The current visit to the U.S. by Ethiopia’s distinguished scholar and human rights activist Professor Mesfin Woldemariam has one mission: To preach to Ethiopians in the Diaspora NOT to support all-inclusive struggles to defeat the Meles fascist regime in Ethiopia and instead to start preparing for the 2010 elections. It is a mission to disarm the people of Ethiopia and make us all spineless people who do not stand up and defend ourselves.
What makes the professor’s mission potent is 1) he really believes in and is sincere about being passive in the face of extreme savagery of the fascist regime, and 2) he is respected by most Ethiopians and it is difficult to challenge him on the issues because of the much harmful idolatrous tendencies in our society toward individuals of his stature. Nevertheless, ER will once again be the lone wolf here. We will challenge Professor Mesfin that we appreciate your sincerity, but your way is against what made Ethiopia a proud nation — give me freedom or give me death. Your philosophy made 80 million Ethiopians slaves to a few thugs. Dear Professor, you are a great scholar in the field of geography. You are a respected human rights advocate. Please stick to those fields. Leave the politics to those who know the kind of language Woyanne thugs understand… more later >>>