations. Especially in Fiti Beko area the attacks begun(1/)
A coordinated attack has been carried out against civilians in the aforementioned locations. Especially in Fiti Beko area the attacks begun(1/)
around 4:00 PM local time and continued until 9:17 PM local time. Ethnic #Amharas were killed in mass and their houses were burned. The number of people who have died is not known yet. The reports stated that there is no sight of law enforcement in the area. #StopAmharaGenocide
#GPE_AtrocityReport: In #HoroGudru in JardaJarta Woreda in #Wollega, ethnic #Amharas have been massacred by armed #OLF/Shane militia. Although the regional administration had received information of looming threats from residents prior to the attack, they were unable to 1/
intervene and protect their residents. The residents have also mentioned they suspect the #Oromia Liyu Force is working with #OLF/Shane militia. Here are the names of some of the victims:
1.Kassaye Baye along with 5 family members
2.Yibre Admassu along with 6 family members 2/
1.Kassaye Baye along with 5 family members
2.Yibre Admassu along with 6 family members 2/
3.Beletech Gobbaw
4.Hamid Ibrahim
5.Makka Ibrahim
6.Hassen Ibrahim
7.Ahmed Ibrahim
8.Mussa Darso
9.Hamid Yibre (a 7th grader who was died as a result of severe injuries and lack of hospitalization)
Although the situation in Ethiopia Ethiopia is worsening for citizens 3/
4.Hamid Ibrahim
5.Makka Ibrahim
6.Hassen Ibrahim
7.Ahmed Ibrahim
8.Mussa Darso
9.Hamid Yibre (a 7th grader who was died as a result of severe injuries and lack of hospitalization)
Although the situation in Ethiopia Ethiopia is worsening for citizens 3/
Thread:
What does State Sponsored Genocide on ethnic #Amharas and #Agaws in Metekel Zone in BSG look like?
Representatives of ethnic #Amhara residents in Metekel have travelled to #BahirDar to raise the ff grievances:
Ato Ayal Engide
“In April 2011,Ethiopian Calendar(1/)
What does State Sponsored Genocide on ethnic #Amharas and #Agaws in Metekel Zone in BSG look like?
Representatives of ethnic #Amhara residents in Metekel have travelled to #BahirDar to raise the ff grievances:
Ato Ayal Engide
“In April 2011,Ethiopian Calendar(1/)
[two years ago], right after Ethiopian Easter, they(ethnic Amharas and Agaws) were forcibly chased out of the rural parts, before they could even finish their Easter celebrations. When we knew we were next, then those of us who were in the urban areas, ended up moving to (2/)
Amhara Region. In May, there was a reconciliation between Mandura Woreda in BSG and Guanga Woreda in Amhara RS. All of us that were displaced believed that this was a true reconciliation and moved back to BSG. But those from the rural parts were still not allowed to go back. (3)
#GPE_AtrocityReport:
Reports of targeted killings, burnings and lootings in Eastern Wollega-
In Horo Gudru Zone, Amuroh Woreda, at 7 in the morning on December 15, 8 ethnic #Amharas were attacked by #OLFShane and #OLFShane supporters. The estimated number of attackers were(1/)
Reports of targeted killings, burnings and lootings in Eastern Wollega-
In Horo Gudru Zone, Amuroh Woreda, at 7 in the morning on December 15, 8 ethnic #Amharas were attacked by #OLFShane and #OLFShane supporters. The estimated number of attackers were(1/)
were 50, with about 10 of them that were armed with guns, and the rest machetes. The 8 innocent victims were slaughtered using machetes and known to be long time residents of the area. Here are their names:
1. Hawa Hassen [Elderly female]
2. Melkeye Hamza [Adult female]
1. Hawa Hassen [Elderly female]
2. Melkeye Hamza [Adult female]
3. Hassan Ayalew [Young male]
4. Kedija Adem [Young Female]
5. Wude Hebre [Severe head trauma (transferred to Bahirdar and under critical condition)]
6. Demeke Yemer [Young Male]
7. Tuba Gede [Young Male]
8. Mamush GetewAlem [3 DAYS OLD BABY BOY]
4. Kedija Adem [Young Female]
5. Wude Hebre [Severe head trauma (transferred to Bahirdar and under critical condition)]
6. Demeke Yemer [Young Male]
7. Tuba Gede [Young Male]
8. Mamush GetewAlem [3 DAYS OLD BABY BOY]
#GPE_AtrocityReport: We have received reports that OLF Shane has carried out attacks in East Wollega, Waja area, Limo Woreda. 18 ethnic Amharas have been kidnapped including Hanaye Tiruneh, Aschalew Mengesha, Melaku Yemesgen. Tesfaye Abebe, Chekole Alemu by OLF Shane. Their(1/)
whereabouts are currently unknown.
The attack started on November 30th, 2020 when the farmland of Kenaw Setegn was burned at around midnight. OLF Shane proceeded to attack and kill Kenaw and 8 other ethnic Amharas injuring 7 others who were lured out. We urge @PMAbiyAhmed(2/)
The attack started on November 30th, 2020 when the farmland of Kenaw Setegn was burned at around midnight. OLF Shane proceeded to attack and kill Kenaw and 8 other ethnic Amharas injuring 7 others who were lured out. We urge @PMAbiyAhmed(2/)
and the regional government of Oromia @shimelesabdissa to take the necessary measures to protect the residents of Wollega. The international community should not forget that these repeated attacks on ethnic Amharas have been happening for some time now. Therefore alarming (3/)
.@LaetitiaBader @USEAntiSemitism @antonioguterres @UNHumanRights @hrw @amnesty @AbiyAhmedAli @PMEthiopia @washingtonpost @TirunehDinku @melaku_alebel @GeduAndargachew @demekeMek11 @KenRoth @un Look Abiy Ahmed & Shimelis Abdissa trained & armed more than
1 million Oromia special force & militia. These forces helped the Oromo nationalist to carry out large scale Amharas genocides in Ethiopia. #graderda
#wollega #metekel & other Oromia cities. Few days ago more than 200 Amharas were massacred by OPD/OLF joint forces in Western
#wollega #metekel & other Oromia cities. Few days ago more than 200 Amharas were massacred by OPD/OLF joint forces in Western
Wollega, & Abiy national army showed right after genocide to bury these victims in a mass grave. Similar Amharas genocides carried out all across Ethiopia by Oromo nationalist & OPD special force. As result more than 500 Amharas mostly small children & women are the victims.
